09/08/2026
Happy 6th Anniversary Tailwaggers!
It is crazy to think that it has already been another year, but here we are. I wanted to do something special for our 6th anniversary, so I went hunting through our photos to share a few from the start-up of Tailwaggers. It might be hard to believe, but we started with an empty building and a heavily worn lot out back. If you ever had a chance to get a walkthrough with Sean, you probably heard about how much that concrete pad meant to him, and here you can see some pictures of it in progress. The walls had to go up, the concrete had to be poured, and the fences had to be put up too.
Noah, Sean's son, which you all may have caught coming in and out in the evenings or in the photos this weekend, was instrumental to getting Tailwaggers in shape with Sean and is even more instrumental now behind the scenes, being there late at night to weld gates for our overhead doors (in 2020! ignore the photo saying 2026 :( facebook is mean), building kennels, and so much more in the beginning. This year alone Noah has been alongside the team making new canopies for outside, sealing the cracks in our concrete inside, repairing and spraying Rust-oleum on our kennels, putting blinds up on the fences to keep dogs focused on playing and keep our neighbors unruly grass from growing in, and now putting FRP paneling up alongside our indoor play area walls.
Tailwaggers has always been a small local business, supported by our community and built with our staff and family. Following Sean's passing, this has been highlighted especially by you all showing up after we reopened with hugs, tears, and love for this place Sean built and our small team. Staff, both current and past (shout-out Kelly), showing up to optional early summer mornings or long hours to put paneling up means so much to me. I appreciate every single member of our little community here, staff, dogs, and clients alike, and hope we can continue providing a safe, fun, and tiring place for your pups to go for many more years ahead.