Dog Park
20,000+ sq ft of indoor and outdoor turf parks, with a splash pad and play structures.
Paws & PintsHow we got here
Five years, one big idea
Most good ideas die on the drive home from vacation. This one didn't.
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2018
The spark
On a January trip to Colorado, Kyle and Megan Casey wandered into a dog-friendly bar and fell hard. Back home in Norwalk, Iowa, with two corporate jobs and a house full of dogs, nothing came close. So they decided to build it, only bigger.
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2018–19
The road trip
Before building anything, they did their homework. They loaded up the dogs and toured the best dog spots in six cities, taking notes on what worked, what didn't, and what could be safer and cleaner.
- Denver
- Kansas City
- Dallas
- Florida
- Minneapolis
- Seattle
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2020
The setback
Then COVID hit. The developer backing the project pulled out, and banks wouldn't touch an unproven idea. Instead of folding, they threw a pop-up in October 2020, and Des Moines dog people showed up in droves.
The pop-up proved it: Des Moines wanted this.
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2022
Doors open
In August 2022, Paws & Pints opened: 22,000 square feet and a $10 million playground for dogs and their people. Mo'Tail & Spaw opened inside, with daycare, lodging and grooming, strict entry rules and vaccine checks in the app.
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2025
Room to grow
Two years in, we'd outgrown the building. In July 2025 we added more lodging and daycare space for our 1,500+ members.
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Next
Your city?
We're franchising, so the pack can grow beyond Des Moines. Tell us where to go next
