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    Buildings have standards. Dog-friendly housing should too.

    Sustainability has LEED. Buildings have codes. Workplaces have safety standards. But “dog‑friendly” is still largely a label with no consistent definition behind it. Geovo independently assesses the policies, costs, spaces, and everyday realities that determine how well a property actually works for dogs and their people.

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    A golden retriever sitting beside a café table while two people eat
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    Our mission

    Geovo’s mission is to make the places we live more livable for dogs.

    We do that by

    1. Setting a clear standardfor dog‑friendly housing.

    2. Helping properties create better everyday environmentsfor dogs and the people who live with them.

    3. Giving dog owners a clearer way to choose where they livewith information about what life there is like with a dog.

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    Who's behind it.

    Geovo is run by its founder, and every assessment request reaches him. Questions, a portfolio, or a building you're proud of: he'd like to hear about it.

    Get in touch
    Scott Sagala, Geovo's founder, sitting on a bench with his golden retriever and a small long-haired cream dog
    with the two who keep me honest
    Geovo

    For four years, I worked in verification technology with retail, hospitality, and restaurant companies. My job was to look beyond what was written down and understand how a place worked in the real world.

    Then I started looking for somewhere to live with my dog.

    Most apartment communities were pet-friendly. Dogs were allowed. The policies were there. But I started noticing how different life with a dog could be from one property to the next.

    At one, you could walk out the door and be on grass in seconds. There were places to walk, room to move, and dogs were part of the community.

    At another, your closest patch of grass might be across a busy road. There was nowhere good for a longer walk. The outdoor space was built for people, with dogs almost as an afterthought.

    Both were pet-friendly.

    That’s when the idea for Geovo started.

    Pet-friendly tells you your dog can live there. It doesn’t tell you how livable the place is for your dog.

    I started Geovo to change that.

    We look at the things that shape a dog’s daily life: access to outdoor space, walking conditions, safety, relief areas, property design, amenities, policies, costs, and the surrounding neighborhood.

    Then we assess the property against a published standard.

    Buildings have certifications. Workplaces have standards. Restaurants have inspections.

    I believe the places we live with our dogs deserve a standard too.

    Geovo’s mission is simple: make the places we live more livable for dogs.

    Scott Sagala

    Founder, Geovo

    Our vision

    The global standard for trusted dog‑friendly places.

    Wherever people live, work, travel, shop, gather and stay. Certification is the foundation — as the verified base grows, the same reviews power what comes next. We build each one only as the certified base earns it. Nothing below exists yet, and we will not claim otherwise.

    • Apartments and condos

      Now

    • Hotels

      Next

    • Restaurants and cafés

      Later

    • Shops

      Later

    • Workplaces

      Later

    • Daycare and grooming

      Later

    Certification

    The foundation everything stands on.

    Now

    What the reviews power next

    Public records

    Planned · 1 of 4

    A dated entry for every certified place, open to anyone.

    Certification registry

    Planned · 2 of 4

    The full verified base, searchable and current.

    Portfolio views

    Planned · 3 of 4

    Multi-location operators managing renewals in one place.

    Partner data

    Planned · 4 of 4

    Verified conditions that listing platforms can stand behind.

    Apartments first. Then everywhere a dog goes.

    We started with apartment and condo communities, where a vague pet policy costs people the most. Other kinds of places follow once the Standard has criteria written for each of them, not before.

    Let's check the parts you built for dogs.

    Tell us about your property and we'll come back with scope, timing and a quote.

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