PetSmart Doggie Day Camp

Why it is listed

PetSmart Doggie Day Camp is the retail indoor camp with a written vaccine list, a short first-day assessment, and a photo/Pawgress loop. Intact males and named bully-breed types are out. No national price. Confirm that store. This is not PetsHotel boarding.

Pros & cons

Pros

• services.petsmart.com/content/doggie-day-camp and daily-day-camp-activities 2026-09-02: supervised indoor socialization led by safety-certified Day Camp Counselors; open 7 days with full-day (up to 8 hours) and half-day (up to 4 hours) sessions; scheduled activities with rest breaks. Get-Ready page: first-day email photo; Pawgress Report at checkout; call anytime; climate-controlled indoor playground.
• daycamp-requirements: written proof of DAPP/DHPP (or listed equivalents), Bordetella every 12 months, and Rabies; vaccines at least 24 hours before arrival (prefer 10 days); flea/tick-free or salon treatment at the pet parent’s expense. First drop-off includes a brief behavioral assessment; health check each visit. Campers at least 4 months. Medication form exists (no injections; extra charge; original packaging).
• Find-a-store booking on services.petsmart.com. Forms: PetsHotel & Doggie Day Camp Services Agreement.

Cons

• Official exclusion list: intact (unneutered) male dogs, pregnant females, females in heat, and dogs PetSmart classifies as “bully breed” or wolf/wolf hybrid — including American Pit Bull Terriers, Miniature Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Bulldogs, Bull Terriers, or mixed breeds with those characteristics. That is a national breed filter, not a temperament-only rule.
• No national daycare USD, app, webcam, numeric ratio, first aid/CPR sentence, or cancel window on the pages we scored. Assessment is “a few minutes,” not a multi-hour interview. Doggie Day Camp is not in every PetSmart.
• PetsHotel overnight is boarding, already ranked. Confirm that store runs Day Camp. Ask who pays the vet.

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