Central Bark Pet Grooming

Superb daycare service. Dog comes home everyday happy and exhausted. Great socialization experience. Good pickup/drop-off hours. Photos of the pups posted on Facebook everyday.

I love this place. All the staff is extremely nice and comforting and make leaving my pup with them stress free. Banksy is always excited to go and comes home ready for the longest nap. Thank you for giving my pup a place to socialize and learn! I encourage all my friends to bring their pups here.

This place is top-notch! The staff are all so welcoming and caring. Our dog is excited to go every week!

Central Bark Gurnee, was amazing! This is our first time to drop off our dog and she loved it! Especially, we picked her up late and they waited for us. All the staff is friendly. We will be back for sure!

Central Bark Gurnee saved my dog's life. He goes to daycare there weekly, and we sometimes board him. We have been going since August 2021. Recently he was boarded there while we were out of the country, and had a serious life threatening health emergency unrelated to boarding. The staff at Central Bark recognized immediately that he was unwell, got him to our vet, and after stabilization drove him to the Emergency Hospital where he had life saving surgery. Had Central Bark Gurnee not acted so quickly, my dog likely would have had even more serious complications or lost his life. I cannot recommend enough the compassionate and astute ownership and staff at Central Bark Gurnee, and they go above and beyond to make sure your dog is well cared for.

1st time using them and will continue doing so as long as I'm in driving distance. Milo (left) & Gizmo (right) looked amazing.

Doc and Jo love Central Bark and so do I! Jo used to be very unsure of strange dogs to the point where I didn't think she would ever have a positive and confident interaction with another dog besides Doc. She got rejected from group training and a daycare before they even gave her a chance when my vet recommended I take her to Central Bark. Layne didn't make me feel like a bad dog mom and was SO reassuring!

And sure enough Jo immediately started breaking out of her shell with her daycare friends and I have noticed she is less reactive when we see strange dogs and people in public. After a few times of going on her own my old man Doc decided he wanted to go too. They get excited to go to daycare and sleep the entire night away when they get home. The staff is so friendly and passionate about what they do. Thank you!

This place is great! I was really nervous about leaving my very energetic, playful dogs in a new place but the staff made me feel very comfortable and reassured me that everything would be fine. And it was! My two babies love going to Central Bark! They also take pictures of all the dogs throughout there day and post them on Facebook which I absolutely love!

I took my dog for daycare here for the first time. I was greeted by the owner, Layne when I was arrived. He was such a nice guy! My dog has a lot of energy and can be handful and I felt very comfortable leaving my dog in their care! There are other doggy day care's closer to my house but this place makes it worth the 15-20 minute drive. We will be back weekly!

Love love love this place. Everyone is so caring, friendly, and professional. They take great care of the pups and take the time to post pics on their Facebook page which totally makes my day. Rudy loves going there to play with his friends and always comes home wiped out!