Dog-Ma: Trusted DC dog daycare with outdoor yards, attentive staff, and happy, tired pups.
Dog-Ma is a trusted dog daycare and care facility located at 816 L St SE, Washington, DC 20003. Reviews highlight friendly, attentive staff, and a welcoming outdoor space with three yards, pools, and water features. The facility prioritizes dogs' comfort with AC breaks, water, and outdoor play, and provides new-member vaccination checks and a detailed first-day readout. They also offer boarding and grooming services. Dogs leave tired and happy.
816 L St SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA
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Supervised play in outdoor yards with pools and water features, ensuring dogs stay active and cool.
Overnight stays in a secure facility where dogs enjoy daycare fun and comfortable rest.
Professional grooming including baths, haircuts, and nail trims to keep your pup looking and feeling great.
Exclusive access to three outdoor yards for safe, natural play and bathroom breaks.
Ensuring all dogs are up-to-date on vaccinations for a healthy and secure environment.
Overall rating
Brenan Tjelmeland
If I could give more than 5 stars, I would. Dog-Ma is our go-to place for daycare for our pup. The staff is always so friendly, excited to see our dog, and they take excellent care. It's also the only place in the area that has outdoor space, which is a must for us. Highly recommend!
Cooper Reves
Dog-ma is easily the best dog daycare we’ve experienced in the DC area. I wouldn’t consider anywhere else. The 3 outdoor dog yards, pools, water features, and attentive staff ensure that my dog has a blast and comes home happy/tired. My dog is outwardly excited anytime we come to DogMa for drop off, absolutely loves the staff, and looks forward to it. It is a safe and secure facility, and ultimately fun for my dog. We love it!
Rebecca Bertram
Dog-ma is the absolute best, Stella our (very particular and very attached) Mini-Aussie absolutely loves it here. She has been going to daycare almost every day for the last two years and she’s still so excited every time we drop her off. Their staff is top notch, they’re responsive and extremely accommodating to our often changing schedules, you can tell they really love the dogs and what they do everyday. We also use their boarding and grooming services whenever we’re out of town, both of which we would highly recommend. It makes going on vacation easier when we know Stella is in a safe place that she loves while we’re away.
Claire De Pree
I wanted to take a minute to give Dogma the recognition they deserve. My puppy has been a regular here since I started a new job in office. I was so nervous to leave him at daycare, worried he’d be scared or stressed. Now, when we drop him off, all the attendants recognize him! He doesn’t even look back at me — he sprints into the play yards for a day of fun with his dog and human friends. I have full trust in the folks working here to take the best care of my dog. He knows it’s a dogma day when we’re around the corner and squeaks with happiness and excitement until he’s dropped off and out of the car. I can tell by his body language how much he loves it here!! Staff is very mindful of making sure the dogs are cool on hot days, the dogs get AC breaks and water and kiddie pools outside. I love that they have the outside yard, too. I’ve never liked the idea of daycares where dogs have to do their business on the floor inside. Dogma is very mindful of making sure dogs have all vaccinations as new members, and provided a full readout of his first day. The best part is that puppy is so tired after a day full of Dogma fun that I get also to relax after work :) Worth every penny. Never going anywhere else!
Eric Christopher
My pup Jack has been coming to Dog-Ma for the last 6 years. He knows his schedule and alerts me when it’s time to go 😂. Each time we enter, Jack leads me to the gate where he is warmly greeted by AMAZING and DEDICATED members of the Dog-Ma team. Jack has the most fun and comes home exhausted. I never worry or stress because I know he is in good hands! I don’t know what I would do without Dog-Ma! Thank you for all you do for my boy!
