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2023 Calendar Fundraiser for Tri-Valley Animal Rescue Starring the Dogs of The Ranch

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The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa is hosting a 2023 Calendar Fundraiser starring The Dogs of The Ranch. All proceeds raised from the fundraiser will go to support Tri-Valley Animal Rescue, a local non-profit animal rescue that has been in business since 1992.

Reserve Your 2023 Dogs of The Ranch Calendar Today and Give Back to Tri-Valley Animal Rescue

Contact us and to reserve your copy! Quantities are limited! Purchase one for you and one as a gift. The price per calendar is $30, and they are available at the front desk!

The Dogs of The Ranch are Natural Stars

As animal lovers, we just can’t get enough of the crazy antics that we get to witness every day from The Dogs of The Ranch.

From splashing in our one-of-a-kind water park to lounging in the sun to perching on top of our play blocks, to taking part in our various holiday events, The Dogs of the Ranch are natural stars.

So, we decided to show off some of our most photogenic (and not so photogenic, but memorable) dogs of The Ranch in our exclusive 2023 Dogs of The Ranch Calendar.

Plus, you get exclusive notifications of special dog days and other fun memorable days already marked on the calendar for you!

Is your dog featured? Take a peek at just some of the dogs we have highlighted in the calendar.

But keep in mind, this is only ONE month! There are 11 more months of doggone good fun!

Giving Back to a Local Pet Rescue Agency

In the spirit of giving back, The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa decided to make The Dogs of the Ranch star in their own calendar, with all proceeds benefitting a local pet rescue agency.

The Ranch choose to donate all of its profits from The 2023 Dogs of The Ranch Calendar to Tri-Valley Animal Rescue (TVAR). TVAR supports the care and medical attention of homeless dogs and cats until they find their furrever homes.

Foster homes and volunteers help care for the thousands of dogs and cats brought to them and the East County Animal Shelter until suitable homes can be found.

TVAR adopts out thousands of pets each year and rely on donations and the kindness of people in our area to thrive.

Sneak Peek at the 2023 Dogs of The Ranch Calendar

Want a behind the scenes peek at the calendar? You can’t miss February’s cuties!

Your Donation Support TVAR

When you purchase a 2023 The Dogs of The Ranch Calendar, you are helping dogs and cats just like yours find their furrever home.

For more information on TVAR or to adopt a dog or cat, please visit their website.

With our Sincere Gratitude

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Thanksgiving pet web banner banner with leaves and pumpkins with word Thanks carved

The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa wishes to express our sincere gratitude to our clients and their adorable dogs and cats. We appreciate the loyalty and support that you have given us as we continue to make The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa your number one pet care provider.

Since its inception, The Ranch has strived to make sure your pets are loved, well-cared for, safe, happy, groomed to perfection, and wiped out by the time you pick them up.

We know how much you love your pets, and we want you to feel secure and confident that your pets are being treated just like our own family of pets when you leave them in our care.

The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa knows that you have a choice of places where to leave your pets, but we want to stand out and be your number one choice!

We are proud to provide temperature-controlled lodging, safe and stimulating playground equipment, supervision by a professional staff, and the area’s only water park with water jets, splash pads, and wading pools.

During this holiday season, we want you to know how much your loyalty, positive reviews, and feedback mean to us. We aim to keep making tails wag and motors purr.

In gratitude for your partnership and trust with your canine and felines, The Gamache Family wishes you and your families a safe and healthy holiday season!

Friendly Reminders to Keep Your Pets Safe and Healthy During the Holidays

The holidays are a fun time for all! We want to remind you to keep your pets safe and healthy by avoiding certain foods. While it’s tempting to give the best beggars some of our holiday food, giving in to those precious faces could result in sickness or even death.

Here is our blog about keeping our pets safe while we indulge in holiday feasts!

Traveling with Your Pets this Holiday Season?

While we would love to be your second choice when it comes to the caring of your dog or cat during the holidays, we know your best friend would much rather be with you!

Let’s look back on some tips for traveling with your pets to ensure a great and safe time is had by all!

Make Reservations Now if you are Traveling this Holiday Season

If you are thinking of traveling this holiday season and want to book a vacation for your pet, please make your reservations early! We tend to fill up, so book quickly! We’d be honored to care for your dog or cat during your holiday vacation!

October Bowser Report from The Dogs of The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa

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Cute black and tan dachshund dressed in witch costume and hat for Halloween party, pumpkin with candles near. Bright orange background.

