The Barking Lot - Arvada, Colorado

Tony Medina

Best place to take your dog for grooming! We have a Westie and they make her so bright and beautiful after her cleanups, she needs maintenance at least every 6 weeks so we frequent the Barking Lot all the time, I highly recommend this business to anyone needing their service.

Lauren DiGiovanni

I'm not a patron, and I don't plan to be. Here's why... I frequent a business next door. I can see and hear the dogs through the fence. The dogs are often at the back door, barking to come inside. Often, there's no staff member outside in the yard with them. The staff only seem to go out to hose the yard down and then they're right back inside. The yards are small, and the dogs nuisance bark out of boredom and loneliness for people. It feels more like an animal shelter. I can't imagine paying to have my dog experience a day of this. I'm such a dog person, and this place just makes me so sad. Go outside the building and sit in the parking lot and observe for ten minutes. You'll see I'm not exaggerating.

There are other boarding facilities with staff who genuinely love and engage the dogs all day, and with bigger yards. If you don't want your dog ignored and bored, I'd look elsewhere.

aaron_ hoff_photog

Our dog loves to go for the day and play with all his dog friends. It is reasonably priced and a descent facility. The only problem we have (and it is a pretty big one) is when we pick our dog up she stinks so bad we hate to even put her in the car. Several times we have given her a bath in the yard before we can let her in the house. I am not a primadonna about such things...I grew up on a farm. Now the decision is do we keep taking her back to have fun and drive her home in the back of my truck or do we quit going so we don't have to worry about out new car?

Elizabeth Driver

Great boarder! My husband and I have been boarding our dogs (Zeke & Quinn) with The Barking Lot for a year & we couldn’t be happier. Our dogs get SO excited every time we pull into the parking lot, which makes us feel good as owners. The staff takes extra time to discuss your pets needs & the boarding prices are very reasonable (no extra charges for daycare, etc.). We recently moved closer to Boulder, but we’re more than happy to drive the extra time just to board them here. We feel comfortable knowing they’re in great hands when we’re out of town. We love The Barking Lot! ❤️?

Krisan

The owner/employees are all so wonderful! On top of that, they know my dog. When a daycare can tell you stories about your dog during pick up, that’s a green flag for me. And my dog is ecstatic upon arrival for a reason!

rrraynaaa

Our Sawyer goes nuts when we tell him he’s going to daycare (we call it class). He has an insane amount of energy and when we get him back at the end of the day he’s calm, happy, and tired. Everyone I’ve ever come into contact with at The Barking Lot is absolutely lovely, and we’re just so lucky to have it in the neighborhood. 10/10 would recommend!

Kristen Hinkle

Our very social pup Greg is an only dog and while he's usually pretty well behaved when he starts getting into mischief we know it's time to take him to the Barking Lot. He loves loves loves doggie daycare, gets great socialization time and comes home tired and happy. We are so grateful to know he's well taken care of and having fun when we drop him off.

Lindsay Hauck

We love taking Porter here...and he loves it too! He comes back happy, tired (in a good way) and ready to go back. We go here for day care and boarding and couldn't be more pleased. Every one we've ever encountered here knows Porter by name and treats him and us extremely kind. Thank you for always taking such good care of Porter!