Trainer-owned boarding · Gassaway, West Virginia
A safe place. A happy stay.
Fifteen climate-controlled suites on a fenced acre, run by a professional dog trainer. One guest at a time, every time.
Why Dogwood
Why families choose us
Six reasons people drive past other kennels to get here.
A trainer runs the place
Not general kennel staff. The person who set the standards is the person who handles your dog.
One guest at a time
Every guest has their own suite and their own turnout, five times a day. The yard is always theirs.
We take the tough ones
Reactive, anxious, rowdy, senior, intact, or with a disclosed bite history. Tell us the truth and we can usually work with it.
Climate-controlled suites
Fifteen indoor runs, heated in winter and cooled in summer, with fresh bedding for every stay.
The same day, every day
A fixed routine from the morning wellness check to lights out. Dogs settle faster when nothing is a surprise.
Open every day
7:00 AM to 9:00 PM, holidays included. Pick-up and drop-off by appointment so nobody is ever waiting.
The routine
A day at Dogwood
The same order, every day. Dogs settle faster when nothing about the day is a surprise.
- Morning wellness checkEyes, appetite, stool, mood — logged for every guest
- Potty break and fresh waterFirst turnout of the day
- Breakfast, then medicationYour food, your instructions, logged dose by dose
- Suite cleaningBowls washed, bedding checked, floors disinfected
- Midday turnout and enrichmentOne guest at a time on the acre
- Rest periodQuiet hours — the part most kennels skip
- Afternoon turnoutThird of five
- DinnerSecond feeding, second medication round if needed
- Evening turnoutLast stretch of the legs
- Final wellness check, lights outEvery suite secured, building locked
A look around
Meet the owner
Tiffany Singleton
Tiffany is a professional dog trainer, and Dogwood is the kennel she wanted to exist when she was leaving her own dogs with someone else. The person who set the standards is the person who answers the phone.
What a stay costs
7% sales tax is added to the total. A 50% deposit holds your dates. Full rates and add-ons →
Rabies, DHPP and Bordetella, documented by your vet. Nothing may expire during the stay. See everything you need →
Where we are
Central West Virginia, right off I‑79
We’re at 228 Dogwood Road, Gassaway, West Virginia 26624, in Braxton County — about as close to the geographic centre of West Virginia as you can get. That puts us within an easy drive of most of central West Virginia, and only a few minutes from the I‑79 corridor.
Families board with us from Gassaway, Sutton, Flatwoods, Frametown and Burnsville, and from further out in Lewis, Clay, Nicholas, Webster, Gilmer and Kanawha Counties. If you’re heading out on I‑79 and want your dog somewhere safe on the way, we’re a short detour rather than a long one.
Roughly: Sutton 5 minutes · Flatwoods 10 · Frametown 15 · Burnsville 20 · Weston 35 · Summersville 45 · Clarksburg 55 · Charleston 70.
- Gassaway
- Sutton
- Flatwoods
- Frametown
- Burnsville
- Braxton County
- Lewis County
- Clay County
- Nicholas County
- Webster County
Ready when you are
Pick your dates and tell us about your dog. We’ll confirm and set up drop-off.