Melva Kravitz, RN, Ph.D., is co-owner. Before opening Little Dogs, Melva was Director of Nursing Research and Education at Yale-New Haven Hospital and an Associate Professor at The Yale School of Nursing in New Haven, CT. Melva received her Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Utah and worked as co-director of the Intermountian Burn Unit at the University of Utah Hospital for many years before leaving Salt Lake City in 1987. Her three children and her grandson, Zachary, live in Salt Lake City so she decided to move back and start a new career as a an owner of a boarding facility that does not use cages.

Jennifer Kravitz, B.S., is co-owner. Jennifer graduated from Connecticut State University with majors in environmental studies and philosophy. Jennifer moved to Salt Lake from Dallas where she was employed by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter as a licensed financial advisor. While in Dallas, she worked with Norma Gonzales, President of Petite Pooch Chateau, who mentored her and inspired both Jennifer and Melva to develop and implement the concept of cageless boarding at Little Dogs Resort & Salon, Inc. in Salt Lake City.