Adventure Dog Ranch - Marysville, Washington

tyler S.

Steve and Kerri are great and we love Adventure Dog Ranch! We have taken our German Shepherd to boarding here since he was just a little guy and eligible for boarding (needed to finish his vaccines). We wanted to get him used to boarding from an early age and we couldn’t think of a better option than adventure dog ranch. He gets so excited every time we pull in. They are great people who care about your animal. We have even done a board and train with them. We have only and will continue to take our pup here for boarding. We love that our pup gets to play and be an adventure dog at the ranch. They are very professional and take your dogs safety seriously by making sure they are up to date on their vaccines and putting them with dogs that they find fit best based on personality. They are kind, flexible, caring and we feel relieved to have a safe and fun place to take our dog. When we go out of town/on vacation we can trust our pup will be taken care of and have his needs met. We can enjoy ourselves while knowing our dog is doing the same! 🙂

Lindsey B.

We are so thankful to have the Adventure Dog Ranch for their boarding services! Kerri and Steve have been watching our Theo for years now. We have quite the energetic herding dog, so we’re very grateful that Theo gets to play outside all day and isn’t in a kennel like many other boarding places. We make the trip to Marysville (from Seattle) because we’ve trusted the care at Adventure Dog ranch. Theo is always excited to see Kerri and Steve during drop off and I know they really care for the dogs. Highly recommend!

Katie W.

Our dogs LOVE Steve and Kerri! As soon as we turn down the road they are so excited and can't wait to get in there. We love that our dogs get to play all day long - we have a black lab and golden retriever and our golden relies so much on the black lab (she is blind in one eye), who loves to play and socialize! Steve and Kerri have worked with them while at boarding so now our golden has become way more friendly and doesn't need to rely on our black lab as much!

The best part is we are always able to enjoy our vacation because we know our babies are well taken care of and having so much fun! Highly recommend them!

Cari P.

Steve and Carrie are amazing dog people. I have been taking my dog here for years, and not only do they treat your dog as their own, but they are both well versed in dog language and are excellent pack leaders. I love that they live on-site and are always present to care for the dogs. I feel very safe in taking my dog there because she's my baby and want her to be well attended. If you're looking for your dog to have a great time, while also having their needs met and having someone look over them 24/7, this is the place. Adventure Dog Ranch is the only place I'll ever board my dog, despite the extra drive.

Mackenzie K.

We have a 7 month old puppy who was jumping up on our young children and my husband and I. He was destroying furniture, remote controls, mobile phones, basically anything he could get his paws on. We weren't able to take him for walks to work out the puppy energy because he would totally freeze up when we'd put a leash on him. But we were determined to keep him as he's a part of our family. We decided to have him boarded and trained by professionals. We chose Adventure Dog Ranch based on their outstanding reviews and reasonable prices. Our pup was with Adventure Dog Ranch for 13 days/12 nights, doing their blended board and train program. I'm happy to say he is a brand new dog! He sits and stays on command, can walk on a leash without trying to pull his humans along, and he doesn't jump up on adults nor on children anymore. I can't say enough about Adventure Dog Ranch. We plan to return our pup to them in the future for additional, more advanced training. They are flexible, reasonably priced professionals! A small family-owned and operated business. We highly recommend Adventure Dog Ranch!!!

Prashanth G.

Kerri and Steve put dogs first and want them to have be comfortable and have fun while there. I really appreciate that mindset. While other large dog ranched just take any dog, these guys are particular about an evaluation and a first free day. They make it a point to get to know your dog. I am impressed with their attitude.

The first time I went it was before a long weekend and they are pretty honest about it and rejected my business. Their argument was there are too many dogs we cannot spend time getting Jilly (our dog) comfortable with this pack. So lets wait and do a 1 day free day care on a weekday and once the dog and us are mutually comfortable you can leave here for overnight boarding. I did exactly that and now Jilly is happy and tired when she goes there.

The only problem is the distance. I live in Redmond and its a 1 hour drive one way to get to the ranch. Its a total of 4 hours for 1 day care. So day care just plain does not work. It would certainly work for more than a couple of nights of boarding.

Jordyn M.

After extensive research, we landed at this boarding facility due to word of mouth and their highly rated reviews on google. Unfortunately, our horrific experience led us here in hopes to warn others.

Upon our initial “meet and greet”, the owners Steve and Carrie seemed like nice dog people. The facility itself seemed a bit run down, but we were willing to give it a try. When it came time to drop drop our 1 1/2 year old dog off to stay for multiple nights, I let Carrie know that he gets anxious sometimes in kennels and to give him his prescription medication IF needed. She proceeded to tell me that she doesn’t believe in medicating dogs, so I gave her the alternative which were canine approved CBD gummies that we rarely give our dog, but keep on hand just in case. For reference, there have only been two instances where we’ve given him 1 gummy and it helped calm him down.

Fast forward to picking up our dog 6 days later, and he was completely lethargic with absolutely no energy. Carrie said because he had “too much energy for her elderly group of dogs” she gave him TWO gummies DAILY. Now had she read the directions and our dogs application (where it states his weight), she would have known that for a dog who weighs 45 pounds the recommended dose was one gummy. The sad part was that he had to suffer an overdose of CBD all because he had “too much energy” for her group of dogs at the time of boarding which was NOT what we had told her the gummies were to be used for.

Then the nightmare came. After the first night and whole first day of bringing our dog home, he continued to be lethargic and not like his usual self. On the second day, he woke up and began vomiting 7 times within the hour. We were finally able to get him into his regular vet who ran multiple tests, luckily to find out he was okay, but said he could have very well overdosed and was most likely dehydrated because of the amount of gummies that were given.

We let Carrie know that this had happened to hopefully prevent her from doing this to another poor dog in the future, but were only told sorry and were left with unexpected vet bills and a very ill dog. Please please please, save yourself a potential nightmare and board your dog elsewhere.

surtech5

For a company sporting a website straight out of the early 00's, they sure do have a high opinion of themselves.

All reputable boarding facilities require rabies and DHPP with the more discerning also requiring Kennel Cough and I think that's fantastic. Most also require an evaluation before hand which I also approve of... But I have yet to find another boarding facility that requires your dog to be ordained by the pope himself to even get an audience with the staff.

I would like to shake hands with the one dog immaculate enough to gain entry into these hallowed grounds.