This one is a love letter. đź’Ś
It is Neighborhood Pet Store Day weekend, and it is also the one-year anniversary of Dante and Dory’s!Â
So Candace is doing two things at once: celebrating the independent pet businesses who decided their community deserved something more personal than a box on a porch, and pulling back the curtain on exactly how she built a three-day birthday bash around the holiday.
If you have never participated in Neighborhood Pet Store Day, she covers what it is, who created it, and why participation has exploded since 2023. If you did participate, she covers the part most owners skip entirely, which is everything you can still do this week!
And if you sat this one out because you were not sure what to do, there is a whole list of things that cost almost nothing.
Tune in to hear:
đź’Ś What Indie Pet is reporting from stores that really leaned into this weekend
đź’Ś Everything Dante and Dory’s built for their three-day birthday bash, from $1 buckets to a dog beer toast
đź’Ś Why the week after the event is worth just as much as the day itself
Plus the one thing you will never beat Amazon at, what to do instead, and a reminder for the day your P&L is not saying what you hoped it would say.
Mentioned on the show:Â
- IndiePet, the independent and neighborhood pet retail association | Website
- Neighborhood Pet Store Day | Website
- Astro Loyalty, free for retailers to join | Website
- All Pets Considered (big love for the neighbor-feature reels) | Website
- Yappy Hour Barkday Beer | Website
- Episode 248: Year One Lessons, Part 1 | Listen
- Episode 249: Year One Lessons, Part 2 | Listen
- Dante and Dory’s Pet Emporium | Instagram
