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Houston & Friends

- Dog Daycare and Pet Services
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- Your dogs second home
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09/08/2024

Another wonderful week at H&F! Enjoy your long weekend puppy friends, see you bright and early Tuesday! 🐾

09/08/2024

📣Reminder for all 📣

We are CLOSED on Monday 12th of August for the EKKA public holiday.
Back to normal hours from Tuesday 13th of August.

24/03/2024

H & F are wishing all our puppy friends and families a happy and safe Easter.
We will be closed on Friday 29th March (Good Friday) and Monday the 1st April (Easter Monday)
We will reopen as per normal on Tuesday the 2nd. 🐣🐇🪺🐾

29/02/2024

100% productive 🤭

25/01/2024

📣 Friendly Reminder 📣

We are closed tomorrow for the Australia Day Public Holiday.

See you all on Monday 🐶💙

12/12/2023

🎄 CHRISTMAS CLOSURE 🎄
It’s that time of year already! We will be closing at 1pm on Friday the 22nd of December, and returning on Monday the 8th of January, 2024!
We would like to thank all of our H&F families for the amazing year we have had, and we cannot wait to create more memories in 2024. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, and a happy new year! 🌟

10/11/2023

We ❤️ baths! Did you know we have a loyalty card system for our regular pups? One of the perks of that is a free hydro bath every 5th visit! 🧼🫧🧖

03/11/2023

We have jumped on the trend!
If Houston & Friends was a Disney movie, which poster would it have?
🐾🐶🐾

20/10/2023

Just some of our new friends who have joined us in the last couple of weeks ❤️ We are very grateful and appreciative of our growing H&F family!

18/10/2023

Let’s meet Kylo! 🐾🎾💥

Kylo is an energetic, fun, cheeky pup who comes to H&F twice a week, sometimes more! When Kylo is around, there is never a dull moment. He has quite the fun personality! While ball crazy (he could play fetch ALL day), and super energetic, he also LOVES attention through cuddles and pats, and if you’re not careful he will sneak up behind you to give you a big kiss or nose boop! We love having Kylo here as he makes us laugh and brightens each day. Here is some more about Kylo from his Mum Lauren ❤️⤵️

I got kylo about 18 months ago now and its been a wild ride in that time! As a working breed he has so much energy but i love every minute of it. He came into my life at the start of a new chapter and having him around brought so much more joy and craziness to the household.
At almost 2 years old his still just as crazy, never stops, is tennis ball obsessed, will play fetch for hours, loves the beach, loves playing with the kids and wiggles his whole bum to greet you. Even in all the craziness, he is so calm around the kids and listens to them way more than us.
He is not a fan of males, but is madly in love with Josh. Josh is the only male Kylo will happily approach without getting scared or barking, which surprised me so much when we first went to look at Houston and Friends and made me feel so much more at ease. With having a dog that never stops it makes me a lot less stressed knowing that Kylo is getting a few huge days a week at Houston and Friends to wear him out!

17/10/2023

🧡 Some very exciting and happy news 🧡
We have partnered with 💛👏

is passionate about assisting adults with disability to maximise participation in their lives and in the community.

When we first started it was about creating a second home for our beautiful furry friends but also including our community. A safe place for dogs and humans.
Which is why we are so excited about this initiative!

Each week we will have visitors from , who will come and spend time with our wonderful puppy friends. Playing with them, giving them baths and most of all learning from each other.

Last week was our first week and wow! Did our puppies love it. We could see the interaction, learning and fun in their eyes, both dogs and humans.
Here are some photos showing the love and learning 💙

05/10/2023

It’s time to do another puppy meet! Meet Buddy and Paige 🐾

Buddy comes to H&F a few times every week, and his older sister Paige has occasionally come in for some daycare fun too. Although Paige is not as energetic as Buddy is these days, she is just as beautiful and enjoys to be surrounded by all. Here’s some background on Buddy and Paige that might make your eyes water 🥹❤️

Paige ❤️
Paige came into our lives to mend our broken hearts after losing our first golden retriever. She has been a ray of sunshine ever since. Everyone who meets Paige falls in love with her. She is lovely, gentle and playful and now in her ripe old age of 14 she is impatient and gets away with blue murder in our house.
She is definitely the kind of dog that makes you think “let’s get another big dog”

And then there was Buddy.

