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Queens Gazette.The Queens GazetteCamp Bow Wow Is Worth Barking AboutBY VICTORIA CHU
The camp counselors watch over the campers as they frolic through the six giant play yards. Some take a dip in the two pools available, while others run through the jungle gym. After the campers spend a long day playing with their friends, the camp counselors give them special "campfire" treats before tucking them into bed. Then the counselors play classical music that lulls even the most excited camper off to sleep to get ready for another fun-filled day.
There's one distinct difference between the camp described and any other resident camp: the campers are dogs.
Big and small, long haired and short haired, all dogs, with the exception of pit bulls, are welcome to have the time of their lives at the newly opened Camp Bow Wow in Long Island City. As long as they are at least four months old, spayed or neutered if over six months old, flea and tick free and current on vaccinations for Bordatella, distemper and rabies, the dogs can all enjoy Camp Bow Wow's 10,000- square-foot facility located at 47-16 Austell Pl. in Long Island City.
Stephen Neagus opened the facility just over two weeks ago and already has more than 50 clients. He owned a dog-walking service for six years, saving money for a bigger and better project. Neagus saw an advertisement for Camp Bow Wow, a franchise based in Colorado, and eventually opened his own branch a year later, the first Camp Bow Wow in New York state. The campers come from many Queens neighborhoods, including Astoria, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Long Island City, Roosevelt Island, Sunnyside and Woodside. Neagus is currently considering opening another facility, perhaps in Manhattan, and other camps will be opening at other New York locations such as Staten Island in the near future. Ironically, Neagus owns only cats. "I spend all day with dogs," Neagus explained. "There would be no one to take care of my dogs while I'm at work."
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