Our second kennel building, open since October 2022

The new facility is two buildings joined like a T. The top of the T holds the front lobby, the cattery, a training and storage room, the meal prep and feed room, a private office and a public restroom. The trunk of the T is the kennel building where the dogs stay.

What is inside

• 50 indoor and 50 outdoor kennel runs, with 25 doggie doors on each side
• Ten First Class kennels, about 48 square feet inside and 72 outside
• Forty Business Class kennels, about 30 square feet inside and 60 outside
• A cattery with condos for cats
• Heating and air conditioning, epoxy floors and fire sprinklers with a pump house and water tank

The build, step by step

1. September 2020: ground broken on the new building.
2. March 2021: drawings, engineering and County approval complete; footings dug.
3. May to August 2021: 45 yards of concrete for the floors, then the kennel walls with doggie doors.
4. January 2022: water tank and fire-suppression pumps in; steel going up.
5. April to June 2022: shell enclosed, then electrical, plumbing, HVAC and drywall.
6. August 2022: power, water and the 50 indoor and 50 outdoor kennel runs.
7. October 5, 2022: open for dogs and cats.

1. 1971

   The original kennel building is built on Midway Road, about ten country acres near Dixon.

   

2. 2008

   Happy Paws Kennels opens under its current name.

3. Sept 2020

   Ground breaks on a second building.

4. Aug 2021 to Aug 2022

   Steel, concrete, runs, HVAC, fire sprinklers and the pump house go in.

5. Oct 5, 2022

   The new building opens: a lobby, the cattery, a meal-prep room and 50 new indoor/outdoor runs, each with an inside and an outside side: ten First Class and forty Business Class kennels.

   

6. Today

   Caring for pets in Dixon since 1971, with 100 indoor/outdoor runs across both buildings.