---
title: "The Doggie Den - Columbia — St. Louis, MO"
url: "https://dogsaway.co/st-louis-mo/the-doggie-den-columbia/"
updated: "2026-10-20"
data_pulled: "2026-10-20"
census_at: "2026-10-20"
source: "Dogs Away — public Google Business profile (identity, rating) + Dogs Away disclosure census of the facility's own website"
license: "All rights reserved. Read and cite freely. No bulk copying. (https://dogsaway.co/terms/)"
attribution: "Source: Dogs Away (dogsaway.co)"
---

# The Doggie Den - Columbia

Pet boarding service in Columbia, MO — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in St. Louis, MO (https://dogsaway.co/st-louis-mo/).

**★4.7 from 15 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 9.4/10.** The Dogs Away score is a Bayesian-adjusted Google rating on a 0–10 scale (prior weight 25 reviews at the 4.669 network mean).

## Facts

- **Services:** boarding, daycare, training
- **Address:** 117 Southwoods Dr, Columbia, IL 62236
- **Phone:** (618) 281-3644
- **Website:** https://www.columbiadoggieden.com/
- **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=The%20Doggie%20Den%20-%20Columbia&query_place_id=ChIJ5Rh7m8-72IcRStv6D79A-cs

## Hours

| Day | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| Monday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Tuesday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 8 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 8 AM–9 PM |

## From their own pages (researcher-read)

- **Evaluation before the first stay:** yes — their words: "Safety is our highest priority, which is why every dog goes through a thorough evaluation process before joining group play." (https://www.columbiadoggieden.com/)
- Read by a Dogs Away researcher on 2026-10-30 because the crawler could not read the website. Not counted in the census figures.

## Published rates

No rate published on their website as of October 20, 2026.

## Disclosure record

## Licensing

Missouri licenses and inspects boarding kennels. The Animal Care Facilities Act (RSMo 273.325 to 273.357) makes it unlawful to operate a boarding kennel or commercial kennel (a kennel that also grooms or trains) without a license from the Director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture, and operating without a valid license is a class A misdemeanor (273.329). The license text covers a place where animals are sheltered, fed and watered for pay; the Department's FAQ describes overnight care, and day-only daycare is not addressed by name. The initial fee is $125, and renewal is $125 plus a per capita fee of $0.10 per animal per boarding day (capped). The Department publishes no licensee list; inspection reports are available to the public on request. The City of St. Louis requires a Health Commissioner kennel permit above four dogs or cats on a nonresidential parcel (SLRC 10.20.012), and whether a given boarding or daycare business counts as a kennel under it was not tested.

Market licensing detail: https://dogsaway.co/st-louis-mo/

## How to cite

The Doggie Den - Columbia, Columbia, MO. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/st-louis-mo/the-doggie-den-columbia/ (census October 20, 2026; listing data October 20, 2026). Source: Dogs Away (dogsaway.co). Read or cite this one record with a link. Do not bulk copy, scrape or rebuild the directory. Terms: https://dogsaway.co/terms/

Structured data: https://dogsaway.co/api/v1/facilities/st-louis-mo/the-doggie-den-columbia.json