About Club K9

Kelly Shaw has a long history of animal advocacy. In addition to volunteering with local rescue groups, she's traversed state lines to help fosters and strays find their forever-homes. She even welcomed two of those rescues into her own family.

Over the course of her work, she saw how dogs' bad behavior was connected to a lack of exercise and attention. That bad behavior often frustrated owners to the point where they would take what could have been a beloved pet to the shelter. That's why she and her husband, Brian, opened Club K9—to give dogs a cage-free place to safely roam and play with other canines.

Their facility features two large play rooms covered in rubber flooring, as well as a separate space for small dogs. It also offers an outdoor area with both shade-covered and sunny spots for dogs that need to keep cool and dogs that need to get some color to prove to their friends they had a nice vacation.

Inside the boarding space, where soft music constantly plays, dogs can count on sleeping in the same crate each night with their favorite toy from home. If owners don't want to crate their dogs, Club K9 boards them in spacious private suites. In addition to daycare and pet boarding,