Happy Place To Stay With Dogs!

I was glad I followed the largely good reviews here and booked this hotel for my trip rather than a less expensive option! I rank it highly because the staff was completely accommodating of the two minor issues I had.

Here are the highlights:
1) LOTS of green space to walk dogs, plenty of doggie waste stations in the surrounding area. The hotel is right off of a pedestrian mall with restaurants, a grocery store and some other businesses. The grass in the pedestrian mall (just a few steps away) is less worn than the potty area right across the street, but like everywhere in America, some people just refuse to clean up after their dogs so watch where you step.
2) I was able to travel with two large dogs (I train service dogs) and NO PET FEES. Brilliant.
3) The room comes with a little pet mat and they have an extra sheet over the comforter to protect it from dogs (it was raining the whole time I was there so that was a plus).
4) At check in, we got free travel water bowls and a card to hang on the door so housekeeping would know not to enter due to dogs. It was these touches that made me feel like the dogs were welcome and not just permitted.

Other details:
1) From what I gather all dog rooms are on the 2nd floor. The way it is set up, you enter an alcove on ground floor and take stairs or elevator to 2nd floor to check in desk. There are two wings. To the left of the elevators (last the bar) is also where the swimming pool is located. My initial room was very near the pool and the smell of chlorine was overwhelming. Luckily I was able to switch rooms to the hall to the right of the elevators and no odors. I would recommend requesting a room away from the pool if you are at all sensitive to this type of thing.
2) Another reviewer mentioned their dog finding a toy under the bed from another dog and questioned the cleanliness. My dog retrieved a plastic cup with some sort of dried purple liquid in it. Luckily they are trained to retrieve and not consume. I mentioned it at check out and since my room was prepaid they took off the charge for the $10 or $15 I had spent at their snack bar and billed to the room as a courtesy. I didn’t notice anything else in the room that didn’t seem clean to me. There was a mini frig (which I found out was actually a freezer unintentionally), a coffee maker,

Jan. 17, 2019