IT ALL started the business at the beginning of 2003. Lori was laid off in January and decided to begin their dream of owning their own business. She now runs the Dog Daycare & Boarding half of the business. Don was laid off in August of 2003 and decided to leave the rat-race of the corporate world as well. He added and runs the Dog Walking and Pet Sitting services portion of the business.

We strongly believe in old fashioned personal service. Our business is unique in that we do not have any kennels. We have 3 large adjoining rooms and enclosed backyard that all clients have access to during the day. We simply invite them into our home as family. Thus, each client has to be interviewed with us before acceptance. Our home is very “homey” and stress free.

As the statistics say, it takes a year to get your name known and advertising to be effective and up to 3 years to bring the business to full speed. We don't plan on ever getting any larger (limit of 10 clients/day) or franchising for then, the personal attention we give each client would dwindle. We are a part of a new trend of home environments for boarding dogs.

We continue our education by not only observing and learning from our clients each day but also by taking courses. Lori is almost done with her college course and will be getting her diploma to be a Dog Trainer very soon. Don is in his second semester for learning dog behavior and eventually plans on becoming a Dog Behaviorist. In addition, we have an ever growing library with answers to various questions our clients ask. And freely lend the books out as well.

Our inspiration is to “Make the World a Better Place – One Dog at a Time”

We strive to help owners give their dogs the “good life” by sharing our understanding of the fascinating world of a Dog.

In More Detail...........

We're just regular city folk who used to thrive in the "corporate rat race". But because of the times, we found ourselves BOTH laid off. I (Lori) was laid off back in January of 2003.  Stressed out to the max and realized a diffiernt direction in my life was needed. We started to dust off our resume's but then we them back in the cabinet to collect more dust and took the leap and start our own business.

Starting our own business. We always wanted to run our own business someday but never realized it would be a dream come true! During the previos years before getting laid off we were researching, reading, studying, taking classes and learning about the 1)dog business and 2)running a bed and breakfast inn.  Initally we were going to wait till we retired to open up a place. 

Why the combination? We were going to specialize in not only accepting guests with dogs but also "babysit" those pooches while their "parents" went out to see the town and maybe enjoy a nice restaurant.  And we looked forward to sitting around the porch with dogs at our feet and chatting and getting to hear stories from all over.

However, now we basically run a bed and breakfast inn for pooches only and we don't have to change sheets everyday!  And..., the parents gotta get their own room elsewhere. 

Dreams DO come true... we're living proof!   

Our business is split in two... Lori manages the daycare and boarding side and Don manages the walking and sitting care.

As a husband and wife team we work well together and have opened our home and hearts to our canine clients.

We have 3 open adjoining rooms that run through house and a fully enclosed backyard with lots of textures, smells, shade, sun... etc. We treat each dog as if they were our very own so they get lots of love and attention.

There's so much stimulation here that our doggie visitors barely notice the owners gone. Lots of dogs to play with, lots of places to nap, treats at noon, trips to park or beach, traffic out the front window to monitor, seemingly unlimited exploring outside and in with scents to please any canine nose, and .... well...... you get the idea. :-)

In the evening we like to barbecue out back and maybe come in and watch a movie afterward. Sometimes we even will put on a "doggie" movie. Jasmine, one of our toy dogs, has a favorite movie so far... almost entire show is of birds flying!

There are many things that set us apart from the rest and if you are looking for a caring home environment where your dog gets lots of attention, activity, and love - we are your answer. Our home is inbetween the Mission District and Noe Valley in San Francisco.