About Us
Fusion Pet Retreat | Founded 2016
Our goal is to make Fusion Pet Retreat your pet’s favorite retreat when away from home! Fusion staff gets to know clients and animals on a personal level in order to provide the highest quality, individualized care possible. We believe in small play groups, frequent rest breaks, and enriching playtime. Each pet receives compassionate care according to our strict guidelines, allowing us to provide a safe and enriching environment for all pets in our facility, including any special needs pets you may have in your home.
Let Fusion Pet Retreat keep your dog happy and comfortable while you are away!
Our Philosophy
A Philosophy of Well-being focused Pet Care
The Fusion Pet Retreat philosophy is present in every service that we offer and is evident in every retreat stay. At Fusion Pet Retreat every single animal in our care receives the utmost attention and comfort. We strive for excellence in detail and providing specialized care for pets of all breeds, ages, sizes, and temperaments. Dogs, cats, and critters are welcome here at Fusion Pet Retreat. Our goal is to make Fusion your pet’s favorite retreat when away from home!
Fusion staff gets to know clients and animals on a personal level in order to provide the highest quality, individualized care possible. Every staff member is passionate about providing the highest quality of care. We train staff members to read dog, cat, and critter body language so that they can focus on animal well-being.
Each fusion pet is treated with compassionate care according to our strict guidelines. We believe in small play groups, frequent rest breaks, and enriching playtime. Each pet receives compassionate care according to our strict guidelines, allowing us to provide a safe and enriching environment for all pets in our facility including any special needs pets you may have in your home.
Our dedication to wellness carries through to our selection of retail products, available for sale when you pick up or drop off your pet — we offer leading brands, including FROMM®, Farmina®, and Treat Me Right® Dog Treats!
All Dogs, Cats, and Critters
Care designed with your pet in mind.
Wellness
Passionate about wellness and focused on the physical and emotional well-being of every pet.
Innovation
Innovation in animal care, with custom training for all of our staff and custom care programs for our guests.
Professional
Qualified Professionals with training from a certified behaviorist.
Transparency
We work with clients to create a specialized care plan for pets’ individual needs. We communicate with our clients through every part of this process.
Exceptional care
Exceptional Care provided by staff who care and are specially trained.
Education
Focused on education, working with the community to strive for progress in our care and to educate clients outside of the facility.
Take a Tour
Want to learn more about Fusion Pet Retreat?
Our staff would love a chance to show you around and answer all of your questions.
Due to Covid-19, we prefer not to do in-person tours right now. Please view our virtual tour and call us with questions.
Our Team
Fusion’s passionate team of professionals are trained by a certified behaviorist and take continuing education seriously.
Mike McKinley
Owner
Bio coming soon!
Elizabeth White
General Manager &
Agility Instructor
As an owner of “special needs” dogs, I believe strongly in providing a safe place for all dogs, while accommodating their individual needs. I try to bring my experience with a reactive dog to my work at Fusion by creating ideals of positivity, patience, and compassion. I also compete in agility with my two border collies.
Chelsey O’Connor
AssiStant Manager
I LOVE dogs and other animals. This job lets me play with other dogs without turning into an animal hoarder at home! I’m also fascinated by dog behavior so this job is a great place to learn.
Jean Mensinger
Office Manager
If I were a dog, I’d be a mutt. I’m the youngest of 10 children. I’m originally from Wisconsin, so I am a HUGE Packers and Badgers fan! I love everything at Fusion — great staff, great clients, and amazing furry friends!
Nicole Rubertus
Community and Events Manager
I don’t currently have any pets of my own, so I enjoy treating the Fusion clients just like my own. I like working at Fusion because I get to meet all the unique cats and dogs (and sometimes critters)!
Megan Janning – CPDT-KA
Training Director
Animal behavior and training has been both my passion and my career for over a decade. I’ve had the opportunity to work professionally with a variety of species and breeds on a significant range of complex behavior issues and training. With my own dogs- I enjoy competing in Conformation, LGRA (straight racing), ASFA (lure coursing) and NOTRA(oval racing) and taking Nosework and Agility classes.
Brittany Bookwalter
Assistant Training Director
& Agility Instructor
I love working with our “special needs” dogs that don’t know how to play, teaching them to open up and learn appropriate play so they can make friends. In my freetime, I compete in agility with my dogs.
Allie Holmdahl
Front Desk/Pet Care Supervisor
If I were a dog, I’d be a Springer Spaniel. My favorite thing about working at Fusion is cuddling with all the cute puppies! Fun fact — my birthday is on Valentine’s Day!
Erin Teter
Front Desk/Pet Care Supervisor
I have 2 Guinea Pigs named Dot and Oat, a Russian Tortoise named Harold and a goldfish named Frank. If I were a dog, I’d be a Great Dane. I love that here at Fusion I get to work with so many different types of dogs!
Liz Lanari
Front Desk/Pet Care
Fusion is my self-care. It fills me up in a way nothing else does. When I say I love your pet, I mean it truly and wholly. I’m honored to get to care for them, play with them, and love on them for you while you are away! I have two Russian Blue cats, Fritz and Eve. Eve loves coming to Fusion for a weekend and getting to play Front Desk Cat.
Lucy Graham
Front Desk
Bio coming soon!
Megan McGovern
Front Desk
I am a Minneapolis native who grew up in Northern California. I have three small dogs; Ollie, Ophelia, and Norman. When I’m not hiking the trails or seeing live music with my partner, I am a full time graduate student at Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies working towards my LADC
