Representatives of a family-owned native business are urging their prospects to e-book appointments for a well-liked service quickly, as Thanksgiving approaches.
Launched two years in the past, the self-serve canine washing stations at Pet Pantry Warehouse on Grove Street typically get booked out even in a daily week, based on Ira Schwartz, a supervisor on the retailer.
Family holidays see demand enhance dramatically.
Pet Pantry Warehouse on Grove Street. Credit: Michael Dinan
“Before a major holiday, book at least five to seven days in advance,” Schwartz informed NewCanaanite.com on Sunday as one of many Grove Street retailer’s prospects washed what seemed to be a Labradoodle in one of many two stations inside.
Pet Pantry Vice President Adam Jacobson mentioned the favored washing stations had been taken out of fee pending an insurance-related matter, which has been resolved as of final month.
Schwartz mentioned locals “are back” within the retailer following the break.
“Everybody in New Canaan has always rushed to come in here, so it’s good for a community to have this,” he mentioned.
In addition to sponsoring and operating the massively fashionable annual “Dog Days New Canaan” every May, a fundraising occasion for animal rescue held in recent years on the New Canaan Nature Center, Pet Pantry additionally feeds the New Canaan Police Department Okay-9 canine and has supported different animal-related causes, together with Bankwell’s “Pet Adoption Project.”
The self-serve canine washing stations are booked for half-hour at a time, Schwartz mentioned, they usually “get booked up.”
“People love it,” he mentioned. “It’s the best thing around.”
To e-book a self-serve canine washing station reservation, name Pet Pantry Warehouse at 203-801-4444.