Buddy came to us after a very rough start to life, at only 4 months old he had already had 3 owners and we adopted him thinking he was deaf, as it turned out he isn’t deaf - he was a puppy who needed training. He is the most gentle loving boy once he feels safe and secure. He hates storms and people walking past the house. But he loves ball play and has never once destroyed a soft toy (he loves his babies).

There you have it! Two beautiful doggos that H&F is blessed to have as part of our pack!

29/09/2023

On the 6th of June, nearly a month after we opened, we met Pig, Pig what a name for a dog, a boxer that is larger than life it self. She has been here from the start, from when we only had a few dogs to where we are now, full most days…thanks to pig and her mum and dad and boxers of Brisbane, we now have line up of boxers each week, some days up to 8 in one day, boxer owners know how crazy that can be!
From day one Pig was alway Miss Popular, with all breeds, everyone wanted to play with her, to this day we don’t know why, never a fight or argument with another puppy and loved every minute as soon as she came through the door.
Attached to Pig are 3 other important mentions, her mum and dad Gilli and Des and her older sister Ruby. She would say hello each morning but would rather go fishing with dad!
As they have gotten ready for their trip around Oz, each week more stuff would be mounted to the Colorado in preparation, untill it was all done, the date had arrived and we knew that Pigs time at H & F would come to and end.
We will miss the hell out of her and the weekly interactions and laughs with her mum and dad and Ruby.
If you ever make it back we will make room for you, have the bestest time ever seeing this big country of ours.
Thank you for supporting us in our early days and being there every week since.
Love you 🐽

10/09/2023

Swipe across for a Sunday photo dump of just some of our posers 📸 See you tomorrow for another week of fun! 😎🐾

09/08/2023

Just a reminder to our H&F families that we are closed this EKKA Monday!
Long weekend coming up! 🫡 😁

03/08/2023

Just some of our friends of all sizes and breeds 🐾🐶 All are welcome here at Houston & Friends 🙌

04/07/2023

📢 We have been nominated!!

We are thrilled to advise we have been nominated in the customer service category 😍 and every vote counts!
So calling all of our amazing H&F friends to vote for us! 🤩
Link is below.

https://redlandscoastchamber.org.au/peoples-choice-voting/

Thank you to everyone who nominated us ❤️ we love what we do and love our customers.
Congratulations to all the small business’ who have been nominated, being small business owners is hard work and everyone is our eyes deserves recognition. 🤩

27/06/2023

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11/06/2023

📣 A big Houston and Friends welcome to Kylie! 🐾

Many would have seen Kylie around over the last couple of weeks or even before that as her puppy Zeus has been attending H & F for the last year.
Kylie loves H & F so much she wanted to be here more than just at drop off and pick up. 🙌🏻

Kylie has recently worked in complimentary industries with very transferable skills and she will no doubt be a great addition to our team.

Welcome Kylie 🐶🧡

02/06/2023

🐶Friend time again!🐶

Meet George…
Georgie Boy
Boofhead
Mr Happy

This big beautiful boy graces us with his presence each week, the most happiest, handsome man!
George pulled on the heart strings when he first came to visit us, he resembles our very first fur child Hudson. He has quite an obsession with Amy, just sits and stares! 😘

He is very hard to take a bad photo of as you can see, in the last 12 months with lots of training from his wonderful parents he has turned into an even better puppy dog that all the other dogs love.
The best part of the day is watching him run to his dad with love and excitement…
Love you Gorgeous George

28/05/2023

🎈🎁 HAPPIEST of Birthdays to our leader of the pack JOSH! 🐾

You make every day a safe, welcoming and happy environment for all our friends. 🩵 You always put their happiness first which is why you are everyone’s favourite.
You know each and every one of our furry friends personalities and what they like and don’t like, ensuring that they feel special and cared for.
You like to ensure that the indoor dog park remains interesting for our friends and you are always thinking about different ways to socialise, play and educate.
Thank you for loving what you!

Happy Birthday! 🎂

16/05/2023

🐾 Do you love dogs?

🐾Do you love ALL sizes, breeds and ages?

We would love to hear from you! ☎️💻

♦️ We are hiring ♦️

We are seeking a casual Day Care Attendant for our wonderful family business based in Capalaba. Our business is 12months old and prides itself on creating a second home for our fur-friends. We operate Monday to Friday – so no weekend work! Your roster will vary from week to week, with a minimum of one day a week initially. This role will grow as you learn and develop.

