Hike Doggie, a premier dog hiking service based in Golden, Colorado, is celebrating a unique customer review that has the potential to go viral. Gunnar, a four-year-old Black Labrador Retriever owned by Denver resident Kristi Gacke, left a five-star Yelp review after his daylong hiking adventure on June 16. Written from Gunnar's perspective, the review describes what he initially thought would be a routine walk around the block but turned into what he calls “the greatest adventure of my life.”
Kath Allen, founder of Hike Doggie, expressed delight at the review. “The moment we spotted the post, we just knew we had to share Gunnar’s five-star review with as many people as possible,” she said. The review highlights the brand’s mission to “make dogs as happy as they make us.” Gunnar’s narrative includes details such as discovering 17 sticks, cataloguing 43 different smells, and encountering numerous squirrels. He noted that the adventure was the “greatest day of his life, narrowly beating the time he found a half a chicken nugget in a parking lot.”
Gunnar’s owner, Kristi Gacke, director of sales and marketing for HHM Hotels, was not surprised by the attention. “Gunnar has always been a very expressive doggie, quite vocal, even back when he was just a puppy,” she said. “I’m really not all that surprised he’s gone and done something viral.”
Hike Doggie offers professional dog hiking services with round-trip excursions to the Rockies in climate-controlled “Big Blue Busses.” The service includes snacks, social media snaps, branded gear, and end-of-day baths. The company, founded in 2016, now serves over 800 dogs each month in the Denver-metro area and has franchisees in six states. For more details on Gunnar’s review, visit the full Yelp review. To learn more about Hike Doggie’s services and franchise opportunities, go to hikedoggie.com.
