Co-owner Will Paul stands in entrance of the Brunswick location for the Animal Home. Photograph contributed by Will Paul
Downtown Brunswick’s latest enterprise is catering to four-legged mates and folk who personal them.
The Animal Home opened Might 14 on Maine Road within the area previously occupied by Fiore’s subsequent to the Portland Pie Co. on the nook of Lincoln Road.
The shop sells holistic pet meals, snacks, toys and leashes, amongst different pet provides.
The brand new retailer would be the third location for Will Paul and Branden Perreault, who personal and function shops in Westbrook and Damariscotta.
“We knew this was a spot that we might do nicely,” co-owner Will Paul mentioned. “Brunswick was preferrred as a result of we noticed so many individuals strolling their canine once we drove by way of over time. We knew it was an awesome place as a result of there have been a number of pet house owners who had been very cautious about how they cared for his or her pets.”
Paul admitted that the shop’s opening was not with out challenges. “Since opening, it was fairly gradual within the first week, ” he added. “We picked up since then, and we’re very happy with its progress.”
“We got here in, and it was terrifying at first,” Perreault mentioned. “Once we took over, we had been unsure of what would hit us. Folks had stocked up and hunkered down, and we had been fearful. At first, it was gradual, however then individuals noticed the worth of supporting native companies as a result of they knew that it mattered, after which we thrived.”
“We’re holistic and natural-based,” Paul mentioned. “We hold our meals as clear as potential.”
Perreault defined the dietary worth of holistic meals. “We’re wanting on the composition of what’s within the pet meals,” he mentioned. “If you feed pets the proper of meals, they get the dietary worth that they require, and you’ll discover that they may eat much less, they won’t be as hungry as typically, and their coat can be shinier. Pets are nonverbal, so you need to have a look at these indicators and their response to what you might be feeding them. We take a holistic method to make sure that what’s in these meals is tremendous prime quality.”
The primary Animal Home opened in Newcastle by founder Aubrey and Dan Martin in 2005, and ultimately relocated to Damariscotta. The Westbrook location opened in 2014. Paul and Perreault bought the enterprise in 2020.
Debora King, govt director of the Brunswick Downtown Affiliation, mentioned that she is thrilled to welcome the brand new enterprise to Brunswick.
“We’re thrilled to have the Animal Home filling up Maine Road’s ground-level area,” she mentioned. “They’re nice guys and so enthusiastic, they usually selected Brunswick for his or her third location, so that they did their homework, noticed nice potential right here, and we welcome them.”
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