Ms. Willa is long time visitor to Friendly Grove Boarding and Daycamp. She is a beautiful Golden Retriever, a mature female who is nurturing to younger puppies and playful with all dogs. Ms. Willa enjoys her spa days, especially the scrubbing part!
We really enjoy having the pleasure of Willa as a guest, she [...]
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January 2010 Golden Retriever
After Doggie Daycare
Here lies Coffy at home, pictured on her 2009 Christmas card, after a great day at Doggie Daycare at The Grove!
Coffy is a regular here and loves playing with Taz and Maddy! She is running like a crazy terrier the minute she arrives till the minute she goes home!
We can hardly believe she actually does [...]
Cooper – December’s Featured Client
Cooper is a regular weekly guest at The Grove. Cooper is truly a unique dog, he is sensitive, playful, intelligent and kind.
We are very proud of Cooper’s recent acceptance to the Providence St. Peter’s Animal Assisted Activities and Therapy program! Now lots of children and adults will get to experience The [...]
July & August Featured
The summer has been flying by, I got so wrapped in the summer and caught a tasty flu bug that I had to take a few weeks off blogging! I am still trying to get caught up but can see the light at the end of the tunnel I really missed my blogging [...]
Meet Emmett The Great Dane
Meet Emmett, the larger than life Great Dane! We have been so fortunate to watch Emmett grow..and grow…and grow into the beautiful young man he is today!
Emmett’s parents have done an amazing job with early socialization and proper diet! With all dogs it is important to have a strong foundation of socializing, diet and [...]
May The Border Collie
Meet Chowder, the Lovely Border Collie. Chowder has been a regular at The Grove for a few years now. She has great stamina and loves to herd the other dogs all day! She never tires, loves to lay in a nice wet mud puddle after a long ball chasing event!
The Border Collie [...]
April 09 Featured Client
Noah is a Labrador Retriever who is a regular daycamper here at the Grove. Noah has been coming to daycamp for some time now and keeps us on schedule, in fact we would all have to admit that Noah is “The Time Keeper”.
Many of us have pets who become restless an hour or so before [...]
Seadog Makes The Front Page
Seadog, a beautiful Chesapeake Bay retriever, a regular here at the grove, made the front cover of The Olympian Newspaper last week !
Seadog and her dad were out playing ball at an old school park site which is frequented by many dog lovers in our area, when the newspaper along with several city council members [...]
Happy St. Patricks Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day ! What would an Irish holiday be without a mention of Irish Dog Breeds ?
Considered one of the oldest Irish breeds, The Irish Terrier ! Pictured here is Dylan, a lovely, rambunctious Irish Terrier who is a regular visitor here at the Grove !
Read more about Dylan whom we featured [...]
The Dachshund
The Dachshund – Mr. Milo
The Dachshund, meaning “badger dog” in German, were first bred in the early 1600s in Germany. The goal was to create a fearless, elongated dog that could dig the earth from a badger burrow and fight to the death with the vicious badgers.
The breed became popular in the U.S. during the [...]

