Henrietta receives “whole dog care” instructions from Central Bark.

Phil Clark Jr. is overjoyed that his professional life has shifted to the dogs.
Clark departed the corporate world to start his own company after working for Microsoft for close to 15 years.

Central Bark was established at 65 Saginaw Drive in Henrietta by the Clarks, who together with his father owned the franchise for the Rochester market. Central Bark is a rapidly growing dog daycare company across the nation.

The younger Clark manages marketing in addition to day-to-day operations. Properly, design and construction were handled by Phil Sr., the founder of what is now CPL, a Rochester-based architecture and engineering business. He does the bookkeeping as well.

Dogs can enjoy playtime, grooming, training, and naps at Central Bark. Put differently, it has almost no resemblance to the Microsoft product lineup. That’s the exact reason Clark took the plunge.