Our goal is for Woofers to feel like a second home.

Pet Boarding for Pampered Pups

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Would you like a pet boarding and daycare place that your dogs think of as a second home? How about a business that treats you like a friend and your animal like family? Woofers Pet Resort ticks off all those boxes and then some. Trust us, your dog will revel in the affection and concierge-style service our team provides. Our four-legged guests enjoy 24/7 care, a climate-controlled indoor play yard, three outdoor play yards, and five levels of overnight accommodations including a kennel-free, cage-free space and a. apartment which includes a sleep-in caregiver. There's a specialist in behavioral issues on site — all to ensure that your pooch has a relaxing getaway that feels like home, and someone who stays overnight.

 

How Woofers Came to Be

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Fifteen minutes from downtown Rapid City and two minutes from I-90 in Black Hawk, South Dakota, Woofers Pet Resort is the Rapid City area's premier facility for dogs. Its owner, dog trainer Jayme Feary, founded Woofers in Jackson, Wyoming in 2005 as a pet-hiking service. He then started a dog-sitting agency and later added boarding out of his house. After selling his business to one of his employees, he acquired the former Dogwood Lodge property in Sturgis, South Dakota and transformed it into Woofers Pet Resort, a luxury boarding, daycare, and training resort retreat serving the Northern Hills. The Rapid City facility located in Black Hawk is his second location. The resort’s name, Woofers, serves as a tribute to Jayme’s grandfather, who gave animals nicknames according to the sounds they make. (A cow was a "mooer," pig an "oinker," and dog a "woofer." With deep experience, extreme commitment, and open arms, we welcome your “woofers" to our Woofers.

 

His World Walks on Four Legs

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Woofers Pet Resort owner Jayme Feary swapped the corporate world to live out his passions — cowboying, writing, and horse training. Horse training led to dog training which evolved into boarding and daycare. The bottom denominator has always been his working with animals. Jayme earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business and economics from Auburn University and a master's degree in writing from the University of Montana where he was a Bertha Morton Fellow. His writings and photography have been published in 75 regional, national. and international publications. He has 35-plus years’ experience working with horses and dogs, an intuitive, spot-on sense of animal behavior, and a strong countenance which provides clear leadership for our pack. His expertise, empathy, and dedication underpin the Woofers Pet Resort experience.