The PNGP Sage - Chapter 2 - The Grand Opening!

   After another solid month of non-stop preparation and moving everyone into the house during March, by April 1, 2011, Pack n' Go Pets Exclusive was registered, insured and solidified and was able to finally celebrate its' Grand Opening! We had our first round of client paperwork finished, a completed website (compliments of James and his good friend, Chris), business cards and customized dog treats for marketing! That very first week of April after opening, we even had several new clients already boarding their dogs with us. What a thrilling, yet scary feeling to start ones own business and take on a new house.
    We began pouring through phone books, online directories and anywhere else we could find pet-friendly businesses and compiling a on-going list of places we would go drop off materials at, events we could attend and neighborhoods we could potential market in. We use an online website called EditGrid for a good chunk of our record keeping, as it is a wonderful tool to help keep things organized. It is a handy spreadsheet based program good for lists, charts and budget work. Anyhow, we compiled the start of this list and began to group the list (at the time) of 60 some odd pet related businesses we would visit, by location and picked a few days over the next few weeks driving to each one, introducing ourselves and asking if we could leave our marketing materials with them.
    I forgot to mention, we had also joined forces with my stepsister, Nicole and her baking company called, "Nicole's Cookie Jar" to help both of our companies market. To do this, we designed a homemade, healthy, but yummy dog bone shaped treat, pre-packaged in a cute plastic casing with a oaktag label sporting both our company's information and a list of ingredients. We had two sets of cookie packages - one had a single treat, these were to give out at events or to visiting clients, and the other had a package of 5 or so treats, meant to be given as a "Thank You" gift to stores that accepted our business materials. These we gave out during the above mentioned marketing. I can say, they were a huge hit! Thus began the marketing campaign for our newly born business.

Attention Clients!

Attention Dear Clients! We are excited/sad to say all at once, that the weekend of 7/20-7/22 we are fully booked! A wait list is available, should any cancellations occur prior to the dates, for clients who are still interested in booking for those nights. Feel free to call anyway to just verify and we will keep our posts updated :) Thanks for all your wonderful support to make it all possible here at PNGP! -  Posted on Pack n' Go Pets Facebook page 6/19/12.

The PNGP Saga Chapter 1

After several months of James (my wonderful boyfriend), Katrina (my good friend and business partner) and I, began pooling together ideas and resources to form the Company (with our new chosen name), Pack n' Go Pets Exclusive. At first, we had planned on being a multiple service company offering In-Home and In Our Home dog sitting, as well as Dog walking.  However, after much research via asking friends/family/business owners/etc, online guides, books and more, we realized that while the sky was the limit for a dream company, we were only 3 people and between us, at the time, we had 5 dogs of our own to manage.
      Thus, we nixed all of the variety, and cut it down to simply, "In Our Home" dog sitting. We realized then, that to do this feasibly with all of our dogs, renting a place would not be a likely or do-able option. With much discussion and decision making, James and I, decided we would buy a house together for the company to run out of, as well as, to house us three humans and our 5 dogs. James and I spent months pouring over  houses for sale across CT and RI for the perfect house that would be convenient for me to drive to (at the time) my current job at a CT Dog daycare and training facility, as well as, for a good client base and location. In the end, the perfect house in Hope Valley, sprung up and threw itself at our feet. With much help from James and my family, James and I purchased our first house in March of 2011! The birth of Pack n' Go Pets Exclusive, had officially begun.

Go Dog Days Adoption Event Booth!

Pack n' Go Pets Exclusive, will be attending the Go Dog Days Adoption Event, in Chester, Ct, this weekend, June 23-24, 2012! The event will be held rain or shine both days 11am-4pm! Visit http://dogdayschester.blogspot.com/ for more information!

The PNGP Saga - Prologue

Pack n' Go Pets Exclusive, was formed as an idea back in October 2010 and had its rudiment beginnings started in February 2010. The company in 2010, had no name or legit registrations and consisted of me simply beginning to mention around to clients of the dog daycare facility I was currently working at, that I was starting to do In My Home dog sitting out of a condo in Groton, CT, for special situations and might be starting a small business in the near future featuring the service. I then mentioned the idea to my good friend from college, Katrina Knebel, and asked if she would want to participate and co-own the future business with me.She agreed, and from that time one, we spent planning and setting up the foundations of our dream company and turning it into a reality. We even had our first client referred to us (for our future company and their future puppy!) before the company was an actual company during this time! Their puppy, Sandy, a Golden Retriever, once they had found and chosen (or been chosen by) later became our very first dog client! Follow my posts for more of the saga of the founding of PNGP and its' progress!

Pack n' Go Pets Exclusive Starts Blogging!

Today, I have begun a blog to record my personal experience starting up and co-owning my first Company, Pack n' Go Pets Exclusive, a quality kennel and In-home dog sitting alternative! I will also post new updates about the company itself and its sub-group, the Pack n' Go Vendor Network! Let the Blogging begin!