Heilmeier’s Bed & Biscuit

Heilmeier’s Bed & Biscuit sits at 7845 Highway 59 South in Foley, Alabama, close enough to the coast that the facility markets itself as being just minutes from the beaches of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. It operates as a boarding and daycare facility for dogs and cats, open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and it functions as an affiliate of Animal Medical Center, the veterinary practice that shares its contact email, info@amcgulfcoast.com.

Dog boarding comes in two tiers: luxury suites and indoor runs, giving pet owners a choice between a more upscale setup and a straightforward kennel run depending on budget and their dog’s needs. Cats board separately in cat condos designed to feel more like a home environment than a traditional kennel, a distinction the facility highlights as part of keeping boarded cats calmer during a stay.

Doggie daycare is priced by accommodation type, with indoor runs running $20 per day and luxury suites priced at $25 per day. Every daycare stay includes outdoor playtime, so dogs are not confined indoors for the full day even on the standard rate. Beyond boarding and daycare, the facility offers bathing and grooming services, letting owners pick their pet up freshly washed at the end of a boarding stay rather than scheduling a separate grooming trip.

What sets Heilmeier’s apart from a standalone kennel is its direct tie to on-site veterinary care through the affiliated Animal Medical Center. That means a boarded pet with a medical issue, or one that simply needs a routine check during a longer stay, has access to a fully staffed veterinary practice without leaving the property. The facility requires that pets be current on vaccinations administered by a licensed veterinarian before boarding, and it also requires breed-specific parasite testing, standard precautions meant to protect the other animals staying on site at the same time.

Heilmeier’s uses the tagline Your Pet’s Home Away From Home, and its stated philosophy centers on treating pets as family members rather than transient boarders, with staff providing what the facility describes as love, attention, and cuddle time throughout a stay. Owners heading out of town can fill out a weather waiver in advance, a detail aimed at families who book boarding around hurricane season or other unpredictable Gulf Coast weather.

For pet owners who want updates without calling the front desk, Heilmeier’s offers a mobile app available on both Google Play and the Apple App Store, along with a gallery and testimonials section on its website. Between the luxury suite option, the cat condos, the included outdoor playtime, and the on-site veterinary backup through Animal Medical Center, the facility gives Foley pet owners a boarding option built around more oversight than a typical drop-off kennel offers.

The connection to Animal Medical Center also means the boarding side of the business benefits from a practice that already handles routine and emergency veterinary needs for pets across the area. For an owner leaving town during hurricane season, that combination of a weather waiver policy, on-site medical staff, and vaccination requirements for every boarded animal adds a layer of reassurance that a purely commercial kennel would not necessarily offer.

Because Foley sits so close to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Heilmeier’s draws boarding clients who are heading to the coast for a weekend rather than only local pet owners going out of town on longer trips. The Monday through Friday front-desk hours mean families planning a beach weekend typically need to arrange drop-off and pickup around that weekday window, a scheduling detail worth checking before booking a stay that runs into a Saturday or Sunday. The vaccination and parasite testing requirements apply uniformly to every boarded pet, which is part of how the facility keeps its indoor runs, luxury suites, and cat condos from becoming a vector for illness between unrelated animals sharing the same building.