Our Dog Bark Park Blog

It’s All About Pets – May 11, 2018

Combine a night in Idaho’s iconic big dog with a dinner fundraiser & celebration of Natl Pet Week held by our regional Animal Rescue Foundation.  The date is Friday May 11, 2018.  Reserve your room at

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Double Anniversaries & Winter Specials

       We’re celebrating with Anniversary Specials for the Holidays! What’s the celebration? This year marks the 15th anniversary for Sweet Willy welcoming guests to stay and 2017 is also the 20th year of the founding

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Idaho Beer

Idahoans enjoy beer.  We enjoy it at a back yard cookout, while floating or boating on a river, or afterwards.  It is served at most rodeos, family picnics and wedding receptions, watching sports in an

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Spring 2017 Newsletter

Hello from Sweet Willy, It’s almost spring in Idaho!  That means we’ve been working behind the scenes on projects before all the busy activity of summer arrives.  This newsletter covers the following topics: – Dog

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Winter 2016 Newsletter

Today our first big snow of winter has arrived giving Sweet Willy a blanket of white.  The big beagle hibernates until April 2017 when our lodging season re-opens. He housed a full calendar of guests

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Keeping Waste out of our Shipping Department

One large back corner of our studio contains a disorderly collection of cardboard boxes. Some are empty shipping cartons we’ve picked up when shopping the local grocery stores.  We’ll use the boxes for shipping our dog

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Do you Zip Line? Idaho has 7

When asked what there is to do in Idaho besides come stay in the big dog for those expressing interest in adventure we mention Idaho’s spectacular zip lines.  Four are located within a few hours

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