NO LONGER will you have to wait to get home after a long flight for a joyful reunion with your pet dog, cat or mouse.
Later this year you will be able to catch up with Rover, Tinkerbell or Mickey almost as soon as you step off the plane.
Guide Dogs SA is building the $9 million Beau’s Personalised Pet Hotel near AdelaideAirport, due to open on August 28. Bookings are open now.
Named after Beau, the first guide dog to be officially trained in Australia, the facility is huge – the size of four Olympic-sized swimming pools.
It will have accommodation for dogs, cats and pocket pets in an ultra-modern, purpose-built facility.
Highlights include:
- Three choices of accommodation for dogs: classic, deluxe or premier room.
- Two choices for cats: loft or penthouse condo.
- Skype access – yes, you will be able to share tender moments wherever you are.
- Pamper packages, grooming packages and enrichment packages for pets.
- An outside garden with sprinklers for canine frolicking.
- Water wall for cats to dab and play with.
- 24-hour on-call vet.
- Quality pet food, with the option for owner-prepared meals.
Most importantly, gone are the days of bare, cold concrete floors and wire mesh; here every creature comfort is laid on.
Even the most basic level of dog accommodation features tempered glass doors and viewing panels, plus soothing music.
Next level up includes a large-screen TV, luxury bed and personalised service, while the top of the range has all of this complete with a spacious suite with private covered and enclosed courtyard.
A variety of fun and exercise options will be available for dogs of all fitness levels.
Beau’s cat condos, meanwhile, are designed to provide a clean and comfortable space for kitties. An indoor courtyard offers lots of natural light, a climbing wall and there is a big-screen TV.
Each feline client is monitored closely to ensure they are relaxed and comfortable. The suites are serviced twice daily and all cats are fed twice a day.
Off-peak prices start at $44 a night for dogs and $23 for cats, with all profits directed back to Guide Dogs SA’s core business – helping provide more services to those with impaired or no vision.
- Beau’s Personalised Pet Hotel, 1 Navaid Road, Adelaide Airport, (08) 8115-6080