Our Applause

Winner! Oakland Magazine - Best Pet Grooming Service 2025

Winner! Oakland Magazine - Best Dog Walker 2025

Top 5! Oakland Magazine - Best Places to Board Pets 2025

Top 5! Oakland Magazine - Best Dog Training Service 2025

Top 5! Oakland Magazine - Best Pet Stores 2025

Winner! East Bay Express – Gold – Best Doggie Day Care 2024

Winner! East Bay Express – Gold – Best Boarding 2024

Winner! East Bay Express – Silver – Best Training 2024

Winner! East Bay Express – Best Doggie Day Care 2023

Winner! East Bay Express – Best Kennel 2023

Winner! East Bay Express – Best Place to Board Pets 2022

Top 5! Oakland Magazine – Reader’s Choice Best Places to Board Pets in Oakland and the East Bay in 2022

Winner! East Bay Express – Best Dog Obedience School 2021

Winner! East Bay Express – Best Doggy Daycare 2018

Winner! City Beat News Spectrum Award for Excellence in Customer Service 2018

Winner! Nextdoor Neighborhood Favorite 2018

Awarded a position on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list!

Winner! Best of the East Bay – Best Doggy Daycare 2017

Finalist – Bay Area A-List

Winner! Bay Woof – Best Daycare 2016

Winner! Bay Woof – Best Boarder 2016

Winner! Best Doggy Daycare 2014

Runner Up! Best dog boarding 2014

Best Boarding – Oakland Magazine 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008

Best Place to Leave Your Pooch – East Bay Express 2012

Best of City Search and Favorite Yelp Review 2008, 2007

Happy Hound is featured in Web Marketing for Dummies 3rd Edition

Google featured Happy Hound in Google’s Economic Impact, US 2010

Also featured in The Monterey County Herald, The Oakland Tribune, and The Contra Costa Times.