11/05/2026
Hair of the Dog Resort🐾
What a glorious rainy day and last evening’s steady rain fall! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻. We needed this rain so badly. We have Fern & Finley, Radish and our Jack on this lazy evening.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read our history and services on this page and we hope this post has brought you a glimpse of our daily routine here at HODR.
Question/Answer time. ( #7 is crucial in making our business flow smoothly).
We would like to introduce ourselves and our family. Colleen & Jimmy Watson, owners of Hair of the Dog Resort. We have been providing pet sitting services to Smyrna and surrounding counties for 8 years now. We have 2 children. Our daughter lives in Poland and our son passed in 2019. We have a 14 year old Shihtzu, Jack and an indoor/outdoor cat named Opal.
1) Where do you keep your clients pups, and where do they sleep? Some sleep in the living room, some in the bonus room and those who crate, sleep with their friends too. Our pups stay in the front part of the home, living room & the bonus room and a mud room, are one step down from the kitchen. We have a one level 1970's, completely remodeled home that backs up to Lee Victory Park. It is a very peaceful and quiet neighborhood.
2) How do you keep your home clean? We are clean freaks. I cook almost every night. We vacuum & swiffer the living room and kitchen before I cook. Our pets stay in the living or bonus room when I cook, separated by a gate so I can get my work done😉. Bedtime they are separated into the living room, bonus room and mud room. We mop every other day when it is busy season!
3) How do you keep your home clean? We are clean freaks. I cook almost every night. We vacuum & swiffer the living room and kitchen before I cook. Our pets stay in the living or bonus room when I cook, separated by a gate so I can get my work done😉. Bedtime they are separated into the living room, bonus room and mud room. We mop every other day when it is "busy season" (major holidays and fall & spring break)
4) Do you keep other pets in your home if my pets are there. Yes. We almost ALWAYS have a pet in our home, all year long. We also provide drop in services in your home, all breeds and sizes, including cats. We bring in your mail and packages off your porch. We text each time we provide drop in services.
5) Do the pups feed together. No. All pups are fed separately, but at the same time.
6) Do we bring our pup to meet you before their stay? Yes, we meet and greet with all new clients, outside. I totally understand my clients wanting to "view" our home. We did meet & greets inside our home until Covid. Jim and I are the only employees. We cannot afford to get sick. Please see our page for pictures of the outside and inside of our beautiful home. This includes drop in services in your home. I come to your home to meet your pets and go over detailed instructions, pick up the key and place it back when my job is finished.
7) What are your starting and ending hours? We start accepting client’s pups at 7:00 a.m. Last pick up is 7:00 p.m. (weekend hours vary). Our days are packed full with other clients in front of you or behind you, dropping off or picking up as well as we provide services in other client’s homes. We ask that you be respectful with our time. We ask your ETA a day ahead so we can organize the following days drop offs & pick ups AND we ask a day ahead what your ETA is for pick up. If you are going to be late, we expect a text letting us know that. We will reschedule your time if you are running late. We do not like waiting around. It throws our whole day off.
8)Can you pick up pups over the weekend, specifically Sunday? Yes. Our weekend hours vary though. If we have plans Friday evening-Sunday evening, your pick up times would work around our weekend activities/schedules. We like to enjoy our weekends as much as you do. So yes, weekend drop off & pick up times vary.
9) Do you send pictures/texts throughout their stay? Yes. I text every single day except Saturday & Sunday and send pictures throughout their stay.
10) Do you provide day care? No. We do not provide day care. We are strictly overnight stays and extended stays. We DO provide picking up or bringing home your pup for you for a $5 fee/for each.
11) what do we need to bring when we drop our pups off? CLEANED & WASHED bedding/blanket. Their food/food bowls and good notes with emergency contact numbers. We ask that you label every single item you bring.
