New Braunfels Edition | June 2023

BUSINESS FEATURE

BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN

VACCINE REQUIREMENTS

Hound Haus requires dogs to be up to date on their vaccines, including Bordetella, rabies and distemper shots.

The business also oers veterinarian and grooming services.

PAMPER YOUR PET

Hound Haus oers a variety of grooming services to dogs of all sizes. • Nail le: $10 • Fresh breath spray: $5 • Blueberry facial: $5 • Deshedding

Hound Haus boarding has a total of 19 kennel spaces and a large outdoor play area.

The Cason Family own and operate Hound Haus which opened in July 2021.

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Hound Haus 5927 FM 306, New Braunfels 830-964-2116 www.houndhaustx.com Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30-11:30 a.m., 3:30-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 3:30-5 p.m. $1/minute after 20 minutes* Coat whitening/brightening shampoo: $5 *FOR COMPACTED COATS • Dog boarding Single dog: $47 per night Two dogs (in one stall): $69 per night

Hound Haus Locally-owned business oers luxury dog boarding in New Braunfels B uilt from the ground up, Hound Haus, a dog board- ing, grooming and day care

built, getting materials. It was just a challenging time,” owner Jeremy Cason said. “But once we got going, it came pretty fast. There was denitely a need, especially out in this direction.” Cason’s kids also help run the fam- ily business. But recently the Hound Haus has expanded past just family, adding veterinarian Codi Gerth and executive groomer Jamie Dalrymple. The name Hound Haus stemmed from Cason’s appreciation for— among other things—alliteration. “I just like alliteration and felt like it needed to be German since it’s New Braunfels,” Cason said. Aside from being family owned

and operated, Hound Haus is unique compared to nationwide animal care corporations, such as PetSmart and PetCo. “We’re a smaller business, so I feel like we can give more attention to detail and more attention to your little fur baby—more so than other places can,” he said. Cason said he does not feel there should be levels to care. “We do one price, and that gets your dog as much attention and love that we would treat our own dogs,” he added. “It’s not lost on us that people let us take care of their family members, and we always try to do our best and will continue to do so.”

service, opened July 1, 2021, in New Braunfels. Hound Haus started out as a COVID-19 project, but due to supply chain issues and shortages, it was challenging, according to owner Jeremy Cason. Cason said he had to shut the construction process down for three months, and in July 2020, when the business started up again, he had diculty nding materials and workers. “A lot of the dog-specic stu, like your kennel doors and things like that, they were all tied up getting

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