Second Home Pet Resort Leduc

04/08/2025

Beagles & Bassets- quite the entertaining crew!😂 they’re putting their noses to work! 🐶🐶🐶🐶

04/08/2025

May long weekend is filling fast! Call 780-986-2024 to secure your space!

🐶 5 large spaces left!
🐶 medium kennels going fast!
🐱Cats 50% booked

#2025

04/08/2025

⛱️ We are closed for boarding for our annual family vacation April 29-May 13

🏝️ We will be open for daycare at limited capacity. Please prebook your daycare dates by Friday April 11

☀️ Our amazing team will on site to take your reservations for upcoming bookings

❤️ We thank you for your understanding, as we take this time together with our family ❤️

03/13/2025

Amazing resource! Thank you to our friends at The Pet Hospital for offering this to our community! ❤️

Starting next week at The Pet Hospital we will be partnering with Animal Health Link to offer after hours teletriage services for our clients! This service will help ease your mind when determining if an emergency visit is required for your four legged loved one.

More info to follow next week! 🐾

02/25/2025

In 1998 over brunch my Dad casually asked ‘what are you doing after maternity leave?’. That question started what is now Second Home Pet Resort.

When I was growing up, my Dad was with the City of St. Albert Fire Department. He always had a side hustle going; trailer rentals, lawn care, Christmas trees, firewood… but as an animal lover, he always said that the kennel business was something that interested him.

So that’s what brought us to that question that would change our lives in 1998.

It took two years to find our first location - many of you may remember it - on Ellerslie road. Our eldest daughter Ashlynn was just 4, and Alissa was just 2. My Mum and Dad sold their St. Albert home, Kory and I sold our townhome, and we started our journey to where we are today. My Mum retired from her job and we opened our doors on February 1st 2000.

My Dad was the driving force to open Second Home (formerly Ellerslie Road Kennels). He worked tirelessly cleaning and painting our first location, installed new roofing, fencing, you name it, all while renovating the two homes for our families to live in.

When we moved to our current location in 2006 he painstakingly drew up the plans with pencil and graph paper exactly how I wanted them. He spent long days prepping for concrete, installing in floor heat lines, and building the walls. His hands and heart touched every part of what we have built here. He took such pride in our facility, and our property, and our family. He worked quietly behind the scenes ensuring no job was neglected.
He was a self proclaimed ‘jack of all trades, master of none’. He shared his knowledge with Kory, passing on countless tips and tricks.
He could often be seen cutting the grass or clearing the snow. He was my sounding board for difficult situations or new ideas. His advice was almost always right, even if I didn’t like it at the time.
For some of you who saw him on our back roads, he was the man who walked the dog. He would walk over 20 km some days with his best pal Diego.

Over the years of this adventure my Dad never wavered in his belief in this business. He believed in me and what we could build if we shared our vision, our ideas, and a love for one another. Today our children are an integral part of his legacy, with Emma, Alissa and Q taking on management roles.

Sadly on Jan 23, 2025 my Dad was diagnosed with brain cancer. A devastating blow to our family. After a mercifully short illness, he passed away on Feb 22, 2025.

I will always thank my Dad for asking that question all those years ago.
We will continue to work hard to ensure that what he helped create here, our dream that he brought to life, is cared for with all of the same love that he poured into it.

Always Remembered, Forever Loved
Alexander Forbes 1947-2025

02/22/2025

All smiles from the small/medium dogs as they enjoy the sunshine ❤️☀️

02/21/2025

Our small and medium pups are loving this warmer weather❤️☺️☀️

02/18/2025

Lots of indoor play yard time on this chilly day ☺️🥶

02/17/2025

Some more small side friends staying with us this weekend 😊😊

02/16/2025

Kahla is so happy to be with all her girlfriends! 👯‍♀️

02/16/2025

Small dogs getting lots of indoor play (and cuddle) time this cold family day weekend! ❄️🥰

02/15/2025

Tired pups after a lots of playtime! 🥰🐶 swipe for a surprise from miss Mandi ☺️

02/14/2025

Happy Valentines Day💕 and Family Day weekend! We will be closed Sunday, open Monday 12-4. Have a safe and fun weekend! #2025

02/02/2025

Please help us in celebrating 25 years in business for Second Home & the Udholm family!🥳 What an incredible milestone!!

These beautiful faces you’ve seen around the kennels are the heart ♥️ & soul. Lorna & her father Alex had a vision & they brought it to life. The work they have put in, & continue to pour into the business every day is something to be so proud of, & this legacy will carry on. This family is so passionate and dedicated to bringing the best pet care & environment@for their staff & customers. They are full of so much love & fun!! Our team is incredibly lucky to have them! Help us in showing them our appreciation!🥰
& thank you to all our amazing customers to making this dream possible!!

01/25/2025

All our small side friends enjoying play time!!🐶

01/22/2025

Sully was missing his flock of sheep so we gave him some friends🐑🖤🐑

01/16/2025

There is something so precious about senior dogs🥰 Flare is a 14 year old girl with little legs & a big ♥️ She is soo sweet!

01/15/2025

We’ve got some sleepy puppies after a morning of playing hard 💤💤😴