About the Owner


Sugar Face Dogs – Senior Dog Care

was started in February 2023 by me

Allysyn Kiplinger

(I’m a sugar face, too, by the way!)
(and you might notice that I walk with a WoBble)

in my home where I’ve lived since 1995 near Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California
with cottage gardens that are eclectic and casually, not formally, maintained.
There is a certain “wabi-sabi” to it all.
My home and I are drug, alcohol and smoke free.


I Love Senior Dogs

Caring for senior dogs is my

passion

calling

vocation

charism

& spiritual gift.

Woof! Woof!

I got the

Inspiration for

Sugar Face Dogs – Senior Dog Care

from my 25+ years of having my own old dog companions
– all rescues, 11 so far, (all have passed over The Rainbow Bridge) –
Sweetie Pi, Nova, Rosie, Terra, Jake, George, Emma, Maggie, Anna Belle, Koda, and Marmaduke.
(Their pictures are peppered throughout this site.)

I come from a family of dog and animal lovers.
Besides the 11 senior dogs in my adult life, I grew up with 3 dogs – Duchess, a golden German Shepard rescue, and Shorty & Spunky, AKC Dachshunds, and a bunch of their puppies. I’ve had 13 cats, most rescues of some sort or another (including looking after a TNR colony of feral cats),
a pet chicken, a pet mouse, a pet guinea pig, and rescue gold fish.

I’ve witnessed births and deaths of these animal people – the circle of life.
It’s hard on the heart.

Dog Experience

Besides the above mentioned 14 dogs and 13 cats in my personal life

I’ve worked with

Doggy Lama Pet Care, Oakland, CA – Dog Walker

Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, San Francisco, CA – Volunteer Work + adopted 4 dogs, 1 was a hospice doggie

Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Rescue, San Francisco, CA – Foster Care + Volunteer Work + adopted 1 senior dog

My earlier non-dog careers,
always as a sole-proprietor entrepreneur,
were

♥ printing and typesetting (before the internet) (I’m a 4th generation printer)

handmade soap making

♥ old house renovation (awards in 2011 and 2022) and property management

ecological philosophy

♥ AirBnB “Super Host” 2017-2018

handmade mask making during Covid shut down

♥ volunteer board leadership for the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse

♥ plus other stuff

♥ oh yeah, I have a BA from UC Berkeley and a MA from California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA, too

Sugar Face Dogs – Senior Dog Care

is a way for me to remain in service to the world and keep my heart open as I slow down and move into the third stage of my life – my retirement years.

Woof! Woof! Woof!