Giveback

​We here at Big Bark Tree Taming Tree Services Willmar MN love animals! If that was not apparent with the large dog on the side of our truck you will quickly find out about our passion in short conversations. Animals hold a special place in our hearts, and we have all kinds around the shop and at home. We have working animals, pets like chickens that provide eggs and keep our yard bug free, cats that live in the barn, keeping mice and rodents out of our valuable equipment, dogs that blend the line between working and house pets, snuggly on the couch but lean mean hunting machines out in the field, and we have soft fat inside cats that are always down to be cuddled. Some of our most beloved pets have been rescues, coming from local Animal Shelters, abandoned in buildings, or even one cat that was pulled from a construction site! These rescue pets hold such a special place in our hearts, so we are so excited about our commitment to help the local shelters of Hawk Creek Animal Shelter and Sioux Falls Area Humane Society!

The Hawk Creek Animal Shelter has a special mission, one that we are fully bought into, going all the way back to elementary school for our founder Jacob. Jacob would spend time after school, when his mom would drop him off, volunteering at the shelter, helping walk dogs, clean the cat room, and anything else that they needed him to do. Hawk Creek’s belief is that there is a unique and special bond between animals and humans, a bond that is overall positive and beneficial to society. Following that belief directs their interests to providing a safe haven and assisting with sheltering abandon and lost animals, all while searching for a long time and permanent home. While providing a shelter for these animals they also are involved in community awareness, promoting careful and responsible training and care for house pets. Hawk Creek Animal Shelter is also an advocate for proper neutering and spaying of animals, providing the community with low cost options for these surgeries and giving information about the benefits that these procedures can have for your pet and the community.

Bo, the dog whose silhouette is the centerpiece of our logo, and rides on all the trucks of Tree Services Willmar MN, was an inside house dog, but lived a very active life. He was always out on the edges of the property looking for birds, hiking miles into the back country on camping trips, or pushing over tall CRP grasses in pursuit of pheasants. Bo required a high protein food with large amounts of real meat to keep him in the best shape possible with enough energy for these straining tasks. Through raising and working with Bo we began to realize how important quality food was to his well being. Without the right food Bo would not have the energy needed to complete his work tasks like Tree Services Willmar MN, as well as playing with the kids at home or fetching sticks. You could immediately tell if he had not been eating right, as he would slow down, almost to a stop, until he was properly refueled. Hawk Creek Animal Shelter of course knows this fairly obvious information that took us time to learn, they feed all shelter pets with high quality food, giving these animals the best possible chance for a better life in the future! What we learned quickly when switching our Bo over to good food is that high quality pet food is very expensive! After seeing such a great improvement in Bo’s life, we also switched our chubby inside cats to high quality food, furthering our pet food bill every month! That is why when coming up with a give back, the first thing we thought of was helping feed these shelter pets. Every Tree Services Willmar MN we do, from the small pruning jobs up to large scale removals, buys a bag of food for the animal shelter!