It’s Liberty Pooch’s 10th Anniversary!
It’s hard not to get emotional this month. April is bittersweet this year: Liberty Pooch turns 10 years old, but it is also Poyo’s birthday (he would have been 14) and 1 year anniversary of his passing.
It is very difficult for me to talk about Liberty Pooch without talking about Poyo, as they are intrinsically tied together. Even though it has been a year since he passed, it still feels fresh. I feel like I relive the day and days leading up to it every single day. The impact on Rob and I has been monumental.
10 years ago, I lost my cousin Michelle – she was Poyo’s original mom. What I thought then was the lowest point in my life, led me to make the decision to quit my job, take a leap of faith and pursue something that made me happy: hanging out with dogs (especially Poyo).
For the second year in a row, Liberty Pooch was awarded one of the Top 3 dog walking services in Toronto by the independent agency Top Three Rated. Unlike many other awards where users vote, Top Three Rated chooses its winners based on 50 points of merit. You can check out how Liberty Pooch stacked up and why they chose us by reading their report.
We are honoured and happy to have been selected!
Liberty Pooch turned 4 this weekend and Poyo turned 7! To celebrate, we hosted our very first Pub/Pup Crawl.
Look at the turnout!
We wouldn’t be where we are today without these wonderful people who we consider much more than clients: they are family!
I truly believe that “like attracts like” and when I started Liberty Pooch my mantra was to treat my client’s pups the same way Michele or I would want Poyo to be treated. Let’s get real, Poyo is a teeny bit spoiled, but why not! He deserves nothing less than the best life I can give him - even if that means not sleeping all night and getting glue gun burns from making birthday party hats for him and his friends or getting him a custom bacon flavoured cake from Amber’s bakery.
diy doggy pawty hats
Bacon flavoured doggy cake from ambers bakery
I may be called a crazy dog person, but the great thing is I’ve attracted a bunch of amazing clients who appreciate my crazy and to them I’m just a dog person because they are as crazy as I am about their pets! We had over 30 people and 24 pooches at this pawty (I was limited to how many people could fit on our party bus)! I was overwhelmed by the love, support, and enthusiasm this group of likeminded individuals has shown Rob, Poyo, and I. It only encourages me to find more fun and exciting things for us to do as a community.
I always tell people that my clients are like my family: we take care of each other. Our relationship goes beyond just taking care of their pets. They leave us drinks in their fridge during the summer so we don’t dehydrate, bring us soup when we are sick, help us put up shelves (as we are totally not handy), and give the entire team phone chargers so our phones don’t die during the day. These are just a few examples of how amazing our community is and Rob and I are grateful to be a part of it!
YOU ROCK!
#teamteal
#lppupcrawl
