Nervous-system-first dog care in Cottonwood Heights

Grooming, pack hikes, sound baths, and boarding for Cottonwood Heights dogs, with honest routes around the watershed closures.

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Serving Cottonwood Heights

Mountain-close attention for Cottonwood Heights companions

Cottonwood Heights is about fifteen minutes from my Millcreek base down I-215, and it is the neighborhood where I have the most useful thing to say. You live closer to the mountains than almost anyone in the valley, and your dog has fewer legal trails than almost anyone in the valley.

Both Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons are protected watershed and closed to dogs completely, which surprises a lot of people who just moved in. Ferguson Canyon is the local exception and it is a good one. For longer days I bring Cottonwood Heights dogs north to Millcreek Canyon, where the rules are friendlier and the group can spread out.

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What I offer in Cottonwood Heights

What Cottonwood Heights companions can book

Shanti's Pack hikes Ferguson Canyon on short days, Millcreek Canyon on long ones, Monday through Thursday
Consent-based grooming for small and medium dogs, Fridays and select Saturdays, fifteen minutes north
Shanti Sounds sound baths for you and your companion animal, in your home or at my studio
Eco-Somatic retreats a full day for a woman and her dog, in nature that welcomes both of you
Pet sitting and boarding in your Cottonwood Heights home, or up to two dogs board with me

On the ground

Where Cottonwood Heights dogs can actually hike

Ferguson Canyon, the one real canyon trail in your area that is open to dogs, shaded and steep
Millcreek Canyon, fifteen minutes north, where the upper trails allow off-leash on odd-numbered days
Butler and Mountview Park, flat neighborhood green for easy days and senior dogs
Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons, closed to dogs year round, watershed protection, no exceptions

Straight answers

Cottonwood Heights questions

Why can't my dog go up the canyon behind my house?

Big and Little Cottonwood are Salt Lake City's drinking water. Dogs are prohibited in both canyons year round, including in your car, and it is enforced. Ferguson Canyon just to the north is open to dogs and is where most of my Cottonwood Heights hikes start.

Is the drive worth it for a pack hike?

You are not driving anywhere. I pick your dog up and bring them home. The point of the pack is that somebody else handles the logistics of getting a dog to a legal trail.

How far south do you go?

Cottonwood Heights is comfortably inside my range. Sandy and Draper are the edges, so Cottonwood Heights dogs usually get more scheduling flexibility than the far south end of the valley.

Meeting you near the Cottonwood canyons

Fifteen minutes up I-215 and your dog is on a trail they are allowed to be on. Send a note.