About Lulu Naturally Dog Boarding Training & Drop Off Day School

Lulu Naturally Dog Boarding Training & Drop Off Day School operates from 4 Blackpine Drive in Medford, a residential street in the middle of Brookhaven's western half. It carries a 5.0 rating from 140 Google reviews – by some distance the strongest review record of any small dog business in this part of the metro.

What it offers

Its name describes the offer: boarding, training and a drop-off day school, which together describe a home-based operation where dogs are dropped for the day or stay overnight and learn while they are there.

What to ask

A 5.0 across 140 reviews is a real signal – it is difficult to accumulate that at a home-based business without a lot of satisfied repeat clients – but it tells you people are happy, not what the training consists of. The questions to ask on the phone are the ordinary ones: whether the training is structured or incidental to the day, whether it is included in the day-school rate or priced separately, how many dogs are there at once, and whether the operator has any formal training qualification.

Where it sits

Medford is well placed for owners in Patchogue, Holtsville, Farmingville and Yaphank, and the town also holds a long-established boarding kennel on Peconic Avenue whose training is run by a retired K9 police officer. Between the two, an owner on this side of Brookhaven has a home-scale option and a facility option within a few minutes of each other.