Meet Justin Stanley
Founder, dog dad, and the reason this place is open at 3am.
Born and raised in San Diego, Justin built 24 Hour Dog Daycare in 2014 because the boarding facilities he used during years of military and travel work weren't good enough for his own Boxers. He decided to build the place he wished existed. Twelve years later, it's still here, still open around the clock, and still run by the same person who started it.
A boarding kennel made him angry. So he built a different one.
Before there was a 24 Hour Dog Daycare, there were two Boxers named Icarus and Kador, and a young man working as an Unexploded Ordnance technician.
That job meant 13 hour days on remote bombing ranges. Weeks at a time on the road. Sierra Army Depot in the cold. The Chocolate Mountains in 110 degree heat. South Korea. The kind of schedule that doesn't fit into anyone's idea of 9 to 5.
The dogs had to go somewhere. So Justin tried the kennels and warehouse style boarding facilities that existed at the time. What he saw made him angry. Dogs sitting alone in concrete runs. Picked up tense and quiet at the end of long stays. Treated like luggage that happened to breathe.
Twenty dollars left in the account on opening day.
Justin started writing the business plan in his head before he ever left the field. The idea was simple. Cage free. Open around the clock. Staffed by people who actually like dogs. Built for the customers other facilities didn't bother with: bartenders, ER nurses, pilots, military families, and anyone else whose day didn't end at 5pm.
The first location opened in Miramar in 2014. His grandparents, Bruce and Yoshie, put a lien on their home to back the loan. On opening day, there was $20 left in the business account. The first customer bought a $600 daycare package. That paid for the first round of ads. The ads brought in more customers. Within a few months, more than seventy dogs were rolling through the doors every day.
The grandparents got paid back. Bruce and Yoshie aren't here to see what their bet built, but their names are on everything that matters.
Your name is all you have. And no one can take it from you.
Bruce Stanley U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) · Justin's grandfather
Bruce said that more times than Justin can count, and it's still the rule the business runs on. If something goes wrong, the team owns it. If a dog needs the vet, they go. If a customer asks a hard question, they get a real answer.
About Talos.
Justin's current dog is a Boxer named Talos. He shows up at the dog park before the sun's all the way up, plays with his best friend Biff (a Cane Corso who belongs to Brian, the daycare's general manager), and probably knows more park regulars by name than half the staff.
Talos isn't a mascot. He's just the dog at home. But he's also why this place exists, more or less. Every decision about playgroups, naptime, soundproofing, overnight staffing, all of it, starts with the same question:
The people who actually run the place.
A two location, 24/7 operation isn't a one person show. Twenty plus staff across both facilities, most of them with us for years. These are a few of the people who make it work.
Brian H.
General Manager & Co-Owner
Justin's best friend since junior high. The reason the day to day runs as smoothly as it does. Also the human Biff lets sleep in his bed.
Sailey
Team Lead, Miramar
On board since 2015. Has raised a family in the time she's been here. The dogs love her in a way that's hard to fake.
The Crew
Two locations · 20+ staff
The people who walk your dog at 2am, learn his quirks by day three, and text you a picture when he finally relaxes. They're the reason your dog comes home tired and happy.
Both locations open 24/7, 365.
You're welcome to tour either one before your dog's first stay.
April 1st – 5th