It’s October and that means spooky good fun for both hoomans and the dogs of The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa.

With so many exciting parties and food literally at the drop of a hat or hand or cute pumpkin pail, our October Bowser Report is full of tips and reminders to keep us safe and happy and your carpets diarrhea free!

Gentle Reminders About Treats During Halloween and Keeping Dogs Safe

While two-leggers love to indulge in chocolate delights, peanut butter with chocolate, and other sugary treats, let’s remember that candy can be harmful and even deadly to dogs.

Depending on the type of dog and the amount ingested, chocolate is one of the most dangerous foods that dogs can eat.

If your dog eats chocolate, he can suffer from any or all of these signs: diarrhea, vomiting, increased thirst, excessive urination, racing heart rate, panting, or restlessness.

Even the most well-meaning hooman may try to keep chocolate treats away from us dogs, but some of us are very clever and conniving when it comes to finding food we are told we must not eat.

If you think your dog has ingested chocolate, reach out to the animal poison control. Symptoms may take hours or days to develop, so it is always better to be safe by contacting your local poison control.

For reference, you can keep this information handy ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center Phone Number: (888) 426-4435.

Halloween Can Be Scary for Dogs for Many Reasons

Please know that we dogs aren’t always the barking protectors we sometimes are known for. The truth is, we don’t understand why all of these little people come to the door all dressed up and ask for candy.

While some of us eagerly greet these strange hoomans, many of us would feel much safer closed off in a room or in our crates.

Please take care of us, especially if this is our first Halloween or if we can be unpredictable. An open door is an invitation to some of us to run away or follow a group of “trick-or-treators” whatever that means. Our risk of getting injured or hit by a car increases with this unpredictability.

Also, while most of us love our walks, it can be super scary to walk around with all of the noise, commotion, and spooky decorations. If we feel scared at all, if you think we might try to escape from our collars or leashes, bite at anyone wanting to pet us, or get frightened and run off, please leave us at home!

Safe Costumes are Awesome!

We took a poll and while some of the not-so-fun dogs prefer not to be dressed up in funny hats or costumes that make people laugh when we run, many of us love to wear safe costumes!

We want to remind you to please choose outfits that are comfortable, allow us to move naturally, relieve ourselves, and not choke on small buttons or parts that can easily be chewed off.

What’s Halloween without us dressing up?

Halloween at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa

Monday is Halloween, and for all of us dogs who get to board or visit for doggie daycare, we are encouraged to dress up! While there won’t be any formal Halloween festivities, we are encouraged to come in costume!

Based on some of the previous years’ costumes, we are in for a Howling good time!

October Mewsletter

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It’s recently been brought to our attention that the Cats of The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa are feeling a bit neglected and out of sorts. With all of the Bowser reports going out on a regular basis, the cats wanted a say in their activities at The Ranch.

So, on behalf of the cats of The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa, we bring you our first Mewsletter.

Cat Boarding at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa

For all of you who prefer felines to canines, The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa offers the best cat boarding in town! Our cattery offers privacy, safety, and peace and solitude from the dogs, which is essential for our diva kitties.

But the best part of cat boarding at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa is the private, four-level condos. Each cat gets its own private haven, complete with soft and clean bedding, toys, fresh water, high-quality food, and ahem, our litter boxes.

Cats who board at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa appreciate the individual attention given to them by the caring staff who understand the needs of finicky felines. Soft pets, brushings, compliments, and genuine love and affection are some of the added perks that come naturally to boarded cats. Our catteries enjoy a state-of-the-art filtration system as well as a climate controlled system so your cat is never too hot or too cold.

Bonded Cats Stay Together at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa

Bonded Cats Stay Together

Multi cat homes do not have to fret about separating their bonded pairs. The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa wants your furry friends to feel safe and secure, so we take special care to keep bonded pals together.

What’s more fun that vacationing? Vacation with your bestie at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa. With the four-leveled cat condos, there is plenty of space for your pair to roam, play, sleep, and take some time to be apart if they want.

Reserve Your Stay at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa

The holidays are quickly approaching, and if you want our cat to experience the best in staycations while you travel or visit friends and family, please make your reservations now for cat boarding.

We fill up quickly and want to make sure we have room for your feline bestie. If you have any questions, if these pictures aren’t enough to make you call today, or you want more information, please contact us today!

