Four Paws Kingdom Foundation
a National Heritage Foundation

Why do we have a foundation?

In 2001 my wife and I dreamed about starting a new and exciting project which would accompany us through (what we determined to be) the second half of our business life. 

After a few days of reflection and deliberation, we loaded the RV, the food and the dogs and off we went to boldly go where no dreamer had gone before.

4000 miles, 14 states, 137 fast-food restaurants, thirty-five campgrounds and many headaches later we knew what we wanted to do:

Build the first and only, dog dedicated campground for "doggone" crazy folks just like us in the United States.

Four Paws Kingdom Campground

was born.

The rest of the story involved purchasing 32 acres of prime farmland in the North Carolina foothills, planning the layout and size of the actual campground and camping facilities, designing the dog-park, the championship size agility ring, the dog playground, the hiking trails, buying a tractor, mowing fields, hiring contractors, getting permits, mowing fields again ...  the works.

But there was another side to the story, that has not yet been told. After talking to many people along the way, we quickly found out, that there is not only a need for fun and play, but also for knowledge, education, hands-on demonstration and information.

Please read on