For years, our farm has been the choice destination for all of our friends and family with dogs. We always entertained making this a “real” business, but always hesitated because we did not want to upset our beloved Deacon. Once we lost Deacon, after a time of denial, we decided what better way to honor his memory and help soothe my heartbreak than by opening up our home and hearts with what we think to be the ideal alternative to traditional “cage” kenneling or pet sitters who come a few times a day. We have modeled this after everything we would have wanted if we had ever had to board our dogs. We do not cage or kennel here. Our guest dogs “live” with us in our home as if they were our family dog.

James and I both work from home so we give all of our guests 24 hour care and attention. There is the rare exception when the entire family goes out and our guest must be left alone, but we try to keep that to a minimum.  We will treat your dog as if he were our own dog. He will eat on his own schedule, he will eat whatever he gets at home, and he will get treats and/or meds as you normally would give them at home. We want you to bring his dog bed and his toys. We will set him up wherever he normally sleeps in your house. He will have access to our fully fenced yard as often as he wants to go outside, and we will give him extra exercise to whatever extent he is used to (i.e. leash walks, supervised free play around the farm, fetch, soccer, whatever you want). We will only allow your dog off leash if you are comfortable with that. Loving and caring for dogs comes very naturally for us so we don’t have to force affection on our guests. We pet them, talk to them, fawn over them in response to what they like and how they act around us. We are happy to romp and rough house outside, or we are just as content if a dog wants to sleep under the dining room table all day.