About the Owners and Mascots of Dog Pad Bed'n'Biscuit
Tory grew up with 12 dogs. Her parents hunted, bred and showed Irish Setters, English Setters, Labs, and English Pointers. Tory went to college in Bozeman Montana and graduated in 1996 with a Biomedical Engineering Degree.
She moved to Minnesota in August 1996 and started working for a start-up company and conducted their animal studies. In 1999, Tory bought her first house ... 3 weeks later she got her very own yellow lab "Zeke" -- a certified therapy dog, and canine good citizen. In 2000, she started working for St. Jude Medical. In 2001, she acquired her second dog, "Zo Zo," a certified therapy dog and canine good citizen. The next year, she started managing the Minnesota Horse & Hunt Club's Boarding Kennel.
In 2004, Tory bought 8 acres of land with future plans to open a dog day care. She went back to engineering that year, but "missed being with her dogs." She had added Griggs, her adopted redbone coonhound to the pack by then. In August 2004, Tory opened Dog Pad "where dogs can be dogs!"
After just 2 years, she was averaging 14-25 dogs per day. She thinks about expanding, but it's the personalized attention from Tory that makes Dog Pad a special place for dogs. So, she balances owner and canine wishes with the limitations of her kennel license so that everyone is tail-wagging happy.
Tory met Mike at MHHC. He's a dog lover, die-hard hunter and added 2 more dogs to the family. "Winnie" crossed the rainbow bridge in November 2007. The pack now consists of Zeke and ZoZo (Labradors), Griggs (Coonhound), the German Shorthairs: T-Bone and Roo. Mike and Tory sometimes have trouble finding room on the couch for themselves.
Roo is the newest DogPad Mascot and her favorite pal is "Ole" the little springer spaniel that comes to play 5 days a week. She's doing wonderfully in the field these days.
Here are pictures from last Christmas of all five Dog Pad Mascots !
Zeke 
Griggs 
T-Bone 
Roo (w/Tory) 
ZoZo 
