{"id":1773,"date":"2017-05-10T16:03:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2017-05-10T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:03:53","slug":"syl-paugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/syl-paugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Syl Paugh: Hanging around Hound Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1774\" src=\"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b2bTRIBE_SylPaugh-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Syl Paugh, Alpha Hound\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/>Referred to as the Montessori of doggy daycare, <a href=\"http:\/\/alphahoundinc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AlphaHound<\/a> wants you and your dog to succeed. Syl Paugh opened her concierge\u2011style business out of her home in the Plaza Midwood area in 2014 after years of working in other pet\u2011related industries. She and her \u201cAlphaCrew,\u201d which includes four\u2011legged employees Pink and Blu, offer customized options for pets, from in-home or off-site daycare to vet and grooming visits, transportation services, shopping, referrals, and plenty of hands-on training for both humans and furbabies.<br \/>\nHer clients come mainly from the central and east areas of town, but she\u2019ll drive anywhere to help a hound. Large pet boarding centers call her when dogs aren\u2019t integrating well. AlphaHounds runs on the potential of pack mentality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust like people, some dogs aren\u2019t comfortable in a large group,\u201d she explained. \u201cBut if you put them in a small group with individualized attention, they thrive. They learn from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Syl says living in the highly dynamic area of Plaza Midwood is \u201cmostly rainbows and unicorns,\u201d but they have their fair share of crime. She credits neighbors and businesses supporting one another, as well as the presence of patrol cars, to help keep things in check. She\u2019s a diehard fan of Four Dogs Pet Supplies in NoDa. A self-proclaimed homebody, she has also been known to grab a cupcake (or two) from FuManChu\u2019s off Central Ave.<\/p>\n<p>More dog parks in the area would please this pet person. But it\u2019s nice to get away too. On days off, she rewards the pups\u2014and herself\u2014with hiking trips around the Asheville area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got lucky,\u201d Syl said of the timing and location of AlphaHound. \u201cThis area is super diverse. I can be who I am, and it seems to be a great time for small businesses in our area. I would not live anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Nominated by Dogtopia of Charlotte<br \/>\nPhoto by Sofi Preslar<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AlphaHound, the Montessori of doggy daycare, wants you and your dog to succeed. Syl Paugh opened her concierge\u2011style pet-care business in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":1775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,42],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1776,"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions\/1776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/b2btribe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}