{"id":2444145,"date":"2019-05-13T21:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T03:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=305785"},"modified":"2019-05-13T21:38:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T03:38:00","slug":"ollie-bode-is-hanging-up-her-leashes-at-one-of-valleys-oldest-dog-kennels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/ollie-bode-is-hanging-up-her-leashes-at-one-of-valleys-oldest-dog-kennels\/","title":{"rendered":"Ollie Bode is hanging up her leashes at one of valley\u2019s oldest dog kennels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.2270833333333\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-305785-731\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Aspen Times file | Ollie Bode walks dogs in her care at her boarding kennel in April 2013. Bode has provided reasonably-priced, reliable boarding for 26 years. She is closing June 1 and retiring.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.1674876847291\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR.jpg\" alt=\"Ollie Bode walks dogs in her care at her boarding kennel in April 2013. Bode has provided reasonably-priced, reliable boarding for 26 years. She is closing June 1 and retiring.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9.5566502463054\">\n<p><strong>Ollie Bode walks dogs in her care at her boarding kennel in April 2013. Bode has provided reasonably-priced, reliable boarding for 26 years. She is closing June 1 and retiring.<\/strong><br \/>Aspen Times file<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/ollie-bode-is-hanging-up-her-leashes-at-one-of-valleys-oldest-dog-kennels\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Aspen Times file | Ollie Bode walking dogs at her Alpine Meadow Ranch and Kennel in April 2011.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"5.9320388349515\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ollie Bode walking dogs at her Alpine Meadow Ranch and Kennel in April 2011.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7.3009708737864\">\n<p><strong>Ollie Bode walking dogs at her Alpine Meadow Ranch and Kennel in April 2011.<\/strong><br \/>Aspen Times file<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/ollie-bode-is-hanging-up-her-leashes-at-one-of-valleys-oldest-dog-kennels\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-1.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-1.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | After operating Alpine Meadow Ranch and Kennel for 26 years, Ollie Bode is selling the ranch and retiring.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5655172413793\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-2.jpg\" alt=\"After operating Alpine Meadow Ranch and Kennel for 26 years, Ollie Bode is selling the ranch and retiring.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8.4413793103448\">\n<p><strong>After operating Alpine Meadow Ranch and Kennel for 26 years, Ollie Bode is selling the ranch and retiring.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/ollie-bode-is-hanging-up-her-leashes-at-one-of-valleys-oldest-dog-kennels\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-2.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AT_AT201310130339974AR-2.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/ollie-bode-is-hanging-up-her-leashes-at-one-of-valleys-oldest-dog-kennels\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/ollie-bode-is-hanging-up-her-leashes-at-one-of-valleys-oldest-dog-kennels\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">One of the longest-running dog kennels in the Roaring Fork Valley is hanging up its leashes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Alpine Meadow Ranch and Kennel owner Ollie Bode sold her 9-acre property in Holland Hills east of Basalt and will close the kennel June 1. For 26 years she provided a vital boarding and day care for pet owners. She recently decided she\u2019s barking up the wrong tree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe thing I realized after I injured myself last year, I just don\u2019t have that edge anymore,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bode chipped a tibia when a dog knocked her over in the doggie playground on the property. She fell a couple of days later while walking on crutches. Although the physical injuries have healed, the will to continue is broken.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\" readability=\"1\">\n<blockquote readability=\"5\">\n<p>\u201cI think I figured out dog language.\u201d \u2014 Ollie Bode<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The injuries made her move up plans to retire. Bode said she plans to remain in the Roaring Fork Valley and also undertake some well-deserved travels. She has been \u201ckennel-bound\u201d for too long. She took two bona fide vacations in her 26 years running the kennel, she said, but she\u2019s not complaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cEvery day was a vacation with the dogs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The former schoolteacher said hanging with the animals was like getting new students in a classroom each year. There are all sorts of different personalities to keep you amused and on your toes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At the kennel, she\u2019d get everything from dogs that would chase the tennis ball until they dropped to shy dogs that would obediently follow her around to young Turks that loved to play ruff, er, rough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She claimed in an April 2011 interview with The Aspen Times that there are no bad dogs; some just don\u2019t know their boundaries or they\u2019re trying to figure them out, sometimes when owners don\u2019t set them well. Her view hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThere still are no bad dogs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Some people have likened Bode to the dog whisperer. She believes she just figured out how to connect with dogs through patience and caring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI think I figured out dog language,\u201d she said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Many of her regular canines loved a trip to what resembled doggie camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI send them home tired,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019ll be muddy but they\u2019ll have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bode also provided a sanctuary for 18 years for dogs in regional facilities that didn\u2019t have no-kill policies. She stopped once she was convinced those policies had evolved and so many other rescue organizations had appeared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She also found her regular human clients to be some of the most \u201cloving, caring and kind people\u201d she has ever met. She said what she will miss most is the connection with the clients \u2014 the adventures they would take, the kids growing up and, of course, the evolution of their dogs. Seeing so many dogs die over the years brings a certain level of angst, she acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bode\u2019s 9 acres are on high ground near the Arbaney-Kittle Trailhead. It\u2019s got a commanding view of the midvalley. There are two pastures, an irrigation ditch, a greenhouse, the dog kennel and other outbuildings. The property also was a kennel for a considerable time before Bode bought it, back to 1966, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A neighbor bought the property. Bode said she is relieved that the parcel will be kept intact rather than divided, but she believes the kennel is history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She has until mid-September to vacate. She doesn\u2019t plan to throw a big party for her canine and human friends. It\u2019s not her style, she said. She\u2019s started the process of going through 26 years of accumulated stuff. She figures she will be sorting stuff and deciding what to keep and give away right up to the day she leaves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019ve always worked better under pressure,\u201d Bode said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:scondon@aspentimes.com\">scondon@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/ollie-bode-is-hanging-up-her-leashes-at-one-of-valleys-oldest-dog-kennels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ollie Bode walks dogs in her care at her boarding kennel in April 2013. Bode has provided reasonably-priced, reliable boarding for 26 years. She is closing June 1 and retiring.Aspen Times file Buy Photo Ollie Bode walking dogs at her Alpine Meadow Ranch and Kennel in April 2011.Aspen Times file Buy Photo After operating Alpine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 05:00:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}