Pet Camp Blog

Keep up-to-date on the latest pet-related news.

Housetraining Your Puppy

September 18, 2018

Pet Camp, like many pet boarding and doggie day care facilities, offers training.  In fact, we offer two very different types of training: our Camper Cadets,  which focuses on 5 specific items and our Ranger Program which is more customizable.  One of the things that we don’t focus on is housetraining new puppies – not…

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Is There a Veterinarian at Pet Camp?

September 14, 2018

Pet Camp does not have a veterinarian on staff, but we do have relationships with all the veterinary clinics in San Francisco.  In the most unusual circumstance that your dog or cat needs medical attention while at Pet Camp, our preference is to take your pet to your regular veterinarian (just like you would rather…

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Cat Fleas – How They Get Them & How To Ditch Them

September 11, 2018

Fleas are the worst.  The “Black Death,” or bubonic plague, is often thought of as a thing of the past, but according to public health officials, this isn’t the case. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 1006 confirmed or probable cases of human plague in the United States from…

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Cats, Dogs, Cows & Spas

September 6, 2018

Pet Camp is not the glitziest pet care facility around. We pride ourselves on huge outdoor play areas, well trained counselors, amazing infrastructure – but we don’t have California King-size beds for your dog, have flat screen TVs, or offer blueberry facials (which as far as we can tell is just a brand of pet…

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Yikes! I’m Allergic to My Dog!

September 4, 2018

In the interest of full disclosure, let me start my admitting that I am allergic to dog and cats both (as well as about a million other things).  Yes, I understand this does not make me the prime candidate to run a pet hotel where I am surrounded by dogs and cats every day at…

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Does someone stay at Pet Camp overnight?

August 30, 2018

One of the amazing things about Pet Camp’s Main Campground is the amount of space we have.  We have over 13,000 square feet of indoor space and 20,000 square feet of outdoor play space.  We have as much room as our large corporate competitor, but only take in 50% as many dogs for doggie daycare…

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