About Us

Like most people, Scott and Gale have enjoyed pets since they were kids, and have over 16 years of experience in the pet industry.  As a part of their professional experience, Scott ran Petropolis Pet Center in St. Louis, MO. as General Manager, and Gale served as a department manager, and later on as Practice Manager for a Veterinary facility in Austin, TX. 

Gale has been raising and showing Aussies for 11 years and has competed in Conformation in the U.K. and Obedience, Agility, and Conformation in the US.  Our 5 Australian Shepherds have more than 50 competition titles, and Gale has qualified for the Australian Shepherd Nationals the last 5 years.

Gale and Scott built and ran a very successful Boarding facility in Phoenix AZ.  In three years they grew the business to several hundred clients and had more than 5,000 boarding days in their last year of operation before relocating to Rhode Island. Yet another job change, allowed Scott and Gale to relocate to Morehead KY and they opened Tin Woof Inn in August of 2007. Gale’s family (her maiden name is Baldridge) is from the Morehead area and her parents, sister and brother-in-law and loads of aunts, uncles and cousins reside in the area.

Our Dogs

We own 5 Australian Shepherds and in the past have owned and raised Labrador Retrievers, Shelties, Old English Sheep dogs, Border Collies  and various mutts.

• Midi (MACH ATCH-OP NATCH Shalako’s Sound Byte), is a 10 year old black tri with dozens of agility titles.  She holds a CGC and is an active  Certified Pet Therapy Dog. She is the best dog we have ever had (don’t tell the other dogs) and is a fearless, loyal, smart typical Aussie.
• Bishop (Shalako’s Bishop of Peppertree AX, AXJ, AAD, EAC, EGC, OJC, TG-O, CGC, STDs) is a 9 year old blue merle with agility and herding titles, and major pointed in ASCA. He is very sweet, but cautious around strangers, and becomes Dr Jekyll when around livestock.
• Turner (Turnagain’s Take Note AX, AXJ, EAC, EGC, EJC, TG-O) is an 8 year old red merle wild child from Alaska.  She is very sweet, great to take on walks, and when she sees livestock…runs the other way!
• Catcher (Shadowrun’s Caught in the Sun CGC) is a 7 year old red tri and an active Certified Therapy Dog.  He took Reserve Winner’s Dog two years in a row at ASCA nationals (’06 and ’07) and has the most gentle personality you can imagine.  He loves to jump up in bed with nursing home residents and give them a hearty lick on the face.
• Asa (Shalako’s Windchasar AX, MXJ, AD, NAC, NGC, NJC) is a beautiful 5 year old black tri who is always eager to please and demonstrates more than 10 tricks in Gale’s training classes. In 2007 he ranked first place in 20” Excellent A JWW by USASA. He was awarded 1st place Open Black Dog at ASCA Nationals in 2006, at the age of two. He has a promising agility and conformation career underway.

Pet Care Services Association

TWI is a member in good standing of the Pet Care Services Association. The Pet Care Services Association (formerly known as ABKA or American Boarding Kennel Association) is the non-profit trade association for nearly 3000 pet care service businesses in the United States and around the world. Only Pet Care Services Association members commit to the Pet Care Services Association Code of Ethics and the Pet Owners' Bill of Rights which assures pet owners that their beloved pets will receive professional, loving care.

Contact Us

You can contact the owners at: gale.templeton@roadrunner.com, or scott.templeton@roadrunner.com