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A lodge to fulfill the need Next Generation prides itself on making pets feel comfortable, relaxed BY KATE RECHTZIGEL STAFF WRITER
CHATFIELD - Fireside Pet Lodge does more than provide respite for dogs and cats, and grooming services for all breeds of dogs. Experts at the lodge and its sister company focus on training dogs for obedience, retrieving, competitive shows, field trials and hunting. “Pets need to be trained properly and go through the right system so they can live a happy and confident life and their owners can have a happy life with their pets,” said Adam Levy, one of the co-owners of Fireside. Levy and Andrew Barbouche opened the business with Kelly Bromelkamp and her husband, Casey Stickfort, in February of 2021. Levy and Barbouche grew up hunting and initially opened Next Generation Gundog Training, a retriever training facility, 13 years ago to provide training for hunting dogs. “We travel all over the country and Canada,
hunting,” Levy said. “For me, there’s just that extra feeling of confidence when you have a very well-trained dog when you’re hunting.” The Pet Lodge was fueled by demand and today is run by Levy, Barbouche, Kelly Bromelkamp and her husband, Casey Stickfort, and their ten employees. All of the owners are involved. Barbouche serves as the head trainer, Bromelkamp and Levy run the lodging kennel and Stickfort handles all legal and financial matters. Levy was drawn to working in the pet industry because he quickly found out that dogs are fun animals to work with and are super smart. “Learning how to emotionally connect with and read a dog makes every dog its own challenge and that makes each new dog fun and exciting,” Levy said. “It’s something different every time.” Levy also enjoys building a relationship with the owners and training them how to work their dogs.
“Seeing the progress that we can make in somebody’s dog is really intriguing because every dog is its own obstacle, its own challenge,” he said. This is something Levy knows firsthand from his experience running his own kennel, Next Generation Gundog Training, and working for other professionals over the years. Today, the Lodge’s trainers take the time to go over how to work their dog with new customers, and include private lessons with the training so pet owners can continue to learn and build upon the skills their dog learned during the training program. All staff are also very educated in the health and behavior of dogs, nutrition for dogs, supplementation and grooming. “Any question that somebody has specifically, that’s something that we can definitely answer,” Levy said. “If we don’t have the answers for it, we know where to find them.”
PHOTOS BY KATE RECHTZIGEL
(Above) Adam Levy is pictured with dog, Belle, inside of Fireside Pet Lodge June 28 near Chatfield. The lodge offers pets relaxation and comfort in the country. (Left) A sign hangs along Hwy 52 marked Fireside Pet Lodge. The lodge is built on 100 acres of property right outside of Adam Levy’s backyard.
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Your local residential and commercial experts since 1922 Fireside Pet Lodge was built February of 2021. The lodge was created after Next Generation Gundog Training owners, Adam Levy and Andrew Barbouche, noticed a need for pet boarding and grooming in Chatfield.
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