Bordumoor Pet Resort, a new 18,807-square-foot facility in Fountain, opened a month ago with 74 dog kennels, radiant-heated floors and an automatic ventilation system. Owners Dan and Leah O’Sullivan call the kennel a “home away from home.”
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Viewed from Interstate 25 by Fountain, Bordmore’s 18,807-square-foot facility (the size of four NBA basketball courts) could easily be mistaken for a warehouse in an industrial complex. But inside is what owners Dan and Leah O’Sullivan call a dog house “away from home.”
The pet shelter, which will only accommodate dogs until the facility sees interest in other animals, opened a month ago with 74 dog kennels, radiant heated floors and an automatic ventilation system.
“If you’re going to do something, do it right,” Dan said.
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For the O’Sullivans, that meant investing $2 million in a facility that took three years to complete.
“I wanted a place where we could design and build from the ground up,” says Dan.
From floor to ceiling, Dan and Leah designed the facility to meet all Colorado Pet Care Facility Act requirements and make it as clean and comfortable as possible so the facility could live up to its name, Broadmoor Pet Resort – named after the legendary five-diamond, five-star Broadmoor Resort. .
“(It shows) that we’re providing the best care possible,” said Jennifer Armstrong, Leah and Dan’s daughter, who helps at the facility.
Tim Langness, owner of Sparrow Enterprises, said the building’s underfloor heating system is a unique installation for his company.
Sparrow installed a system of sensors and glycol under the concrete slabs that make the floors suitable for dogs to walk and sleep on.
“Dogs are better off sitting on something warm,” Langnes said.
Also in Boardmoor’s kennel section, doggy doors allow the pooches to roam both the indoor setting and the covered outdoor area. Green tubes snake around each pen to allow staff to wash and rinse the area, and fans hang from the high ceiling to help the structure’s computerized ventilation system.
“There was a lot of hoopla and then COVID-19 got in the way,” Dan said.
But now that the facility’s doors are open to dogs of all shapes and sizes, the couple is expanding their services to include doggy day care and overnight boarding.
After the facility found a qualified dog breeder, the two planned to rent out a grooming facility.
They also hope to host pet training classes with dog trainer Adam Watson.
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Watson, who teaches dog training and behavior in Colorado Springs and works with local law enforcement K9 teams, said he was impressed with the Bordmore facility because it offers a place to teach his classes and board his own dogs.
“If I have to go out of town and leave my dog, this is the only place they go,” Watson said.
Dan, 77, and Leah, 81, bought a 4.6-acre lot after following their daughter from Indiana to Colorado after running (and still owning) a pet daycare for more than 40 years.
“I was born and raised on a farm,” Daniel said. She (Leah) was in the city… living in the city was killing me, so she wanted two things to let go – she wanted a great dane and an arabian stallion.
Leah met them both and the couple has been married for over 50 years.
After finding Rufus the Great Dane, Leah takes up a dog breeding business.
“It was really an accident,” Leah said.
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Her dog and another Great Dane had puppies, so she decided to learn more about dog genetics and breed dogs. Then the business took off, but her dog’s breeding days were over — though her and Dan’s dog-raising days continued.
Leah is about the dogs, but Dan enjoys the people he has met over the years.
“We always said we were on board for the senators,” Leah said.
Dan and Leah agree that their new jobs will keep them active, but they hope to one day pass the facility on to their grown children, who help manage their Colorado facility and farm and kennels in Indiana.
While business has been slow in Boardmoor’s first month, they believe the traffic on Boardmoor may be due to the region’s pet-friendliness. Of course, other companies, such as Tumbleweed Country Kennels, Lucky Dog Day Care and Boarding, and others, are using the area’s many boarding facilities and doggy day cares to provide pet-friendly environments. But Dan believes that his utility stands out.
“Build the best and they will come,” said Dan.
