Shannoncourt Pet Care provides resort-style vacations for dogs, by combining homelike amenities with recreational activity. Our state-of-the-art resort is custom designed to meet and exceed all kennel industry standards for boarding, grooming, doggie day care and training. Our trained and caring staff members are the best in the business – providing unparalleled customer service, animal expertise and peace-of-mind 24-hours per day.
Shannoncourt has a three year educational staff training program unique to our company.
We will find out what your dog loves to do!
We are serious about safety. Small dogs have their own suites, park and play areas.
Our hand picked staff have a love of animals, strong communication skills and an education in the animal field. This job is not a hobby for our staff, it’s a career choice. We have Veterinary Assistants, Groomers, Veterinary Technicians, and Certified Dog Trainers on staff. It’s important to us that all staff members know what they are doing but also LOVE what they are doing! We think we have the best, most dedicated staff we could ever ask for!
Over the past few decades at Shannoncourt we have been learning from top industry leaders through seminars and workshops around the world. We have been to Orlando Florida twice, Hershey Pennsylvania, Oakland California, Manchester New Hampshire and have attended several courses in Ottawa and Toronto to name a few. We are thirsty to learn all we can about canine behaviour, grooming and best practices in pet hotels and dog daycares. We are committed to continuing education and we even have our own, in house, three year educational program for our staff.
Established in 1997.
Winner of the Reader’s Choice Best Pet Boarding for the past 8 years!
The History of Shannoncourt
Shannoncourt began in 1997 as a home-based grooming and training operation owned by Shannon Spooner. Shannon was 17 years old. The original location was out of her father, Mike Grignon’s home in Long Sault. She worked 2 to 3 jobs, including as an assistant at St. Lawrence Valley Valley Animal Hospital, for the first couple of years in business while she grew a clientele.
She and her now husband Jack Spooner, built a house in year 2000. The company moved to their home in 2001 and a couple of years after, in addition to grooming dogs alongside Shannon, Jack was busy building a 2000sq foot pet hotel and daycare addition. The construction projects grew and grew. Simultaniously the Shannoncourt team was immersed in education, expanding their knowledge by attending conferences and seminars all over North America.
Fast forward to 2010. The business was bursting at the seams. Shannon and Jack bought the former Martintown public school and began transforming it into the luxury pet care facility of their dreams.
With a full gym, large fenced yards, 13,000sq feet of indoor easy to clean space, many years of experience and education under their belts, a fully trained team of employees, this would be the forever location of Shannoncourt!
Jack has completely renovated the facility and continues to add elements every year to improve the building.
What a ride!