WHERE THIS IS GOING
Smart Dogs Resortcoming soon
One day these trips will end somewhere instead of turning around. A place of our own, deep outside the city, where a dog can stay as long as she needs to — and want to come back.
WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE
Drawn, costed, not yet built
These are concept renders from our own drawings, not photographs of a place you can book. We are showing them because you deserve to see what we are raising money for.
Concept — the lodge from the water
Concept — rest alcoves and the indoor run
NOT BUILT YET · CONCEPT RENDERS
THE WHOLE IDEA IN ONE SENTENCE
A dog who has been once should pull towards the van the next time
That is the entire test. Not our photographs, not our website — her tail on the second trip. Everything below exists to pass it.
Tall trees. Clean water she can swim in. Living grass that smells of something. Forest trails and real wild country, far enough from the city that the traffic is gone. A dog arrives carrying the city — concrete, smog, heat and stale air in summer, salt and de-icing chemicals underfoot in winter, the accumulated stress of a small apartment — and the first job of the place is to take all of that off her.
No leashes. No kennels. No runs to be locked into.
THE DAY THERE
Mostly outside, mostly off the leash
Walks, not yard time
Long walks through wild country, every day, with no leash and no fence line to trace. The territory is large enough that a dog can choose her own pace.
Games and work
Active games outdoors, training and handling sessions. A dog bred to move gets something to do with herself, which is half of why she settles at night.
Water she can get into
A clean pond or creek on the property. Swimming is the cheapest joint-friendly exercise there is, and dogs do not need to be taught to love it.
People who stay
The same handlers, every day, who know her name and her temperament. Nobody is managed by being shut away from everyone else.
WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED
All of it in the ticket, nothing added at the desk
Boarding usually works by adding a line to the bill for everything beyond a bowl and a bed. We are building the opposite: one price, and the whole place is open to her.
Health
- CHECK-UPS
- A health check on arrival and before she goes home, so nothing quietly gets worse while she is with us.
- SPECIALISTS
- Veterinary care, a behaviourist and dental care on site — not a phone number to call if something happens.
- MASSAGE
- Therapeutic massage so muscles stay in tone instead of stiffening up over a long stay.
- RECOVERY
- Infrared rooms for skin, joints and recovery — the same panels we already run in the shuttle.
- FOOD
- Organic food, supplements and vitamins, measured for her rather than poured from one bag for everyone.
Comfort
- WATER ROOMS
- Showers, swimming, hydromassage and therapeutic baths. Washed properly and dried properly, every time.
- GROOMING
- Clipping and coat care on site, so she goes home looking like she was cared for, not stored.
- MOVEMENT
- Canine yoga and stretching sessions alongside the walks, for older dogs and for the ones who never switch off.
- AIR AND QUIET
- Forest air outside; indoors, a settled scent and low-tempo music — the one calming intervention with peer-reviewed evidence behind it.
- THE COLLAR
- Natural collars and leads for the trails, plus Garmin wireless satellite collars for open country with no phone signal — position, distance and recall where a normal tracker gives up.
One price. No upsells, no surprises at the desk.
AND THE REST OF THE YEAR
Birthdays, summer camps and holidays away from the city
Dog birthdays. Summer camps that run for a week at a time. Halloween, Christmas and New Year spent in the forest instead of behind a window while the fireworks go off. We already know what a dog's holiday looks like in an apartment, and we would like to offer her a different one.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The land decides most of it
Water on the property
A creek or pond a dog can swim in without being driven anywhere. Non-negotiable.
Ninety minutes from the city
Far enough for real forest, close enough that an owner can visit on a weekday if something happens.
Room for separation
Space to keep groups apart by temperament and energy, so nobody is managed by being locked in a run.
WHERE WE ARE TODAY
We do not have the money yet. That is the honest position
The land and the build cost more than we have, and we are not going to pretend otherwise or take deposits for a place that does not exist. We are raising it the slow way: every trip we run and every collar made in our workshop goes into that fund.
This is not a feature we are announcing. It is the reason the company exists — the day trips came first because they are what we can do honestly today, and they are what pays for the rest.
Three ways to help, and none of them is a deposit
THE ORDINARY WAY
Book a day out for your dog. It is the way we would rather you helped — you get the trip, and the margin goes into the fund.
STRAIGHT TO THE FUND
If you would rather just put something in, these go to the build and nothing else. Any amount, and nothing is expected in return.
Zelle
+1 929-631-0102
Scan a code with your phone, or send to the handle by hand. Zelle will show the account as TIMU CORP — that is us.
If you want to talk about the land, the build or investing in it properly, write to info@pawsimperial.com.