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| - Absolutely amazing business! I have never trusted a place more than Lisa and her family's business, Alo's Doghouse. If you are looking for an honest, caring and affordable pet care provider... Alo's doghouse is the ONLY place that you need. Trust me on this. Give them one try, and you will never take your beloved pet anywhere else. If you want to know the details of my experiences with Alo's Doghouse, read the below story.
My husband and I adopted a 4 year old dog at the end of August named Prince. We didn't know much about his history.. All we knew is that he had "issues" especially when it comes to strangers. He also has major separation anxiety from the one or two humans he lets himself trust. We had only had him for a few weeks and our annual 4th of July vacation was coming up. Prince still had not quite adjusted to our home in the few weeks since we got him, and we couldn't take him on the trip with us. We had NO idea what to do, or who to ask about watching him. We almost didn't go on our trip actually because we knew he wouldn't do well at a boarder, and even worse at a family member's house.
But, my sister (who has one small male dog of her own) convinced me to let her watch him. Looking back, I know I shouldn't have left her with the responsibility. We dropped Prince off to her on Thursday night because we were planning to leave around 5am Friday morning. She called me late Friday morning when we were still driving to California... We hadn't even arrived at our destination yet. She was in a panic. Prince was extremely aggravated at her house... Barking and crying uncontrollably, not eating, and marking his territory all over her furniture and cabinets. To sum it up, she could NOT keep Prince during our vacation and we were going to be gone 4 more days..
Frantically, I called the place that I knew of and explained the situation. They did have a policy that they couldn't take any new dogs until they had done an "orientation day" at the place... But they told me they would make an exception for me. All I had to do was send my sister to drop Prince off with his papers. I was extremely grateful, sent the address to my sister and told her to take him over there. About an hour later, my sister called me frantically and said that Prince bit the caretaker at the boarding place and they refused to admit him. I asked my sister what happened and she said that the woman attempted to grab prince out of my sisters arms. I was surprised because I explained to the woman on the phone that he doesn't trust strangers. Anyway, we were SOL again and my sister was again stuck with Prince. At this point I we had reached our condo and I had to give the phone to my husband and let him take over the situation so I could go into the bedroom and attempt to not panic and ruin our vacation.
Apparently my husband searched online for the closest pet boarding place to my sisters house and found Alo's doghouse. He called, explained the situation to Lisa, and she was so understanding and kind... She said she would take him and to bring him in any time, and that we could just pay when we got back into town. After hearing word from my sister that Prince had been dropped off successfully, and had not bitten anyone, my worry was completely alleviated and I was able to enjoy the remainder of my vacation (although I missed Prince!)
When my husband and I picked Prince up a few days later, I was amazed at the facility. Walking into Alos, it smells so clean and is just such a cute and nice place. Lisa is so friendly and told me how much she enjoyed having him. She also told me that he was no problem at all and was a very nice boy. I picked him up, and he smelt so good! Lisa gave him a bath AND clipped his nails... I just couldn't believe the generosity and heart of this woman. Prince had a great time and was so exhausted when we brought him home. I know that he had done some hardcore playing with the little buddies who were also staying at Alo's.
I started following Alo's on Facebook the next day, and to my delight, Lisa had posted a cute pic of Prince from his stay.
ALSO- Lisa somehow got Prince to start eating hard food. It was a miracle!! I was spending a fortune on soft food since I adopted him because that is what the previous owners fed him and I couldn't get him to start eating hard food. All it took was Lisa having him for a few days and now he only eats hard food!! So thankful for Lisa!
The second time I took him there for boarding I wasn't any less impressed. And this time, Price was very very sad to leave. He was crying in the car when we were driving away. He loves this place!
Alo's Doghouse is $25 a night for smaller dogs... The other place that would not take him is $40 a night.. and that place smells horrible inside. so glad we found Alo's!
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