Playful Pack

4.6
151 reviews

About

Pet Day CarePet Boarding Service
Welcome to our dog daycare in Alexandria. Our clean and safe facility, along with our dedicated and loving staff, offers both spacious dog daycare and boarding for your furry best friend. We are conveniently located at 7520 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria near Mt Vernon Shopping Plaza. Where do our Alexandria PACKmates relieve themselves? Each play area is equipped with a 35 sq/ft artificial turfed potty area, constructed with a commercial drainage system for peak cleanliness. Come visit our Alexandria location and give your dog the ultimate dog daycare experience!

Location

Playful Pack
7520 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA
22306, United States

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  • JR
    J R
    today
    1.0
    I would never bring my dog here if I cared for it. Staff that seems disinterested in their jobs, sick dogs including a dog so clearly ill it was emaciated to the point you could see all of its ribs and joints. They need to be reported.
  • ZZ
    Zorione
    Oct 4, 2025
    5.0
    Started taking our 2 1/2 year old bully breed rescue babe here about 7 months ago. She LOVES it. The team is welcoming of her crazy! We do half day sessions, once per week to ensure she gets her canine play time and ensure she stays social with other dogs as her siblings are all kitties. 95% of the team that works there is great. The one that I don't care for is more of a (personal) personality clash as I can't deal with the know it all attitude types. Our girl loves it. She gets pumped when we pull up and is conked out and happy, after her stay when we get home. Couple of things we learned that may help: You have to explicitly state you only want a half day (4 hours) to not be charged a full day at drop off time. You get a report card with images of the days activities, although there have been sessions (multiple) where this was missed. They offer a sign on special that includes free bonus days. Introduction day is free, and your pup can stay all day. If it's not a match, they would call for pick up and no charge for you. If you're signed up and refer a friend, you get 5 free days added to your account as a thank you. They used to have a live feed Webcam, which was, however, shut down. Sounds like someone with a lot of money and no life came after them citing some type of privacy rights of their dog. Soooo.... If your pup had a 'situation' they let you know. We appreciate that they understand them to be dogs, at the end of the day! They have 2 rooms, one for small to medium pups (front facing/street view) and one for medium to large dogs.
  • DC
    Debbie Corder
    Aug 27, 2025
    5.0
    PLAYFUL PACK ALEXANDRIA is the best place we found to bring our dog,, Esme, for daycare or boarding, and I like that they plan activities for the dogs. The prices are very reasonable for their services. I would definitely recommend PLAYFUL PACK to anyone who's looking for a good daycare or boarding facility. Esme gets wound up and excited when I mention we're going to go play with her friends. She seems to really like it there. When we first started bringing her, I liked the fact that we were able to check in on the webcam to see how she was doing throughout the day. Unfortunately, they don't have the webcam anymore. I really wish and hope they can find a way to get the Webcam back. The one thing I would suggest is that when you do have a lot of dogs in the room, that there would be two people in there to watch the dogs. I know the staff does their best they can, but an extra set of eyes in a room when there a lot of dogs would be most helpful. You can tell the staff really seem to love working with the dogs. I especially like the way they interact and engage the dogs in activities. I am definitely at ease when I drop our dog off because I know she's in good hands.