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Dog Bark Park Inn (Sweet Willy)

Dog Bark Park Inn in Cottonwood, Idaho: a two-story wooden building shaped like a brown and white beagle with a balcony on its side, next to a smaller beagle sculpture.
Artwork FileCottonwood, Idaho · United States

Dog Bark Park Inn (Sweet Willy)

Reported20 Apr 2025

Dennis Sullivan and Frances Conklin · Cottonwood, Idaho

Photo: Graystock / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), 2009-05-15. Resized; full source framing retained. The share image uses the full photograph over a blurred background; derivative uses the same licence.

Sweet Willy is the giant beagle-shaped building at Dog Bark Park in Cottonwood. Artists Dennis Sullivan and Frances Conklin opened it as an inn in 2003; overnight accommodation ended in 2024. Source Source Reported

Inn retired; attraction retained. Source This is a dated report, not a new on-site inspection.

💡 4 things to know

  1. A room inside a dogSPACES documents a two-room bed-and-breakfast with a loft inside the dog's head. Source Reported
  2. Carvers became innkeepersThe owners were chainsaw artists. Their smaller dog carvings and the giant beagle formed one roadside art environment. Source Reported
  3. A smaller companionSPACES distinguishes Sweet Willy, the building, from Toby, the twelve-foot beagle sculpture beside it. Source Reported
  4. Retired, still a landmarkThe owners retired in early 2025. Their adjacent former gift shop became a casual museum, open sporadically or by appointment; it is not the inn. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

2421 Business Loop 95, Cottonwood, Idaho, United States Source Reported

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 2003Aug

    Inn opens; recorded in SPACES' later account.

  2. 200915 May

    Graystock photographs Sweet Willy.

  3. 2014

    Jo Farb Hernández documents the site for SPACES.

  4. 202424 Oct

    Idaho Commerce announces the artists' award.

  5. 202520 Apr

    Owners confirm closure and retention of the roadside attraction.

Green stamps are dated photographs; amber stamps are records or reports. Publication and upload dates are not camera dates. A dated sighting does not guarantee the work remains in place today.

✅ The facts

Artists
Dennis Sullivan and Frances Conklin Source Reported
Building name
Sweet Willy Source Reported
Opened
August 2003 Source Reported
Overnight stays ended
2024, according to the owners Source Reported
Address
2421 Business Loop 95, Cottonwood Source Reported
Recognition
Governor's lifetime-achievement tourism award announced October 2024 Source Reported
City
Cottonwood, Idaho Source Source Checked

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All sources & image credits

Photo: Graystock / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), 2009-05-15. Resized; full source framing retained. The share image uses the full photograph over a blurred background; derivative uses the same licence.

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