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Dogs Dig Day Care
The biggest dog day care facility has just opened
in Portland. The 1,300-square-foot space at 1132
S.E. Salmon St. offers Portland pooches a large
pool, a grassy area, two large rooms (one each for
small and big dogs) and a masseuse!
Owners Janel Hanson and Ellie Davis, who also
own a couple of restaurants in town, opened the
doors of Dogs Dig It doggie day care July 1. “It’s
been a dream of mine for the past five years,” says
small, comfortable place where
they can really get a feel for
Portland. You have friends
who are moving here and need
a place to stay while they look
around for the perfect house.
You need not look further
than the Portland Internation­
al Guesthouse at 2185 N.W. Flanders St. Owners and
partners for more than 18 years, Thomas Winston
Morgan and Stephen Oringdulph have been propri­
etors of the guest house for a year. “It had always been
a dream of ours to own a small, manageable,
European-sryle guesthouse,” says Morgan.
Morgan, Oringdulph and their assistant live on
site in the 1908 craftsman. The guesthouse has five
bed-and-breakfast-like private rooms that share two
full bathrooms.
business!
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Home Away from Home
You’ve got relatives coming to town who want
to go out and explore while you’re at work. Your
commitment ceremony is a few months away, and
you want to put up your out-of-town guests in a
MARTY DAVIS
Hanson. “I just haven’t had the financing till now.”
Hanson got her dog, Bella, six years ago from
the Medford Humane Society. “My goals changed
ever since 1 got her,” she says. Now you can find
Hanson playing with the dogs during their very
busy days.
“We open at 7 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. There’s
lots of playtime in the morning, a nap in the after­
noon, some swim time after that,
and then lots more play time.”
The philosophy behind day
care for dogs is profound and
moving in its simplicity. Instead
of leaving your dog to sit around
at home, allow them the social­
ization, mental stimulation and
exercise they need throughout the day. At Dogs
Dig It, you can rest assured your pup is getting it ail.
As Hanson puts it, “We want to ensure a better,
healthier life for your dog.”
“It’s very much like a pension you might find in
Europe," says Morgan. “All types of people stay
hère. Quite a few LGBT folks, a lot of internation­
al travelers and people who want a place that is
reasonable and centrally located."
According to Morgan, guesthouses are meant to
be in residential areas. “We’re one block to
Northwest 23rd Avenue and one block to Northwest
21st Avenue, which are replete with things to see
and restaurants.”
Tired of places always calling themselves
“gay-friendly,” Morgan refers to the guesthouse as
“gay-owned and hetero-friendly.” It is also environ­
mentally friendly, he adds, dedicated to sustainable
practices.
So the next time you want to put people up in
Portland, put them up in Portland. As Morgan
explains, “In a big hotel, you could he anywhere in
the world.”
And Your Little Dog, Too!
Pat Jeung has been around the block. Actually,
he’s been around the world in search of new flavors
and recipes to bring home to Portland’s Chameleon,
2000 N.E. 40th Ave. He travels overseas twice a
year to get ideas. But his newest idea, a dog-friend­
ly patio, is definitely locally inspired.
“We have an outside patio where people can
bring their dog and have dinner because there
aren’t many places where you can do that," says
Jeung. “I realized a lot of my friends have dogs, and
they want to come by for dinner.”
If Portland is a town of dog owners (and it is),
The Portland International Guesthouse offers gay-owned and hetero
friendly accommodations.
Chameleon owner and chef Pat Jeung dishes out treats for customers and
pooches alike on the restaurant's new patio.
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