Rivers Edge pet lodge

The care and caring shone by the staff was just amazing. My dog was given such care and respect when he was cremated and they took a paw print for me which was just wonderful. I would recommend River’s Edge for all of their services.

Every time we pick up our dog from daycare. his paws are all cut up. At first I thought nothing of it. he obviously had a great time if he ran around with his buddies all day… But having to see him come home limping EVERY single time after daycare .its just painful to watch. We live on a second floor of an apartment. and the poor fellow is in so much pain that sometimes he doesn’t even want to come down the stairs to use the bathroom… I’m wishing that they could maybe fix up their yard (that the dogs play in) a bit… maybe padded floors?

I am an overprotective crazy dog mom, and I was used to corporate franchise-​type doggy daycare places in big cities. Our four dogs went to those locations repeatedly with no issues for several years. We recently moved to Lompoc and needed a doggy daycare location while moving into our house and also for trips out of town over the holidays.
Our dogs stayed here 3 times even though it didn’t meet my criteria for a safe doggy daycare location, but I tried it out anyway because there’s no where else I know of in Lompoc with a play yard for the dogs and I don’t feel comfortable with my dogs being in a kennel all day. After picking them up the third time, I will not bring them back.
1. They mix the small dogs with the larger dogs, so my little 15 lb. dogs were playing with ginormous dogs. Red flag.
2. The dogs are left alone in the play yard a lot, with toys. Red flag.
3. There are no lights in the dog kennels and at night the staff has to wear headlamps to find your dog after dark. Red flag.
4. The staff is mainly very young women, either still in high school or just out of high school. I would feel better with actual adults around.
Each time we picked up our dogs they seemed shaken up and had unexplained cuts on their legs/​feet. One of our dogs has Inflammatory Bowel Disease and she was so sick when we picked her up, she got sick in our car (from both ends!) before we even drove out of the parking lot. She was so anxious that we couldn’t calm her down for a few hours. I don’t feel confident that they gave her the special food or the medicine we left.
We won’t be going back. I’d rather drive to a different town or hire a dog sitter.
The staff was always really friendly and nice and had great customer service smiles, but I think there are not enough staff hired to adequately take care of the amount of dogs they take in daily. There should be someone in the playyard at all times. It seemed like there were just two people there most of the time.

Our dog Beau has been a regular at Rivers Edge since he was old enough to go to doggy day care. We take him once or twice a week and he is so excited to see the staff members (all of them!) that he nearly knocks them over running in the door!
My husband and I have boarded Beau overnight a few times now, and I have no doubt that he is in good hands day or night. The business is owned by Dr. Tammy Mendez, a wonderful veterinarian in Lompoc.
I rate this service very high because the rates for such excellent service are very reasonable, especially if you invest in the 30 day day care pass! Unbeatable.

My two dogs had a good visit. There’s a genuine love for the pets that stay the night here. Social dogs get to play, and for those that like their space, get a pretty large area to run around in. I felt safe taking my pets here and I hope you do to… Ask for a tour.