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Barkaritaville Pet Resort made Expertise’s top picks for Best Dog Boarding Facilities in San Antonio! As part of their ongoing evaluation process, Expertise makes surprise “Mystery Shopper” calls to ensure their listed providers are of the highest quality. They made a “Mystery Shopper” call to us recently and found we were prompt in answering the… Read more »

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Pet boarding and daycare facilities across Texas and the U.S. witnessed a jaw dropping number of kennel cough outbreaks this summer. Seasoned veterans of the pet care industry report having never witnessed anything like it before. As the summer boarding season begins to wind down, experts are weighing in on what could have triggered so… Read more »

Posted by & filed under Pet Care Services, San Antonio Dog Training

Our San Antonio pet resort near The Dominion is proud to offer the Canine Good Citizen (CGC) exam with our certified CGC evaluator,  Susan Morilak, CPDT-KA. What is the Canine Good Citizen (CGC) exam? The CGC program was first established in 1989 by the American Kennel Club (AKC) to encourage the training of well-mannered dogs… Read more »

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Our San Antonio pet resort near The Dominion is proud to offer Scent Work classes with our professional trainer and instructor, Susan Morilak, CPDT-KA. What is Scent Work for dogs? If your dog loves using his sniffer, Scent Work might be his perfect sport! Scent Work is a positive, fun, and engaging activity that allows… Read more »

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Our San Antonio resort, located in Northwest San Antonio near The Dominion, is proud to offer AKC Rally classes with our professional trainer and instructor, Susan Morilak, CPDT-KA. What is AKC Rally? AKC Rally is a team sport for you and your dog. Together, as a team, you and your dog navigate a course side-by-side…. Read more »

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Earlier this year, we were proud to announce that our San Antonio pet resort construction team won a 2020 Excellence in Construction Award presented by the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC). Well, looks like we’ve got to make room on the mantle because we’ve just taken home another prestigious award, this one for our interior… Read more »

Posted by & filed under Pet Care Services, San Antonio Dog Training

Meet our professional dog trainer in San Antonio, Susan Morilak, CPDT-KA! Susan’s passion for training began at 9 years of age with her family dog, Buttons. Although her professional path took her in a different direction for a bit, for more than a decade now she has been training professionally, working with dogs at all… Read more »

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It’s been a surprisingly mild Texas summer. Even as August rolled in, temperatures have stayed in the 90s, with nary a triple digit day in sight. But just because it’s cooler than normal for the two-leggeds, the furry four-leggeds can still be at risk. For the experienced Texans who have weathered many days in a… Read more »

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Corpus Christi is currently being hit with an outbreak of canine cough. We want pet parents to know the facts of this upper respiratory disease which is also known as canine infectious respiratory disease complex (CIRDC) or, more commonly, as “kennel cough” even though it can be contracted virtually anywhere dogs gather including: Veterinary clinics… Read more »