He’s Never Done that Before
Its an all together too frequent response that dog owners have for dog service businesses. Either because they have no idea about the canine in their house, or they simply do not want to acknowledge that their dog, their animal, is capable of this type of behavior. This article, “He’s Never Done that Before”, comes […]
High Energy Dogs
At Happy Hound Dog Resorts we have grown a lot since we opened in the spring of 2014. The dog owners of Jacksonville have welcomed us with their 4-legged loved ones. When you first start out, you become a solution for people who have all kinds of dogs. Our staff have learned a lot about […]
Dog Boarding with a stranger
The holiday boarding season is almost upon us. Kids will be out of school soon, trips will be planned and you will need to look into dog boarding with a stranger. Granted if you have never boarded a dog, you are going to be boarding your dog with a stranger. Are all strangers equal? Is […]
Dog Daycare Jacksonville FL inside
Check out our Dog Daycare Jacksonville FL inside facilities. Few feature dog daycare inside. Why? Its hot outside and if you or I were to go play for 15 minutes outside, we’d get tired and hot too, in 100 degree feel-like weather. Add the rain to the mix and its a mess. So why do dog […]
Pet Sitter Versus Dog Boarding
A lot has been written and said about Pet Sitters of late. In fact we have been reporting about them of late. Pet sitters have a place based on a need. In this post we discuss the two options, Pet Sitter versus Dog Boarding. Some very anxious dogs are good candidates for more training and […]
Updates Jacksonville FL Dog Daycare
Happy Hound Dog Resorts wishes you a very happy 2015! We had a great year in 2014 and we learned a lot about ourselves, the staff and your dogs. Based on your responses to us, what we read about in the industry and our books we have read about the pet industry, we have big […]
Dog Service Hobbyists
From an article I wrote about the perils of working with people in the dog business. These people treat dog care as dog service hobbyists. You know them as providers under dogvacay as well as rover and craigslist. They carry no insurance of their own. Have no emergency plan. No fire suppression or way to […]
Neglecting duties as a dog owner
I read an article by a guy named Matt Lehr. He talks about how humans experience new opportunities not with our planning but with our chance encounters. ““success in business increasingly depends on chance encounters.” It’s these chance encounters that seem spontaneous in the present but more purposeful with future’s hindsight. This is synchronicity repackaged.” However, you […]
Elf On The Shelf
Who has not heard about the Elf on the Shelf, what is the timeless classic of Elf on the Shelf? Well its all about an elf that is on display from Thanksgiving to Christmas and is on high alert to report back to Santa Claus on the activities of the boys or girls in a […]
dog day care jacksonville fl
The Thanksgiving Holiday gave us quite a few new clients and a large following of dog day care on our floor. With almost 60 dogs on the floor, we were forced to come up with some solutions to make sure that dog day care was safe and effective for the dogs and the handlers. Our […]