Mad 4 My Dog

Mad 4 My Dog and Madalyn are both an awesome company/owner! It is easy to see why the business and owner are very well respected in the area! She has always been extremely helpful and knowledgeable about any situation I have had questions on. She can provide real world experience and feedback, is funny, and very passionate about her work! Knowing her attention to detail and having been to the location, it amazes me at the few negative reviews that are in here. I guess you can't please everyone all the time! I wouldn't want to go anywhere else!

Anyone who shares their life with a pug knows they do not like having their nails cut or filed. I'm ashamed to admit it but Hope hadn't had a bath in a long time and with Art's health issues I hadn't had her nails trimmed in quite awhile. I took her to Mad4MyDog today. They did an amazing make over. He nails were trimmed and filed. They bathed her and I could tell she felt fantastic. Her fur was super soft. I give them 10 out of 10 stars! Really 20 out of 10 because she is completely relaxed. They are amazing!!!

I am so grateful to have found this place! Mad4MyDog was recommended to me by a volunteer at the shelter when I adopted my 7-month old pup. We have used playdates, group classes, private training, and grooming. After a bad experience, my dog has been really resistant to nail trimmings, despite having no issues with her paws being handled. Her vet recommended she be sedated to have this done. After noticing her nails were long, Madalyn offered to try and trim them after class. I was hesitant but with just some treats and a little time, Madalyn was able to get it done! (without restraining her which was adding to her stress). I’m so glad my dog was able to have positive experience with having her nails trimmed and won’t have to go through the stress of a vet visit and sedation every 6-weeks. Since we are moving and won’t be able to have Madalyn do this for us again, she spent lots of time discussing a plan for trimming her nails at home. We started by doing puppy playdates. These we’re so essential for my high energy girl! It was really helpful to expose her to playing with other dogs in a controlled environment that I could be present for rather unlike daycare or the dog park. Even though you can sit back and watch during these times, I learned a lot about body language and how/when to step in when play is too rough. We then completed basic, intermediate, and CCC-1 in a three month period as I am a student and we are moving. I am so glad we were able to fit all this in. I have learned so much about how to train and communicate with my dog through Madalyn. We also did a private lesson with Madalyn and this was super helpful for applying some class skills we have learned to some things she struggles with like walking past other dogs on walks without getting overexcited. All of these services were affordable and have set us up for a great life together!

My dog and I are HUGE fans of Mad4MyDog. When I first adopted my little CeCe in 2016, I was a first time dog owner. I learned so much through the variety of classes that M4MD offers. They’ve been our favorite place to go for nail trims as well. When they announced they were going to start offering daycare services, I was very excited. I am an overprotective dog mom and have always felt very nervous about leaving CeCe with anyone. I have no hesitations leaving CeCe at M4MD. They are always excited to see her and make sure to keep an eye out for her due to her missing one of her paws. I’m so grateful for this service and would highly recommend them! Picture is from CeCe’s first day at daycare! She was ready to go play.

After reading all the reviews I REALLY wanted to like Mad 4 My Dog. I signed up for Doggy Daycare and today was the first day. We arrived on time and there was ONE employee at the store to manage grooming, front register and daycare (Red flag 1). Employee was grooming one large dog in a tiny grooming area and they told me to bring my pup into the tiny grooming area. (Red flag 2). In addition to the large dog being groomed there was another puppy in the tiny grooming area for daycare. Naturally my pup was reserved in this new setting. The puppy approached my pup as the employee restrained the large grooming client. Everything okay at first, then the large dog was released and both dogs cornered my pup next to the half door. This startled my pup and she cowered and warned the dogs to back off by growling and warning snap. I told the employee my dog was very uncomfortable so the employee decided it was best to take my pup and the other puppy to the day care area. I coaxed my pup in as she was very wary after being cornered. We entered the day care area, which was a large concrete room with no visible water station, no resting beds or crates, no toys or diversions. NOTHING (Red flag 3). Just a sad empty concrete room. I almost took my pup home at this point but after observing her for 20 minutes and seeing she was growing comfortable around the other pup, I decided to give it a try because of all the amazing reviews online. I picked my pup up 4 hours later and SHE.WAS. BACK. IN. THE. TINY. GROOMING. AREA. (Red flag 4), with the puppy I left her with PLUS a large dog on the grooming table. Her attitude was high alert - not at all relaxed and happy, but not frightened. I asked for my pup's lead and the original employee I left my pup with said they gave it to me (they didn't). They offered me a kennel lead to borrow and when I asked about my pup's lead they denied having it went back to grooming (They was short with me almost to the point of rudeness, but I would have probably reacted the same way if I had to manage grooming, front register and daycare PLUS try to locate a missing lead. So no judgement at all for the overworked employee). Lost lead is Red flag 5. HORRIBLE experience. I will never be back and I strongly recommend to NOT take your pup to the day care. Training might be great as per reviews, but daycare is absolutely horrible. No redeeming qualities AT ALL.