Winston-Salem Dog Care

06/19/2026

🌡️ Summer Pet Safety: How Winston-Salem Dog Care Protects Pets During Extreme Heat 🐾

As temperatures rise across Winston-Salem, Lewisville, Clemmons, King, and the surrounding areas, keeping pets safe becomes even more important. Whether your dog is enjoying our dog daycare, dog boarding, pet sitting, or dog walking services, our team takes additional precautions during periods of extreme heat.

🏡 For In-Home Pet Sitting & Dog Walking Visits

💧 Our professional dog walkers carry fresh water and collapsible travel bowls and offer water frequently throughout outdoor visits.

🌳 Whenever possible, we choose shaded routes and grassy areas to help protect paws from hot pavement and reduce heat exposure.

☀️ During heat advisories, we often shorten walking distances and remain closer to home so dogs have quick access to air conditioning if they need a cooling break.

🏠 With pet parent approval, we may replace extended outdoor exercise with indoor enrichment activities, training games, mental stimulation, playtime, or extra cuddles.

🐕 Our team closely monitors for signs of heat stress, including excessive panting, lethargy, drooling, disorientation, and difficulty settling.

🏢 For Dog Daycare & Dog Boarding Guests

🌡️ During extreme temperatures, we shorten outdoor play sessions and rotate dogs more frequently between play yards and climate-controlled indoor areas.

❄️ Additional rest breaks are provided throughout the day to allow dogs to cool down comfortably.

💦 Splash pads, misters, fresh water stations, and supervised water play help keep dogs comfortable while enjoying time outdoors.

🐾 Playgroups are adjusted based on weather conditions, activity levels, breed considerations, age, and individual needs.

🧼 After water activities, we ensure dogs are thoroughly dried before returning to their resting areas. Keeping coats dry helps reduce the risk of skin irritation, hot spots, yeast infections, and staph infections.

❤️ At Winston-Salem Dog Care, the safety and comfort of every pet always comes first. Our team is committed to providing safe, professional dog boarding, dog daycare, pet sitting, and dog walking services throughout Winston-Salem and the surrounding communities—even during the hottest days of summer.

What are your favorite ways to help your pets stay cool during the summer months? 🐾

06/05/2026

New Veterinary Specialty Resource in Winston-Salem!

We recently had the opportunity to visit , Winston-Salem's newest veterinary dermatology specialty practice.

If your pet struggles with chronic itching, allergies, recurring ear infections, hot spots, skin infections, hair loss, excessive licking or chewing, or other skin and coat concerns, a veterinary dermatologist may be able to help. These specialists focus exclusively on diagnosing and treating skin, ear, nail, and allergy-related conditions in pets.

🎥 Check out our video below for a look inside the clinic and to learn more about the services they provide.

https://youtu.be/l34S536R-gQ?si=yGxK8hX2ywA40zgS

📍 4807 Country Club Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104
📞 (336) 365-0663
📧 [email protected]
🌐 Animal Dermatology Clinic – Winston-Salem

We're always excited to see additional specialty care options become available for pets and their families in the Triad. Having access to board-certified veterinary dermatology services right here in Winston-Salem is a wonderful addition to our local pet community.

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06/01/2026

🐾 LOVE PETS? GET PAID FOR IT! 🐾

We're growing and looking for amazing people to join the Winston-Salem Dog Care team!

Whether you're looking for a few extra hours each week or a long-term career working with animals, we'd love to meet you.

✅ Morning Shifts Available

✅ Mid-Day Shifts Available

✅ Evening Shifts Available

✅ Overnight Shifts Available

✅ Flexible Scheduling

✅ Paid Training

✅ Holiday Pay

✅ 401(k)

✅ Employee Discounts

💰 NEW HIRE BONUS! 💰

Earn a $100 New Hire Bonus after completing your first 10 shifts!

We're hiring for:

🐶 Dog Walkers & Pet Sitters

🐶 Overnight Pet Sitters

🐶 Daycare & Boarding Attendants

🐶 Kennel Team Members

At Winston-Salem Dog Care, you'll work with a supportive team, care for incredible pets, and make a real difference in the lives of local families every day.

We're proud to be one of the Triad's largest and most established pet care companies, caring for thousands of pets each year through our in-home pet sitting, dog walking, daycare, boarding, and overnight services.

