Tin Woof Inn officially began in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2001. The next generation Tin Woof Inn started in Morehead in 2007. Our success in Morehead led to building and operating TWI Ashland in 2014. After looking at more than 10 other cities in Kentucky, we built the Frankfort facility, which opened in 2019. Both Scott and Gale are actively involved in the day-to-day operations, marketing and maintenance of all three facilities.

Scott and Gale Templeton both had successful careers in corporate America prior to focusing their skills in the pet industry.

Scott was a division manager for 7-Eleven and held senior operating and marketing positions with Tosco, Phillips 66, Conoco Phillips, Shell UK and Mobil. He did consulting work on four continents for Shell International, Exxon Mobil and ERG Petroli. He did strategic marketing work for GTech and Intellimat. He started his professional pet career in 1993 with Petropolis, a $2-million-a-year, 22,000 square-foot facility, capable of boarding more than 300 pets daily. Over the years, he has designed, built or operated nearly 20 professional pet facilities.

Gale Templeton began her professional career in the grocery industry.  She worked at Kroger and other grocery companies along with working in the grocery wholesale and vendor business. At Kroger she served as store manager and then moved to corporate merchandising. In 1994 Gale joined Petropolis in a management and marketing role, overseeing nearly 10 Pet Care Advisors. She also served as the recruiter for the Grooming Academy School and handled sales and marketing for the Dog Watch Hidden Fencing division.

Gale first started training dogs for competition in 1997. Having grown up with Border Collies and loving the herding breeds she soon became interested in Australian Shepherds. This started her introduction to conformation competitions in both the United Kingdom, and the US, and a lifetime of training and competing in the dog world.

Four of her dogs were multiple Agility champions with two dogs, Yuma and Gigi in the North America Dog Agility Council (NADAC) Hall of Fame.  Gale has a total of 16 Agility champion titles to her credit and has qualified for Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA) Nationals and NADAC Champs 10 times. Along with Agility, Gale and her dogs have competed in Obedience, Rally, Herding, Barn Hunt, and Dock Diving.

Asa (ASCA CH, ATCH, NATCH Shalako’s Windchasar, is a Hall of Fame Sire with ASCA.  He has direct off-spring that have garnered more that 22 advanced titles in five disciplines.

Along with Aussies, the family now has two smooth coat border collies.  Both Clint Sheepwood and Sting compete in Barn Hunt and Dock Diving. Both dogs have earned multiple Barn Hunt champions (RATCHs), with Clint at RATCHX 14, and Sting at RATCHX 13. They attended their first Barn Hunt Nationals in 2025. They are also prolific Dock Diving competitors attending DockDogs Worlds since 2017.  Clint was the Big Air World Champion (Masters Division) in 2022 and Sting took the DockDog Worldwide First Place Border Collie for Iron Dog in 2024.

Gale also became a Certified Dog Wizard trainer and headed up our training dept at Tin Woof Inn Pet Retreat.  While she does not teach anymore, she is still involved with the training side of TWI.

Scott and Gale Templeton.