How a leap of faith became Doggie Den Inn.
Lee and Julie Carter are lifelong pet owners. Like most pet families, they knew the difficulty of leaving a furry family member behind while traveling — and the lingering doubt that comes with not knowing whether your pet is being cared for the way you'd care for them yourself.
That experience, combined with a clear gap in quality pet boarding in Sampson County, became the founding question: what would it look like to build the place we'd want our own pets to stay? Not a kennel. Not a daycare with cages stacked to the ceiling. A place built like a home — structured, calm, attentive, and run by people who actually love the work.
In May 2025, after months of planning, building out the facility, and hiring a team they could trust, the Carters opened Doggie Den Inn. The “Inn” in the name wasn't an accident — it's a quiet promise about what every guest experiences when they stay with us. Premium hospitality, applied to pet care.
“At the heart of everything we do are three principles: safety, security, and treating every pet as if they were our own.”