September Bowser Report

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It’s September at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa and we had a fantastic summer! Both bigs and smalls got some excellent play time running up and down the one-of-a-kind playground and biting at the water, jumping, and splashing in the East Bay’s ONLY water park structure!

We noticed the weather got a little cooler, but that meant even more fun as we had more energy to play and romp, tug, get hugs, be held, play ball, get pet, and spend lazy afternoons napping in the sun.

We celebrated birthdays, welcomed new dogs, had nighttime stories read to us, got tucked in, comforted, nurtured, met new friends, and couldn’t wait to come back!

What Do Dogs Love About The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa?

The dogs in the hood want to know what makes The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa Livermore’s most recommended pet care provider. So, during one of our group play outings, we huddled together and came up with a list.

Why Dogs Love The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa by the Dogs of The Ranch

  • We are social media influencers! Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Google!
  • We get to socialize with others just like us!
  • We love and are loved in return.
  • We get to play in a state-of-the-art WATER STRUCTURE!
  • We go to sleep in temperature-controlled lodging.
  • The cats are separated from us.
  • Holidays are filled with fun and games and songs!
  • The Bacon Bubble Party!
  • Blueberry Facials that feel oh, so good!
  • On site owners for our safety, nurturing, and protection!
  • The site is new, spacious, and full of amazing scents to smell. We are talking nose to the ground kind of awesomeness!
  • We get to paawwwwty like a rockstar!
  • We get to be housed with our family buddies!
  • We are in one of the most beautiful places in California! We ❤️ Livermore.
  • We get pooped out. And that makes Mom and Dad very happy!
Boarding with Buddies
Baby, I’m a Rockstar! ⭐️
Rockin’ Pups
I Have Over 8k Likes!
Whose Ready to Play Ball?
Howliday Pawties

Check out These Fun Fall Events in Livermore!

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This Thursday marks the first day of fall and what better way to welcome it than by participating in fun events. Livermore offers so many fun activities, we couldn’t help but share some of them.

Get Ready to Laugh at the San Francisco Comedy Competition

Livermore’s Bankhead Theater is hosting the 46th Annual San Francisco Comedy Competition. Be one of the guests to witness the next big comic at this year’s finals competition.

Get your tickets for an event that is sure to bring a smile to your face this fall. Click here for more information and to order tickets. The events starts at 7:30.

Across Party Lines at Almost Famous Wine Lounge

We looked at your calendars and saw that you didn’t have any plans for Friday! This is a perfect opportunity for you to join Across Party Lines as they sing at Almost Famous Wine Lounge in Livermore.

“Across Party Lines (APL)… focuses on original music incorporating the styles of classic rock, ballads and blues, while featuring creative instrumental solos and vocal harmony.” We can feel the music in our souls, and we are all in! Care to join us?

Weather reports shows sunny skies, so may we suggest arriving at Almost Famous Wine Lounge’s tasting room between 2-5 and staying for the music?

“ALMOST FAMOUS WINE COMPANY creates genuine brands that authentically draw upon the winemaking heritage, experience and passions of our dynamic winemaking team.

We’re generous dreamers and rebels. Our brands are driven by consumer requests and demands, not production quotas or tired assumptions. And each brand gives back to an important cause.”

We don’t know about you, but we are sold on the idea! Two glasses of dog day chardonnay please!

Rockin’ Octoberfest

Don’t let the name, Octoberfest, fool you into thinking this event is in October. Rockin’ Octoberfest takes places this Saturday at Shadow Puppet Brewing Company and features The Velvet Hammer Band.

Dance to your favorite Blues, Rockin Roll, and county tunes and jive along to jazz and even classical music with this feel good band. We dare you to stay in your chairs!

Sample a selection of German beers and food at Shadow Puppet Brewing Company before the show.

Sounds like just the right way to start fall off right!

Happy Fall From Your Friends at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa

We look forward to more doggone fun at The Ranch Pet Resort and Spa this fall. Our dogs are never too cold to enjoy a romp in the playground, a tug at tug-o-war, or on the hottest of days, in the East Bay’s only water feature!

On those cold days, be sure and know our kennels offer heating so our dogs are always comfortable, loved, and taken care of.

Traveling for the Holidays? Book Your Pet’s Reservations Early!

If you are looking to go away for the holidays, we urge you to book early! Our dog boarding and cat boarding fill up quickly, so make sure you get your reservations in now!