Our Facility
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In 2024, Wes and I built our dream "shouse" on his family farm. We went with this style of house so that we could have plenty of space for our dogs!
Our retired girls live in the house. The rest of the pack also rotates in the house in small groups. Our kennels are located in the shop part of our "shouse". Our dogs enjoy each other's company and prefer to stay in groups (rather than alone in individual kennels) so we made the kennels huge and spacious (10'x20' with a large outdoor run) to accommodate a few dogs in each. Each dog has their own giant Kuranda bed, but they tend to prefer to pile up all on one bed because they are snugglers. We also have a living room in the shop with couches and a TV, where the dogs love to curl up and chew on a bone at night. Outside, we have a huge yard plus plenty of farm/pasture ground for the dogs to roam, as well as a ravine with a small creek right next to our house where they love to hunt, play, sniff, swim, roll in mud, find treasures, and get in trouble. It is a little slice of heaven in the middle of nowhere; we wouldn't want to live anywhere else! |
View of our "shouse" from the field
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Our kennel is licensed and inspected annually by the Iowa Department of Ag/Animal Welfare.
(Iowa Animal Welfare license #12543)
(Iowa Animal Welfare license #12543)
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The dog couch - we might need to add another one in the near future! :P
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