Pets

Animals First Corporate Office

Animals First was founded in 1991 in San Diego, California, by current CEO and owner Sandie Taylor. The company operates a luxury dog and cat day care and training center.

The facility is located at the Fairhaven Ranch in Menifee, California. The company offers cat and dog day care, grooming, training, boarding, and more. Other animals, such as horses and even Guinea Pigs can be accommodated. The company is best known for having a hands on approach, as well as accepting animals many other facilities will not.

Animals First has a 5 star rating on Yelp and a 3.3 star rating on Google. Company headquarters remain at the Fairhaven Ranch in Menifee, California

Homeland Pet Hotel Corporate Office

Homeland Pet Hotel was founded in 1984 by current owners Al and Lori Stoltenberg in Homeland, California. The company operates a kennel and day care facility for dogs and cats.

The company offers multiple services, including an experienced staff, climate controlled rooms, cage free play time in exercise yards with supervision, plenty of human interaction, daily maid service and continuous fresh water, along with two feedings per day. Extra feedings and administration of medicine can be arranged. Dogs are separated by size so play time is more equitable and injuries are minimized.

Homeland Pet Hotel has nearly perfect scores in Yep, Google, and Facebook. The kennel offers adoptions of animals that are abandoned at their facility, as well as those who simply need a good home. The company keeps headquarters in Homeland, California.

Camp Bow Wow Corporate Office

Camp Bow Wow was founded in 2000 by Heidi Ganahl in Denver, Colorado. The company operates a franchise of doggie daycare and boarding facilities.

Currently, the company has more than 150 franchises and expects another 30 to open by the end of 2017. The company was acquired by VCA Animal Hospitals, Inc. in late 2014. VCA, Inc. has plans to have at least 1,000 locations in the next 5 years. Heidi Ganahl remains CEO of the company.

In addition to boarding and daycare, the company also offer training. Ms. Ganahl recently opened a non-profit company, The Bow Wow Buddies Foundation, to help pay for pets with veterinary bills that their owners cannot afford.

The company announced that it had a 12% increase in franchise growth in 2018.

Entrepreneur listed Camp Bow Wow as the #1 Franchise in 2019.

A second Camp Bow Wow location was opened in Montgomery, Alabama, in mid-2019.

Camp Bow Wow now has 200 locations across the country.

Camp Bow Wow offers pet food, webcam viewing of dogs, as well as shuttle service to and from daycare, as well as vet’s appointments and grooming. Headquarters were moved in May of 2017 to Westminster, Colorado.

National Service Animal Registry Corporate Office

National Service Animal Registry was founded in 1995 in southeastern Tennessee. The company offers a registry of service animals, ID patches, and certification.

Originally working with police dogs, dogs for the blind, and therapy animals, the company has expanded to include many other types of disabilities in their definition of “therapy” or “service animals” to include animals trained to help people with balance problems, difficulty hearing, diabetes, asthma, panic disorders, and seizures. Current CEO Tim Livingood had problems with his small service dog and quickly realized the importance of patches, vests, and other means of identification of service animals. In addition to certification, the company also offers ID tags with the animal’s registration number, and leashes with the NSAR logo, to make identification easier.

National Service Animal Registry has headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and currently has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.

Lucky Dog Resort Corporate Office

Lucky Dog Resort was founded in 2004 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The company operates a chain of dog daycare and boarding services.

The company has expanded to three locations since they first opened. Along with daycare, the company offers boarding services, grooming, and dog training programs. All facilities have indoor and outdoor “playgrounds”, webcams for supervision, as well as a separtion of large and small dogs. In 2008 the company started a pet sitting program for dogs that do better at home, as well as a senior dog program.

Lucky Dog Resort has instituted a dog rescue program in 2010, which teaches rescue dogs good manners and training in hopes of being more adoptable. The company has headquarters in Colorado Spring, Colorado.