Paws and Play

02/14/2025

Our early morning xl personalities

02/13/2025

We can’t be picky right? Sun and no rain, but bone chilling cold, or warm and soggy outside. The humans bundled up and the littles got out all that energy stored for the week

02/13/2025

You never know which Ben you’re getting. One minute he appreciates all the shenanigans, the next he looks at you like your teenager when you start singing Backstreet Boys in public

02/13/2025

Our sweet friend Axel ( Happy Tails Ranch Rescue )joined us a few days ago to get out some extra zoomies. He’s settled right back in with his buddies, and made some new friends.

One thing we love about our pups is they are so welcoming to new friends, but they never forget their old ones. One big happy family.

02/13/2025

Such looks this morning. We always wonder what Lilly is judging us for. Pretty sure it’s fashion choices and not supplying treats fast enough.

02/12/2025

This guy was not about sitting still for a good picture today.

02/12/2025

Thank you Wick’s mom, for sponsoring 2 of our friends’ shots today at the shot clinic. It won’t let us tag you, but you are incredibly appreciated. Thank you for being a part of our puppy family.

As a thank you, we kept Wick out of the mud today. 😉.

02/12/2025

We got a visit from some special guests last night. Our beautiful rescue friend Birdie, and her brother Rico are joining us for a few days. Kreacher and Tikaani are pretty pleased. Kensi has her eye on one thing today…food.

02/11/2025

He has the best spot in the house

02/11/2025

When the weather is cold and rainy, and the pups are enjoying the inside play, we don’t have as many pictures to share, BUT we have tons of information to share.

Did you know they also help the community in need? Not just the shelter animals. If anyone you know needs temporary assistance with pet food, this is a good resource.
You are also welcome to let us know and we will make sure they have a full belly.

Our Pet Pantry helps pet owners in our community care for their pets by providing food and other pet items. This is designed to be temporary assistance for anyone struggling to make ends meet, and to keep pets from being surrendered if possible.

How can you help? Donations of pet food are always needed to stock our pantry shelves! All items we hand out through our Pet Pantry comes to us as donations, and we are incredibly grateful for all the donations we receive! Our biggest needs for our Pet Pantry currently are canned cat food and dry dog food. We accept any brand and any size! Thank you for helping us provide a much needed resource to our local pet community!

02/11/2025

Two opportunities to take care of business this month. Be prepared for a wait, and get there early. It’s worth it!

If you are due to provide updated vaccine records to us, please do so by the end of the month. We DO recommend Lepto vaccines where available, and DO NOT require rattlesnake. A lot of people have been asking recently.

Mark your calendars!

02/10/2025

This doesn’t look like much. A couple of pups enjoying the mist. The part you can’t see is our friend Storm is incredibly anxious. Breed: 100% firecracker. Her amazing family loves her dearly, but she has some quirks we are working though. We do things on her time, at her level. She is so great with other dogs, but is not human confident (who can blame her these days). Today, with Buckley to es**rt her, our feisty queen bee took treats from my hand and actually came to sit 2 feet from me, waiting patiently.

If you have ever tried so hard at something, but felt like giving up because you were going one step forward and 10 steps back, don’t!

Progress is happening even when you don’t see it. Trust the process. Go out there and win at whatever you’re giving your all. Storm and I have a ways to go, but today was HUGE. Go Storm! Keep winning girl!

“Whatever you do, you can’t win…so win!”-Nike. Storm understood the assignment today.

02/10/2025

02/09/2025

Happy Super Sunday! Hope everyone has some responsible fun today. Remember, you aren’t the only ones on the road, other people’s children are, and possibly your own, so plan accordingly.

Now for the not so fun stuff.

2025 has been crazy. Something many people know is shelters and rescues are full. With that, parents who would otherwise surrender for various reasons, are resorting to abandonment. This means at boarding, tied to benches, simply letting them loose, or with a temporary foster. We get it. Times are pretty rough for many families. Whether it’s a change that wasn’t anticipated, financial, or health, some things can’t be avoided. BUT, here’s the thing: as much as we adore our time with them, we cannot take on your pets as fosters. We can try to help promote them if needed, but we aren’t set up to support an abundance of fosters, try to find them homes, and meet the plethora of potential new families. We are a small business.
We work with wonderful rescues who do everything in their power to help, but in the end many rescues avoid owner surrenders and stick with pets on the euthanasia list, neglect cases, or medical necessity. These are the animals that really need time and voices for them. While moving, a baby, etc are things that should be planned into pet ownership, with YOU being their voice.
Just this month we have had a pup abandoned at boarding, another unfortunate situation with a pack of dogs that may be upended due to tragedy in their family, and still many requests for us to step in to foster.
For us, we cannot foster unless the pet is sponsored by a rescue. That is how we are set up. One day we would like to say yes to every dog that’s found, abandoned, or in need of us, but at this moment we are not set up with the resources of a rescue, so we focus on giving them their best life and letting the pros be our bosses.

The harsh reality is there are no resources. Funds are hard to come by for these rescues. Man power, and even community support are less than a priority. Vets require a responsible party to sign a financial responsibility waiver just to see an animal, which causes them to reach out to the rescue just as much as individuals. They are slammed and giving it their best. Are they bougie high end accommodations? Not usually. But are they loving, supportive, nurturing, places? Very much so, and that’s all they need. Every rescue we support does a $5 Friday. That’s less than your Dutch Bros for the day and makes a difference to them in a lasting way, unlike that caffeine fix and sugar high.

Back to the point: when you choose to board with us we do everything we can to create a wonderful vacation for the pups, but in the end they need to come home with you. If you need an extra week, or month to find a better situation, communicate that with us. That’s a lot better than just ghosting, which is what we have been dealing with.

We hope no one ever finds themself in that situation, but we wouldn’t judge you if you were. We just need the truth and a real conversation to find a solution that isn’t abandoning them, the shelter, or a rescue.

Please do your part for your animal, your community, and your family.

02/08/2025

02/08/2025

Martha returned home to the ranch today and our sweet bouncing, buzzing bestie is already missed. We didn’t realize how much she had grown on us as a family. All her quirks and happiness would make an incredible best friend. Who is going to welcome Martha to her forever home?