About barkbarn

About barkbarn

barkbarn is a home-based dog care business on a 3.5-acre property in the Morgantown area. The founders describe it starting in 2021 with dog walking for coworkers, then growing into a property bought specifically to board dogs. The business runs overnight boarding, structured daycare, pack hiking and training, and says it has been voted Best of Morgantown in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

The training program

Training is a three-week board and train in which the dog lives in the trainer's home for the full period on a structured daily schedule. The published skill outline covers loose leash walking, crate and car manners, socializing with people, places and smells, thresholds such as door and food manners, sit, auto-sit, down and stay, structured walking, coming when called, engagement and focus work, settling, place command, advanced off-leash obedience with e-collar, neutrality around other dogs and people, and field trips to shops, rail trails, parks and coffee shops. Owners get progress videos through the stay, an in-stay lesson in week two, a go-home session and three further in-home sessions. The three-week program is published at $3,100.

Boarding and daycare

Overnight boarding is published at $62 per night and structured daycare at $38 per day, Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., with an independent plan for dogs that prefer not to be in group play. Because the business runs out of the owners' home there are no walk-through tours; meet-and-greets are offered instead.

Who runs it

Founder Alana Cruz came to West Virginia for WVU, where she studied animal and nutritional sciences, and names training and the pack hiking program as her own areas. Co-founder Brock Shockey grew up in Martinsburg. A dog manager, Hailiee Baker, is also listed.