Since 2006 Happy Tails Country Club has been providing Asheville and the surrounding areas with unparalleled pet care through knowledge, compassion, and a dedication to quality. The Happy Tails Staff are a friendly and experienced group of devoted dog lovers, many of whom have been with Happy Tails since it opened. Our managers have over 60 years combined dog experience and we pride ourselves in not only the quality of care we provide your pets but also in the love and affection shown all of our “members” as individuals.
About Us
Why Choose Happy Tails
We love dogs. We just do! Most of our staff have been with Happy Tails for years (some of us decades) We all share a deep passion for dog behavior and care. Our team leaders regularly attend continuing educational conferences and seminars centering on canine behavior, training and welfare. We have been consistently voted best daycare and boarding facility in Asheville for many years running.
We aren’t a chain or franchise. Happy Tails is a locally owned business with just two locations serving the greater Asheville area. Because we aren’t corporate owned, we aren’t limited by a rigid structure that would determine our policies allowing us to make decisions that benefit everyone (dogs AND people). Unlike most franchises, Happy Tails has very low employee turnover. The wellbeing of our employees is a key component in making sure the dogs that stay with us receive the best care possible. Because of staff longevity, we get to know our human and canine clients on a personal, long term level. We don’t offer boarding or daycare to out of town customers because we prioritize our local community.
We have ample outdoor space. Because our buildings were constructed to our specifications, all of the dogs staying with us are allowed the freedom to move between indoor and large fenced outdoor areas as they please.
We have overnight staff. Our overnighters provide the peace of mind that the dogs are getting a last potty break, and that someone is care taking overnight.
Typical Daily Schedule
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All daycare and boarding dogs are out freely interacting in their assigned sections
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All daycare and boarding dogs go up into individual suites or crates for a rest break and are fed lunch. Any dogs signed up for enrichment will be taken out during this time.
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All daycare and boarding dogs are out freely interacting in their assigned sections
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Boarding dogs go up into individual suites or crates and are fed dinner
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All boarding dogs are let out individually for a final bathroom break before going up for the night
MEET OUR TEAM
JESSICA
Office Manager
Jessica can be found at both locations during the week. Jessica has been an invaluable part of the Happy Tails team since 2006. In her free time, Jessica enjoys hiking with her 4 dogs, swimming at the pool and shopping.
KIM
West Location Manager & Certified Trainer
Kim has been with HTCC since February 2010 and is a certified trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT). Kim enjoys reading, hiking with her two dogs, and hanging out at home with her chickens, cats and rats.
LANCE
East Location Manager
Lance is a WNC native and has been with Happy Tails since 2008. He enjoys plants, dogs, and getting lost in nature. He, his wife and dog Delta love spending time at the beach every year fishing and swimming in the sound.
AARON
Business Owner and Manager
“There is a particular kind of knowledge of dogs, by way of experience, which can be found within our group of managers at Happy Tails. It is the kind of knowledge and experience which can only be attained through many years of working together, through unity of direction, and through our habitual curiosity and love for dogs. It has, in some sense, become a traditional knowledge that has been handed down, examined, applied, and refined over those many years. I feel we find our work with dogs, and the knowledge we have acquired, to be some of the more authentic aspects of our lives. And with the lucid decisions we continuously make to be immersed in dogs, it has become reasonably clear the extent to which these creatures have impacted our creative mental lives; to put it differently, that dogs have become a fundamental part of the essence of who we are.”
Becca
West Location Assistant Manager
Becca has been with Happy Tails since 2016. She has a passion for the natural world; she enjoys hiking with her three dogs and caring for her many reptiles at home.
Leslie
East Location Assistant Manager
“Happy Tails has been the saving grace for me and my pups for years now (I was a previous customer of their Fairview location but now go to HTCC West) . The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, their facility is clean, and my dogs get to run around and play like crazy with their other pup friends. And when I pick them up at the end of the day or after days of boarding, I know that my dogs were taken care of. I tell anyone who is asking about dog day care to check out Happy Tails.”
- Morgan Purdy