Our story
Family owned since 2008
A kitchen-table idea in Aurora that grew into a ranch in Franktown, built out by our own family and run by the women in it.
Mom, who started all of this.
How this started
A pet sitting company, then a ranch
In 2008, at a kitchen table in Aurora, my mom announced she was going to start a pet sitting and kitty sitting company. That was the whole plan. She ran it by herself for about six months before the calls outgrew her. At our busiest, we had around twenty people out walking and sitting for families across the Denver metro.
We did that for fifteen years. Then COVID changed what people needed, so we changed with it. In 2020 we took over a building in Franktown. It was sold to us as turnkey, and it was nothing of the kind: no kennels, no runs, walls that weren’t where they needed to be. We built the whole thing out ourselves, and we’ve been here every day since.
Building it was a family job: my mom, my dad and me, on site the whole way through. We’re a Hispanic family, and the women in our family run this operation.
That’s why the care looks the way it does. Nobody here is following a manual. Stop in at the front desk any time we’re open, watch the play yard through the entryway, and see for yourself who’s looking after your dog.
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An ordinary afternoon out front.
What we built
This is what “turnkey” actually looked like
Day one. An empty restaurant with a tile floor.
Framing the kennel walls ourselves.
The grooming tub, built by hand.
First room finished.
Our guardians
Family run, properly staffed
One family has owned this business since 2008, and we’re here every day, alongside a team of guardians who know your dog by name. Dogs that stay with us become our dogs too.
Trained and approved
Only guardians are around the dogs, inside and out.
On site overnight, every night
Someone is here through the night, every night.
Insured and bonded
For your peace of mind, and ours.
In loving memory
The pets who started it all
They were part of our family from the very beginning. Rest easy, friends.
Rest in peace
Hercules
Our cream Lhasa Apso, never far from Mom’s side. We called him Hercu-licks, because he’d lick you until you noticed him. He was our little alarm whenever a stranger came near.
Rest in peace
Sinbad “The Sailor”
A tabby rescue the neighborhood kids found crying in a window well when he was a few weeks old. He sucked on his tail like a pacifier to fall asleep, his whole life.
Rest in peace
Bishop “Einstein”
A border collie mix who came home with us one snowy Christmas Eve, the last of seven puppies. He knew almost ten tricks and loved to outrun every dog he met.
Rest in peace
Leonitus “Leo”
A gentle giant of a black cat, adopted from Every Creature Counts after a long wait behind glass. He walked right up and sat in Mom’s lap, and that was that.
Ready when you are
Reserve your dates
Space is limited, especially around holidays. Book early to hold your pet’s spot.
Prefer to talk it through? Call (303) 340-3571.