Amy successfully grew the business by dedicating all of her time to providing Pet Sitting and Dog Walking services to local clients. Because of her excellent reputation Amy's services were sought after and word of mouth spread quickly growing the business more and more each year. The business has since expanded into an acquired commercial property in Fairfax Station in 2002, when "Affectionate Pet Care Center" was opened adding services such as dog day care, cage-free boarding, dog training and grooming.
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Our cage-free boarding center is the place for your dog to vacation while you are away on vacation! Affectionate Pet Care Center is the area's exclusive 24-hour fully supervised at all times, facility. In our cage-free boarding environment, dogs are grouped with others who are best suited for their size and temperament.
Please use caution when entering our parking lot, as there may be other vehicles exiting, and patrons with dogs crossing. For quick pick up/drop off pull in and turn around at the end of the lot, and parallel park facing Pickett Road. This will help the flow of traffic especially during our busy times from 7-9am, and 4-7pm.
Affectionate Pet Care acknowledges the importance of emergency preparedness to ensure the safety of the pets in our care. Therefore, we require all of our Pet Sitters and employees to complete an animal first aid and CPR program. We have been updating our knowledge of the subject through the Colvin Run Veterinary Clinic.
Dog Daycare is a popular alternative to leaving your dog at home during the day, helping prevent loneliness, weight gain, destructive behavior, accidents, and separation anxiety. At Affectionate Pet Care's Doggy Daycare Center your dog can run in our large fenced grass yards, play with other dogs, dip in the doggie pool, fetch, bark, nap, and just be a dog in our homey indoor and outdoor cage-free environment supervised by our professionally trained staff who encourage good behavior with positive reinforcement.
Reviews (15)
Nick Milton
Jun 12, 2022
Suzi L.
May 21, 2022
Kelly Keeler
Apr 27, 2022
We use Affectionate Pet for daycare and boarding. When we started, our dog needed help socializing (who didn't after Covid?!). They were very good with her and worked with her. She's made huge improvements. I do wish they had an option for online booking but emailing or calling isn't too bad. Do reserve early - they book up for both daycare and boarding.
Faiad Shaban
Jan 25, 2022
Melanie Odria
Jan 12, 2022
Barbara Fleming
Dec 06, 2021
Kathy Greene
Nov 27, 2021
Kelley Baskin
Oct 21, 2021
My dog loves going here and Stacy is so good at grooming him (mini poodle mix) but every time he's at daycare he comes home smelling like urine. He's white so you can literally see the yellow patches of urine on him. Also he's gotten kennel cough from there before and after a recent 2 day boarding visit he came home with conjunctivitis in his left eye. It's just not worth boarding or bringing him to daycare there. Besides the front office staff could be friendlier; they've gotten worse over the years.
Steven Landry
Sep 21, 2021
Meghan May
Jul 23, 2021
Please don't bring your dog here. I spoke with an associate in May to book my dog for boarding the weekend of my wedding in August. They said I was all set and just needed to book a behavior evaluation for her which made sense. They recommended waiting until a couple weeks prior to boarding. I brought her Monday and they said she was quiet and didn't want to play with the other dogs (I later realized they had all the dogs outside and it was no exaggeration, 99 degrees out).
So they wanted to have her do doggy day care for a day and then make a decision if she was "safe for boarding" (she goes to the dog park and has play dates with her doggy friends all the time but definitely has separation issues). I was okay with that - brought her for doggy day care today. I was a little nervous so they said they would give me a report card of how she did at the end of the day.
I came to pick her up and they said they have no record of the boarding request for August, already have too many dogs scheduled and can't accommodate her. No apologies, no offer or discount for me literally wasting my money this week for the sole purpose of boarding her and it's now 3 weeks before my wedding and no one to watch my dog. To make matters worse there was no report card and no one could comment on how my dog did all day while I was at work for 9 + hours. Would never bring my dog here again.
So they wanted to have her do doggy day care for a day and then make a decision if she was "safe for boarding" (she goes to the dog park and has play dates with her doggy friends all the time but definitely has separation issues). I was okay with that - brought her for doggy day care today. I was a little nervous so they said they would give me a report card of how she did at the end of the day.
I came to pick her up and they said they have no record of the boarding request for August, already have too many dogs scheduled and can't accommodate her. No apologies, no offer or discount for me literally wasting my money this week for the sole purpose of boarding her and it's now 3 weeks before my wedding and no one to watch my dog. To make matters worse there was no report card and no one could comment on how my dog did all day while I was at work for 9 + hours. Would never bring my dog here again.
Leanna Feinleib
Jun 30, 2021
This place seems to have a staff that really cares about the dogs, but the issue is that the owners of the company have NO cap for how many dogs they'll take at a time. Which means they'll have 50+ dogs in one room with one staff member watching them! Theres no way they're able to give a good standard of safety and pet care if there's that many. I'd feel better about bringing my pup back there if there was some way to make sure they weren't just sticking my dog in a room with 50 others, it's neglectful! I just don't trust my dog is safe here.
Cammie
Jun 27, 2021
Affectionate pet care? More like abusive pet care. DO NOT bring your pets here. A former worker has told me they treat your pets badly. They don't follow specific instructions with aggressive dogs. They treat their overnight shift terrible and overcrowd your dogs in the rooms. There was a disabled dog that was not handled correctly and was stuck in its spot because it was paralyzed. The former worker has so many other stories about how they treat your pets. PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR PETS HERE if you believe they deserve the best possible care.
Candice Mccoy
Apr 29, 2021
My dog LOVES to come here. When we first went he was hesitant to even walk through the door. Now he runs in! I take him most Saturdays at a minimum because he sleeps for 3 to 4 days after so much play. I love the report cards that they give and his report is always the same.he loved to play ALL DAY. We live in the area for work so we don't really have family here to watch him when we travel.
I'm glad we have a place to take our dog for cage free boarding that he enjoys. I bet he doesn't even notice when we are gone for several days lol. Oh and after his baths he looks so handsome and smells so good. Highly recommend.
I'm glad we have a place to take our dog for cage free boarding that he enjoys. I bet he doesn't even notice when we are gone for several days lol. Oh and after his baths he looks so handsome and smells so good. Highly recommend.
Kathryn Robair
Mar 19, 2021
Allison Wachter
Mar 13, 2019
My dog Lilly has been going to Affectionate Pet Care since she was 4 months. She loves it there. We do daycare several times a week and have done boarding and grooming. I have been satisfied with each. When your dog can't wait to run in the door, you know they must be doing something right! Only complaint--I wish I could see the dogs playing. Either photos (when boarding), viewing area or live video feed. You can get reports on your dogs day that tell you who they played with, but you don't know the type of dog.