About the Role:
• Customer Service, meeting and greeting all our wonderful customers and keeping them across their puppies adventures from the day (it is one of the best parts!).
• Supervision of dogs whilst they learn, play and socialise (Plus cuddles and kisses!).
• Care of all dogs including, feeding, cleaning and hygiene (Yep! Dog poo pick up is part of the job!).
• Housekeeping of facility (we pride ourselves on our cleanliness!).

About You:
• Confident with all dogs, breeds, sizes and ages.
• Reliable and capable of being part of a growing small family business.
• Strong customer service skills including communication.
• If you have experience and qualifications in grooming, this will be a great advantage.

If this sounds like you, please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]

11/05/2023

Houston and Friends Pt 2
Off we went! Slowly building, doing our best! We soon realised that we got more than just wonderful puppies to look after, it was the mums and dads of those puppies that we have met along the way that have made H & F even better. We have been through an engagement, marriage, 2 baby births and countless desexing appointments!!
We had our ups and downs as the business was growing and we have approached each hurdle as it came and sorted out the best way possible.
Unfortunately in November we lost Memphis, our 16 year old Lab, our two original puppies are on the signage out the front keeping an eye on the place!
We also started in house grooming in November as an added service. ✂️

I currently have 5144 photos of all the puppies on my phone. Each day trying to catch their personalities, sometimes you can’t do that with a picture, you have to meet the puppy in person (hey Lola 😉) We have taken on all breeds, shapes and size of dogs, dogs that wouldn’t socialise with other dogs, with anxiety, kicked out of other daycares and even today having to learn to sign to a dog as he is deaf. We know that they have good and bad days, just like humans. Some require more work than others but when you can have a large group of dogs that can sleep all at the same time not locked up because they are all content with each others company, something must be right. We think it’s that we treat them like our own.
We currently have 141 dogs on the system, 2 Archie’s, 3 Benson’s, 3 Luna’s and 2 Bears.
Not to bad on the name double ups!
That’s our story in a nutshell, we took a chance and really put everything on the line to make this work. We said at the start, if we make it to a year, we will make it. We are still growing and getting busier by the week, we are not going to change what we do as it’s working.
A huge thank you to all our wonderful customers that allow us to be custodians over your puppies for the day (Boots Excluded)

It’s been a hell of a last 12 months that really has flown by!

Seriously, thank you 🙏🏻
Josh, Amy, Lincoln and Brooklyn 🐾

11/05/2023

Houston and Friends Pt1
So late 2021 we were after a change and wanted to do something that we love, something that was ours, something we could do our way. We both knew what and started to get things in place. As crazy as the world had been at that point, we thought “Hey let’s open a small business!”🤪
We planned and saved, planned and saved some more and on the 11th May 2022, the dream became reality. The months before that were the four of us, Amy, myself, Lincoln and Brooklyn, us every day as well as the boys after school and school holidays, just us, we did the lot. My friend finished it off with the amazing artwork, smashed it in 3 big long days!
We opened the doors at 6am on the 11th, we had 4 dogs that day, our two Houston and Reuben and friends of ours dogs Ben and Letty. It wasn’t till the 12th that we had our first paying customer Bumble who still visits to this day. We had 3 sales the first week, 10 the second and 18 the third.

28/04/2023

Look out for us Capalaba Quality Butcher Another small business having a go! Excellent products and the nicest people you could meat 🥩 😉

13/04/2023

🐶 Time to meet another one of our friends here at H & F!
This little firecracker is Lola
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We still remember her first day, it wasn’t long after we opened, in she came and has changed this place for the better every week since!
She has a little bit of everything packed into pocket sized puppy that very rarely stops!
Her mum says that she is “spicy”, needy and has enough personality for 3 dogs (or one firery redhead 👩‍🦰 😬)
Her name was chosen before she could open her eyes, suits her to a T. She arrives each week ready to tear down the door to get in, she doesn’t even say good morning anymore..she is a ball hog, a big one! Heaven forbid anyone that tries to take it from her!
When she is not living her best life here you will find her at her Grandparent’s farm in Northern NSW rounding up the cows being a real farm dog!
She hates a bath, hates leaving us here and hates wearing a lead..but just every now and then she leaves all that craziness that we have just mentioned behind, will jump up on your lap and just want a hug and chill out for a minute, it doesn’t happen often, when it does you realise what a sweet little girl she is….then 💥she’s gone again….🐶

06/04/2023

Happy Easter from the Houston & Friends Team 🐾🧡🐾

Wishing you all a wonderful long weekend, we hope you all enjoy time with your beautiful puppies 🐾

We will be back to it on Tuesday 11th April 🐣 can’t wait to see you all then.

