Malibu’s Canine Connection

What an amazing place. The staff loves dogs and knows just how to take care of each dog.
Nothing better than seeing people love and be good at their job. Best of all my dog can’t wait for his next visit

I’m a SUPER HUGE fan of Canine Connection! I’ve been bringing my dogs here for doggie-​day care for the last 8+ years. The owner /​manager, Leslie, is super professional and knows what she is doing. She knows how to handle all types of personalities in dogs. Most impressive, she somehow amazingly remembers each dog by name (even after not seeing you for a few…) and remembers the history of each dog. Now THAT is customer service!
The dogs are able to romp around four different segregated pens (according to size) and they get to play all day in the open air and sun in Malibu. There are tons of shady area /​umbrellas and water features for the dogs! Check it out!
If you are a regular here, it’s best to ask about the value-​pack of 10 visits. You get a slight discount on your doggie-​daycare visits.

I love this place because my dogs SERIOUSLY love this place. They are obsessed… read on my friend…
When we pull up in the car, they both start making the most hilarious squeaking and Unilocaling noises and cannot wait for me to open the car doors so that they can go tearing into this fabulous doggy daycare up in sunny Malibu. I think they’d throw me under a bus if it meant they got a day at this place.
This doggy daycare holds 4 different play yards for so that they can group dogs of similar personality type and energy level so that all the dogs get to party. It’s also 100% outdoors and the owners bring in beach sand to fill each play yard so it’s like a day at the beach for your doggies. They even have a webcam so you can watch while you are at work or wherever!
The owners are both two SUPER sweet and funny former vet techs from the Malibu Animal Hospital and the location is the BEST. When you come pick up your dogs they will give you a behavior report about what kind of day your dog had. It’s awesome because if your dog was ‘off’ or not feeling okay, these owners jump right in and will say that you dog was down or crabby or whatever, instead of ONLY telling you that everything was fab, perfect, blah blah… etc.
It’s on PCH right across from the entrance to Malibu’s surfrider beach so I can put my dogs in daycare and let them party while I go have my own fun at the beach. Best of all it’s walking distance to not only the beach but to all of Cross Creek’s shopping and there is a vet office right in front of Canine Connection in case your dog had any kind of emergency or needs a vaccine, etc. It’s bit pricey so I usually end up doing the half day which is 5 hours and that’s quite long enough for my crazy animals.
I highly recommend this place to anyone who has a socialized dog!