Hickman Creek Kennel

This place is awesome! My Kash absolutely loves to go to doggy daycare. The staff are 100% professional and kind. I am grateful to know that Kash is in great hands while at Sit, Stay, Play.

We love Sit, Stay, Play! Honey our golden retriever loves going to daycare. Zac is such a good dog trainer. We also had puppy training classes and he is positive, patient and calm. We know our honey is in good hands with Zac. She has gone to doggy daycare, done training classes and we have also boarded her while away on a trip. They are truly the best in Lexington. Even sent us photos of our pup having a blast!

We love bringing our dogs here. The staff is very sweet and communicative and we feel like our dogs are getting a vacation too!

Before we used Sit, Stay, Play for doggie daycare and boarding, we used them for training our puppy Chester and I can only say positive things. Zac is an excellent trainer and it is obvious that he loves what he does. We recently started using Sit, Stay, Play for doggie daycare/boarding and have not regretted it. Chester loves going to see Zac and his crew and comes home exhausted.

We went out of the country this year and used Sit, Stay, Play for boarding Chester, who was 10 months old at the time. We were sent pictures of Chester having a good time which put my mind at ease. I know when he is at Sit, Stay, Play that he is being taken care of as if he were one of their own dogs.

I have a very energetic Aussie who loves coming here for daycare and boarding. I've taken him to other places in the past but we keep coming back here for the friendly, caring staff and their ability to have the dogs play outside.

Zac is AMAZING! My 6 month old white Lab had already attended a 8 week puppy class and graduated (not with Zac) and is already over 50 pounds (going to be a big girl). However, before her time with Zac she was wild thing, stole everything she could find, counter surfed and just got super excited with new people and would jump up and scratch your arms and pull- just uncontrollable- I call it (her split personality) Sybil would come out.

We left her with Zac for intense training for 7 days, while we were away (husband did not think there was any way she would be different) and came back to an entirely different dog. Husband was SUPER impressed! Now we have to learn how to work better with her. OMG she is so amazing- no more counter surfing and still our loving sweet girl but now we have the nice dog all the time- and we can take her out with us and she sits like a lady right next to us- does not pull or tug when new people come up to her and is calm- we can even drop the leash and she will not run away and she is only 6 months old! Zac helped us focus our girl to be a future Therapy dog and now I can really see that happening (we had some doubt before)- I am looking forward to working with Zac in the near future to get her final Therapy dog certification- our Callie sure does love him and so do we!. And because of Zac she is going to be an amazing top notch Therapy dog visiting local hospitals, schools and nursing homes. Thank you Zac!

Critical: Professionalism This guy Zack is rude, got upset and angry that I called other trainers to compare services. If he's like that over a call how is he with dogs? Better Trainers out there to trust with your dogs. And if I could leave less then 1 star I would have!

Zach trained Gracie from the time she was three months old until she was 11 months. During that eight months, she learned so many tricks! She learned the basics within the first few months- sit, stay, lay down, come, kennel. From there, Zach worked with her on not jumping on people (down) and helped strengthen her hind legs. During the last part of her training he worked with her on heel and wait, so that she doesn't rush down the stairs and trample us or kids.

His love for animals is infinite. He has been such a big part of Gracie's puppy training and has really helped her become the sweet trained dog she is today. Birmingham is sad to see him move, but knows the pups in Lexington will have an amazing trainer!

Zac worked with our 3 year old goldendoodle and transformed a sweet but excitable pup into an extremely well-trained dog. He works hard and plays hard, and dogs respond well to his training approach. His love for dogs and passion for training shows in his work. I have great faith in Zac's abilities as a trainer and recommend his expertise to dog owners. My dog LOVES him and our family is grateful for him!

Zac is like a "dog whisperer". Our dog Luna loves him and respects him. He is the most personable young man as well as the best trainer. My husband and I both love him and would highly recommend him. He really is gifted with animals.