Barks 5th Avenue

Barks 5th Avenue was founded in 2000, and is located at 10620 Fm 1960 Rd W in Houston. Additional information is available at www.barks5thave.com or by contacting Penny Mahong at (281) 970-2284.

This place is not good at all!! They lie just to get your money! I was told someone monitors daycare so I bought a package. My dog has come home several times with different injuries and they never can tell me what happened. All they say is dogs will be dogs. The groomers are terrible, they say they have all this experience but even a amateur could recognize the horrible job they did on my dog. Not to mention all the nicks!! Its like someone was practicing grooming on my dog!! Never again!! Stay away from this place if you care about your dog.

DO NOT!! and I repeat DO NOT!! Bring your dog or work at Barks. If you are employed there they will treat you like a slave and show you no respect (Roxanna Spencer: Manager and Karen Ford: Grooming Manager) This place is infested with mice, roaches, fleas and ticks. In the kennel room the dog crates, which are old and rusted, are literaly sitting on top of bricks and cinder blocks. The "luxury suites" are basically just a closet with a filthy window to look inside. The linen that they provide to put in the crates and "luxury suites" are nothing but old donated towels with holes in them. There are mouse traps scattered all over the floor along with 2 week old dog food inbetween the cinder blocks. The smell in kennel is unbearable. If you don't believe me, go see for yourself and take a tour.
Now the bathing room. All four bathtubs have mold and mildew building underneath the tub which is an extreme health hazard. They have been aware of the mold but choose to ignore the situation. There are no drains in the floor to drain out the water but there are several electric outlet on the floor. Doesn't that seem like an electrical threat? There is hair and dander all throughout the room. Especially over the tubs. Behind the water heater you will find feces left from the mice. Once again if you feel that this is fabricated, please take a complete thorough tour of this facility. They use cheap human base products from the 99cent only store on your dog "Personal Care" baby shampoo, "No More Flakes" dandruff shampoo. Let's not forget they use "Mouth wash" to clean out the ears.
When you bring your dog to get groom, they do not provide water in the cage. Mind you dogs are drop off between 7-10am and in most cases are not done until closing. Dogs are checked in without proof of vaccinations. Yes they do ask for proof sometimes but they will still allow the dog in the facility without updated shot records. Which resulted in several dogs being exposed to kennel cough. The right thing management should have done was to shut the facility down and disinfect the entire building. But being the money hungry people they are, they put your dogs at RISK to be expose continually to kennel cough. They where aware that they should have shut down the building but they chose to keep it up and running to "Make their Money". Yet they are "a bark above the rest?"
There were two dogs in large doggie daycare that had a history of being aggressive towards other dogs. Barks was so careless that they place a puppy out in large doggie daycare with the aggressive dogs. Which resulted in the puppy being euthanized due to the brutale attack. Training wise dogs are not completely trained. During the dogs stay for training the amount of time spent training is about 25%. There is no small doggie daycare attendent. Which management say they could not afford. Karen ,the grooming manager, she only like to do customer dogs that are good tippers or have a higher payout. She's not a team player and can be very rude and racist to other employees. Management was very aware of Karen habits and inform employees to just accept her actions. But inform employees that they must all be team players and respectful of other. Doesn't that seem like favoritism? But in their words "its not favoritism its senority." But what more can you expect from somebody who takes a 24 case of beer as a tip? How about a dog that gets cut by her and then use super glue to seal the cut and hide it from the owner. What kind of place doesn't want to hire anybody who is trying to better themselves with higher education? Barks! Check out their Craiglist posting "MATURE" receptionist with "experience. posted 11-01-10. Once again if you don't believe or think I'm just making this up in my head please work or take a tour there.

Doggy daycare facility in Houston boards you furry friend, grooms them, and provides love and attention when you are not around to do so.

Changing peoples lives, one dog at a time!

Teach your dog new tricks or treat your dog to a pawdicure - Barks 5th Avenue is a full-service pet care facility that offers pet boarding in Houston, TX, as well as day care, training and grooming services for canines and felines. From doggie boot camp and daycare to a pet hotel and salon, we have something for your pet to enjoy. Visit us and see why we're "a bark above the rest!"
We offer:...

Boarding,Grooming,Doggie Daycare,Training,Pet Supplies,Gourmet Dog Food,Frisbee Shows