Pet Camp Blog

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Profiling vs. Risk Management In Dog Group Play

April 12, 2016

I was having a conversation about dog group play with a friend of mine who runs an amazing pet care business here in California.  I cannot say enough how much I respect this individual, enjoy speaking with him about our pet resort, and value his contributions to the pet care industry.  Can you guess by this…

April Showers Bring April Flowers

April 7, 2016

Yeah, we know that’s not how it goes, but we didn’t want to wait until May for this. Starting now and running through April 30th, for each 10 new likes of Pet Camp’s Facebook Page we’ll donate a Kong to Northern California Family Dog Rescue! We all know how much dogs love to play with…

Bring Home Flowers from Camp

April 7, 2016

Since we’re on the flower theme… we want to give you flowers! We know that April 15th is one of those bad days on the calendar, but we want to do our best to cheer things up. Every day camper on Friday, April 15th will bring home flowers! These are not the type you put…

See You at Dog Fest 2016!

April 7, 2016

Join Pet Camp in supporting McKinley Elementary School! If you’re a San Francisco parent, you know the stress associated with getting your kid into a school; you have almost as much chance of winning the San Francisco Public School lottery as winning the California Lottery! But there are some lucky parents and kids who got into…

Story Time

April 7, 2016

We all know that reading to kids is important; just ask Mark, who slept through all seven of the Harry Potter books that Virginia read to the kids at their house! On April 27th Pet Camp will be at Bryant Elementary School in the Mission District reading stories about dogs to kindergarteners. We hope Campy…

Not Enough Dogs?

March 28, 2016

I was reading an article in Pet Business Magazine about the shortage of dogs in the United States. Now there are days when I feel that there is a shortage of dogs at Pet Camp (come on campers, make those reservations!), but a shortage of dogs in the country? I had never even considered that.…

Honors, Awards, & Press

Check out all of Pet Camp's achievements:

2020-2024 Winner of Nextdoor Neighbor Award

2022 - All Pet Camp managers and supervisors at the Main Campground are CERTIFIED Fear Free Professionals

Fear Free Certified Professional

2019 Certificate of Recognition – Meadow Opening | San Francisco Assemblyman David Chiu

David Chiu Certificate

2019 Certificate of Honor – Meadow Opening | San Francisco Mayor London Breed

London Breed Certificate

2019 Certificate of Honor – Meadow Opening | San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton

2019 Certificate of Honor – Meadow Opening | San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton

Check Out Virginia’s Take on Health Care for Small Businesses

The White House Blog

2013 Talking with… The proprietor of a camp for cats and dogs

J Weekly

2012 Best of Pet Boarding Facility

SF Gate.com

2011 Best of Pet Boarding Facility

SF Gate.com

2011 Best of the Bay Editors Picks

San Francisco Bay Guardian

2010 Best Pet Boarding Facility

SFGate.com

2008 Best Pet Boarding Facility

SFGate.com

2008 Best of Bay Winner

San Francisco Magazine

2007 Check Out Pet Camp as Featured on the Today Show

Today.com

today.com Ebbies 2007 Award Winner, Small Business Category

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Awards

Give Something Back Award

Cal Insurance and Associates $1,000 Award donated on Pet Camp’s behalf to San Francisco Little League and San Francisco Viking Micro-Soccer

Best of San Francisco 2007

7×7 Magazine Most Spacious Doggy Drop-Off

Small Business Award 2007

San Francisco Bay Guardian Community Activist Award

Certificate of Honor 2006

Mayor Gavin Newsom, City and County of San Francisco

Most Innovative Entrepreneur 2006

Small Business Commission

1st Green Award (Retailer of the Year)

Pet Product News 2006

Small Business of the Year 2005

Small Business Network of San Francisco

Most Improved Commercial Recycler of 2004

Building Owners and Managers Association

Best of the Bay 2001

San Francisco Bay Guardian

Best of San Francisco 1999

SF Weekly