This month’s Homeward Headlines Sponsor is Doggy Haven Resort, our longtime supporter and partner! As you make your  holiday plans don’t forget to schedule vacation time for your dogs. Doggy Haven Resort offers a variety of services like doggy daycare, boarding and so much more.

We recently caught up with Doggy Haven Resort Owner, David Boyd and he shared a bit more about the services they offer. Here is what he had to say:

Doggy Haven Resort, a local full-service dog resort for boarding, grooming, training and daycare has been a Homeward Pet partner since 2010.

Doggy Haven is for socialized dogs who desire to be with their canine friends. Our skilled staff, many of whom have been with us for the last decade, are well trained in dog behavior. In addition, we have ongoing staff training programs through “The Dog Gurus” with Robin Bennett, renowned dog behavior expert. We social test each dog for appropriate activity. Our facility offers four separate play yards so that dogs can be graded for activity level and size. Each dog has its own room for rest, meals and sleep time. Remodeled to enhance our capacity and cleanliness in 2014, we offer heated floors, air-conditioning and a rapid air exchange system to ensure your dogs’ health. Classical music is played at night for the calmest nighttime environment.

Our training facility is in a separate 2500 square foot field house, sometimes called the “doggy dome”. Our trainers are CPDT credentialed and one, Mikkel Becker is the co-author of 6 books, national speaker and advisor on animal behavior to veterinarians. The field house provides space for dogs to be far enough apart while in small class sizes of up to 8. The field surrounding the training area is used for outdoor training and play time in the warmer months.

Our three groomers each have a minimum of 10 years’ experience and all are tuned into dog handling to ensure the lowest stress grooming experience possible. The bathing and grooming we do is all backed by a money-back guarantee.

Dogs come to see us on a daily basis for daycare, so that they can play and not get into trouble while their “parents” are away at work. We love dogs at Doggy Haven and invite you for a tour, during our regular tour hours of Tuesday and Saturday from 1-3 or other times by appointment.

Doggy Haven, because your dog deserves the best!

You can learn more about Doggy Haven Resort here.

During the upcoming holiday season, the Homeward Pet Food Bank will distribute over 100,000 pounds of pet food to families in need in our community, helping 1100 families every week keep their beloved cat or dog at home.  We currently have volunteer openings for Donation Room Attendants to help sort incoming donations for use in-shelter, in foster care, and to send to local food banks and community organizations through the Homeward Pet Food Bank.  Help Homeward Pet keep animals in their homes – it’ll bring out the Santa Paws in you!  Click here to learn more about volunteering with Homeward Pet.

Please donate to our Fall Kitten Food Drive and help us feed these furry, eating machines!  With nearly 300 kittens adopted so far this year, 50+ in foster care right now – and more on the way! – we could use your help. We need to collect 48 cases of canned kitten food to ensure that we have enough on hand to care for homeless kittens at the shelter and in foster care, through the end of the year.  They’re not picky, but they seem to like Merrick, Fancy Feast, Wellness, Innova, NutroMax, Pinnacle, and Blue Buffalo best. Donations are accepted at Homeward Pet daily, from 9am – 6pm. Thank you!  If you prefer to make a monetary donation to feed hungry, hungry kittens, click here.

By now, you’ve seen the heartbreaking photos and video footage coming out of the areas devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Countless animals have been separated from their beloved families and many, have been left behind in the chaos. 

Homeward Pet is working closely with our network of animal welfare organizations to figure out how we can best support emergency responders today, but it will take years for the cities in Texas and Louisiana to rebuild. Both the ASPCA and HSUS have set up emergency shelters in the Houston area. If you would like to help these organizations care for animals displaced by Harvey, you can make a gift at www.aspca.org or www.humanesociety.org.

Joplin’s Sanctuary, a leader in animal emergency rescue, is specifically providing relief to many rural areas in Louisiana. If you would like to help these rural areas, please make a donation at www.joplinssanctuary.com and indicate that the donation is for ‘SW Louisiana Hurricane Relief’ efforts.

Thank you for your generous support to help families and pets affected by Hurricane Harvey.

photo credit: Joplin’s Sanctuary