Bed N Biscuit Ranch

BISMARCK, ND — Lila Teunissen and Michelle Thomsen are co-owners of Bed N Biscuit Ranch in Bismarck, ND. “The Ranch,” as they affectionately call it, provides boarding, grooming, training and daycare for dogs and cats. Lila and Michelle met while serving with the North Dakota Army National Guard. They saw a need for quality dog boarding services for fellow service members while they deployed or went to drill. As they began discussing the need, the idea grew and the business was born. 

After working with the Women’s Business Center to achieve their Women Owned Business designation, they were referred to Wendy Klug at VBOC of the Dakotas for additional assistance. The VBOC provided help with business planning, marketing, and optimizing a website and social media pages.  

“We have worked hard to implement Wendy’s marketing suggestions, and I believe our page is found more often because of her advice,” says Lila. 

“Our military training always stressed the need to adapt and overcome. No matter how much you plan for things to go one way inevitably something will come up that was unexpected. We had some issues with this during construction of Bed N' Biscuit Ranch and we just stayed the course and were able to open a facility we are very proud of.” 

Read more about their story on the Veterans Business Outreach Center of the Dakotas website at https://und.edu/dakotasvboc/_files/docs/client_success_stories/2019-success-stories/success_story-bed_n_biscuit_2019.pdf.