Woofers Pet Resort Northern Hills - Sturgis

02/19/2026

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of ice stays these dogs from the joyous completion of their play.”

Our boy, Casper. ❤️

02/07/2026

Why do only poor dogs chase their tails?

01/30/2026

Dog toy art by our handler, Linda. The piece had to be destroyed this morning in preparation for day play. 😆

01/29/2026

The inventor of our revolutionary floor-drying technique demonstrating the "Jacob Shuffle."

01/24/2026

While watching some new dogs meeting today, we said, "Isn't it great that people don't meet by sniffing each other's butts?" hahaha

01/23/2026

Vixxi hanging out waiting to be picked up.

01/21/2026

Mazey sunning and sleeping on Happy after several hours of day play.

01/09/2026

What stories do you have about your dogs' understanding of words and language? We love to hear them.

Over the years we have been fascinated by the extent to which a lot of dogs understand language. There's so much we have yet to learn about this. The attached article talks about a new study about dogs that are exceptionally good at picking up words.

We'd love to read your stories and thoughts.

Scientists have discovered that a rare subset of “genius dogs” has mastered the art of eavesdropping to decode human communication.

01/07/2026

Winston's favorite chair. He had played all day the day before and was hoping to sleep in. Nope. All the doggies were getting ready for day play and, realizing that, he decided to get his bird dog b***y moving. 😅

01/06/2026

We are the only facility in South Dakota that boards alligators. 😉

01/06/2026

Our little dudes having fun.

01/04/2026

We must be dreaming or in living in a hallucination. T-shirt weather in January in South Dakota? We have the doors and windows wide open, and all the dogs are happy. Us, too!