29/03/2023

🐣🐰 EASTER 🐣🐰

Wishing all our beautiful friends a Happy Easter 🥕🧡

We will be closed only on the public holidays 🔸Good Friday (7th) and Easter Monday (11th). Otherwise normal hours of operation.

24/03/2023

🐶 Puppy time again! 🐶

This week it’s Zeus - Amstaff

I don’t think we have a dog at Houston and Friends with a name more fitting!
We still remember his very first day, he came through the door with his gold chain on, Amy called out to me that he was here and to come and meet him and his mum and dad. A four letter word was close to coming out when I first saw him! Had a head the size of a football and a smile on his face just as big. All he wanted to do was meet new puppy friends!
Here is a little more of his background story….

I was scrolling on Facebook and saw a “free to a good home” post of a 5 month old puppy. We went to see him with the plan that it would just be a meet and greet, but 10 minutes later and we were driving away with him. He had no name, no collar, no lead, no vaccinations, and had never left the house. We named him in the car ride home and had him booked into the vet for the next day. We were worried we had missed the most important stage of his life for training and socialising, but were proven wrong as he learnt so fast, and with the help of Houston & Friends, we learnt that Zeus was the friendliest, most social boy ever.
Zeus means the absolute world to us, he fit in like the missing puzzle piece and I can not imagine life without him. We knew he needed us but we had no idea how much we actually needed him. 💙

The big boof head arrives each week with his head out the window of the car ready to go like most of the puppies.
His mum and dad are a great young couple that would do anything for this dog, we appreciate them bringing him to us.
His mum Kylie also has a small business that you should check out and support .beauty
Another busy week ✅
More new puppy friends ✅
More new friends to introduce next week!!!
Have a great weekend 🐾

17/03/2023

🐶 Introducing to you all Harper the Bordoodle 🐶💓

First words from her Mum Mary…
Harper came into my life both as a companion and with the intention of being trained as a therapy dog for individuals with a disability.
She has MORE than exceeded my expectation with her loving, caring and protective nature of all her ‘people’ - regardless of their age or ability. Harper has grown up around babies and children and is a gentle, kind and protective. Harper knows when she is needed and immediately goes into action. This also means that she can be over protective and all new people need to be introduced and ‘cleared’ by her first. Whilst a Bordoodle she has certainly grown into a Borhumandoodle!!
She loves people and is very perceptive to reading body language - she knows things long before we do and is loyal to a T.
For all these reasons getting her ‘dog fix’ on a weekly basis is essential. Miss Harper’s life has always been charmed and fun filled but since the 2nd week of H & F opening she is now officially living her ‘best life’ 🙌🏻
She only ever jumps out of the car on Houston days and literally runs through the door to start her day. Any chance she gets to hang with the H & F family out of hours - she lets me know how she feels when I arrive to take her home.
It certainly does take a ‘village’ to raise a puppy and Harper and I will be forever grateful to our village and all they do for us. 🙏🏻💜 Mary….

Well, there you go, Harper is one of a kind, she also helps us out if we have any new puppies that are a little nervous and anxious on their first day. She has formed a special bond with everyone here, even Ralphy! 😂 but she is never to far from her best friend Maisie, both here and at home. All our puppies here are special to us in their own way, we will keep sharing as the puppies really are the stars, we have just been lucky enough to meet and see them each week. 🐾

On a side note, Mary makes awesome brownies, the boys love them! Just so you know…

Address

50-52 Neumann Road
Capalaba, QLD
4157

Opening Hours

Monday	6am - 6pm
Tuesday	6am - 6pm
Wednesday	6am - 6pm
Thursday	6am - 6pm
Friday	6am - 6pm

Telephone

+61497851875

Website

http://www.houstonandfriends.com.au/

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‼️📣 GIVEAWAY 📣‼️ . 💥To celebrate our opening, it’s giveaway time! 💥 We are giving away an awesome Naughty or Nice Harness and Lead, thanks to @donutncoco along with some yummy beef liver treats thanks to @timberntails worth up to $65.90 🙌 . 🥇Here’s how you can win! 1. Like this post 2. Follow @houston_and_friends @donutncoco and @timberntails 3. Tag 5 of your friends! Each tag needs to be a seperate comment. Prize only available to those in Australia. . Good luck! ☘️ . . Giveaway ends midnight 2nd May 2022. The winner will be announced on the 3rd of May. This giveaway is not affiliated with Instagram in any way. . . Good luck friends!! 🤩