No two days are ever the same, but every day is filled with wagging tails, happy pets, and meaningful work.

📍 Winston-Salem, Lewisville, Clemmons, King & surrounding areas

🌐 www.wsdogcare.com

📝 Apply today: www.wsdogcare.com/apply

📧 [email protected]

🐾 Complete your first 10 shifts and receive a $100 New Hire Bonus!

Know someone who would be a great fit? Ask us about our employee referral bonus, too!

Come see why Winston-Salem Dog Care has become one of the Triad's most trusted names in pet care. We'd love to meet you! 🐾

05/29/2026

Vera originally came to us to be an emotional support dog for our 1st whippet Patton, but she became so much more than that. She wasn't just our dog. She was part of Winston-Salem Dog Care.

There is not a single dog walker who has worked for us that didn't do their very first test walk with Vera. If you've ever heard us talk about the perfect training dog, that was her. She was patient, forgiving, and somehow always knew exactly what people needed from her.

She was also about half dog and half cat. She had her own couch before we did. She always greeted me at the door and would happily come nuzzle your hand while you were trying to work, reminding you that whatever you were doing probably wasn't as important as loving on her for a minute.

The hardest part has been coming into my office and not having her sleeping while I work. I still catch myself looking for her throughout the day.

We cannot thank Oaks Animal Hospital enough for helping us help her transition peacefully. They were incredibly compassionate with both Vera and our family, and we are so grateful for the care they gave her.

The rain we've had lately has made our grass much higher than it should be. For once, I'm thankful for that. Vera spent so much of her time stretched out in the front yard soaking up the sun, and right now the tall grass hides that empty spot just enough that it doesn't take my breath away every time I look out the window.

People always say dogs are only with us for a chapter of our lives. What they don't tell you is how much they shape that chapter. Vera helped train our team, welcomed countless people through our doors, and loved us through some really difficult seasons.

She was one of a kind, and this place won't be the same without her.

Run free, sweet girl. Please tell Patton and Peanut hello and to keep you company until we meet again ❤️

05/27/2026

There is a very large tree down that's taken down a big set of power lines Tobaccoville Rd before the four-way stop. Police and Duke power are on scene. Please travel with caution. They're in that sharp turn.

05/25/2026

Today, we pause to remember and honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. Their sacrifice is the reason we are able to enjoy the freedoms and moments with the people — and pets — we love most.

From all of us at Winston-Salem Dog Care, thank you to the families who carry that sacrifice every day. We are grateful beyond words.

We hope everyone has a safe, peaceful Memorial Day spent with those who matter most. ❤️🤍💙

05/11/2026

Today we honor sweet Truffles. 🤍
For nearly 10 years, we had the privilege of caring for this incredible girl and watching her become part of the Winston-Salem Dog Care family.

Truffles spent her final day exactly how every dog deserves — surrounded by the people who loved her most, endless affection, familiar faces, and more pup cups than we could count.

Our team shared so many years of memories with her, and saying goodbye has been incredibly hard. Dogs like Truffles leave paw prints not just on our floors, but on our hearts and in our routines. The quiet after losing them is never easy.

We are deeply thankful for every cuddle, tail wag, happy visit, and moment we got to spend with her over the years. It was truly an honor to love and care for her.
Run free, sweet girl.

Enjoy all the bubbles you can chase! We will miss you so much. 🌈🐾

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to every kind of mom and every woman carrying love in her heart today. 💐
To the moms raising babies, teenagers, and grown children.
To the women longing to become mothers.
To the mothers who have experienced loss no parent should ever have to carry.
To the women missing their own moms today.
To the bonus moms, stepmoms, foster moms, adoptive moms, grandmothers, and mother figures who show up with unconditional love every day.
To the pet moms who's pets are family, celebrate every little milestone, and have experienced the heartbreak of losing a beloved companion.
To the women navigating complicated relationships, grief, infertility, healing, distance, or empty nests.
To the caregivers who mother others simply through kindness, protection, and compassion.
Today may feel joyful, painful, beautiful, heavy — or all of those things at once. However this day feels for you, your story matters and your love matters.
Sending extra love today to anyone carrying grief beside gratitude. You are seen.
Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Winston-Salem Dog Care. 🐾

05/07/2026

We won again! Thanks, Home base!