Whether it's a birthday, a gotcha day or what pet owners think might be their dog's birthday, they are celebrating - in a big way! When's your dog's birthday? My first dog, Chanel, was born on January 4, 1994 and my second dog, Sonny was born on September 1, 2004. We would celebrate Chanel's birthday with a frozen dog ice cream bar, maybe the name will come to me, but chances are they don't make them anymore. It was a freezie-pup or something, and she loved them almost as muc

How did you find Camp Ruff It Doggie Daycare & Boarding? We would love to know! Here are some of our favorite orgin stories.

Tis the season for our fall favorites, but which ones should we share with our furry friends and which ones should we take home for ourselves. It's officially fall. The humidity (thank goodness) has started to exit the Midwest and we have more time to enjoy the weather out and about with our friends and furry friends. We absolutely want to be taking extra walks with our dogs and spending as much time as we can loving them as we watch the leaves begin to change colors. One of

Your dog will love these Enrichment mats

Naming your pup might not be as easy as you think... if that puppy already has a name! But what do you do if you hate it? Most of us weren't there when our dogs were born. Maybe you were and you got to name the puppies and you knew that little one was destined to be 'Rover,' or 'Kevin,' but chances are you adopted your best furry friend after it already had a first name. So what do you do? Keep that name... even if you adopted a dog named Simba and you know in your heart that

Our dogs are our best friends, so it's fun to imagine that they do all the things we do while we're at work... like have their own jobs! But what job would your dog be best at? We love having fun with all of your on the Camp Ruff It Facebook page, if you're not following us yet, what are you waiting for? Most days we ask you a fun question about your dog, recently we wanted to know what job your dog would have if they needed to go to work just like you - we LOVE your answers.

You might think the 'dog days of summer,' are when it's so hot out that you just want to lay around like your dog, but the real reason we call the end of the season this might surprise you. When we think of the dog days of summer, we probably think of the week or two before kids go back to school or the very end of August, but actually the dog days start before the 4th of July! According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the dog days of summer are from July 3 until August 11 and t

o matter how old you are, you can learn something new! Did you know that there are certain types of grass that are better for dog owners to have in their yards?

Naming your dog is one of the most fun parts of owning a new pup! Maybe you want to stick with a classic like Fido, Spot or Fluffy. Maybe you want to name your dog after a famous pup, like Lassie or Rin Tin Tin, but we prefer the list the Camp Ruff It Facebook fans came up with! We asked our fans to tell us their favorite dog names and to purposely not include their actual dogs. We have a feeling a lot of them might be on the hunt for their newest pup to use these names! Whic

Life is busy. Sometimes it's amazing, but sometimes it's really stressful. Especially right now. We spend MONTHS prepping for the best summer ever with our friends and family and somehow, no matter what happens in May and June, the end of July rolls around and we're innendated with 'Back-to-School' ads and the feeling that warm weather is fleeting and those plans we sort of forget to make won't happen this year. And that's just the fun part of life! We also have jobs, and mon

We are so excited to welcome you to our new Camp Ruff It home at 295 Carlton Drive in Carol Stream! How can you celebrate, oh we have some big ideas! You have probably been excited for our big move for weeks, but we've been looking forward to this for months, and in our hearts we've been hoping for this for years! Our owners, Lori and Ryan, have put their heart and souls (and hours!) into making 'New Camp' the best place that your dog will ever visit. Because we LOVE to celeb

After countless hours of planning, designing, permitting, construction, and more than a few unexpected delays, we're beyond excited to officially welcome our Camp Ruff It family to our new home at 295 Carlton Drive in Carol Stream!