Our Story so far...
How we started is often a question I get asked, now i’m ready to tell all about it, it was back in May 2018 I was on Maternity leave from my office job after having our first child. Having been home with Louie and a baby for almost a year I loved it! and didn’t want it to end, (Like so many new parents) It also gave me much needed time to reflect on what I wanted to do in my future and that was to make a difference to the lives of animals that were in rescue centres and have my own business to provide a new work/life balance with our young family and naughty sausage dog!
So I decided to take the big step to push this idea that I had for a little while, to provide the highest quality boxes for pets using items that we would be happy to give to our own pets, all tried and tested by our own pets, if they didn’t like something it didn’t get added to the box! We went through a lot of toys and treats, Louie thought he’d won the lottery on the majority of days!
We then started by trying other boxes on the market to see what worked and what didn’t, safe to say we didn’t like any of them! They were full of cheap bargain shop toys and treats which I couldn’t pronounce half of the ingredients! It was at this point I realised there is a huge gap in the market for quality boxes that haven’t got to cost the earth and the best part they can help less fortunate animals with every box sold, everyone wins!
That’s how we came up with the unique idea to us, to provide options for the boxes to be designed based on the needs, likes and dislikes for every pet, because all pets are different and if they have certain food allergies or need super tough toys to save fluff going everywhere, they should be able to get it and also at no extra cost! We then tried lots and I mean lots, of different toys, treats and accessories until we found the perfect high quality toys, natural treats and useful accessories to start the launch of the business. The reason for the name Love Louie is because Louie loves it all! I’ve thought of it as a gift for your pet from ours signed off with a Love, Louie x
After a little while of finding our feet, getting the social media pages set up, website published and finding our way with a new small business, We contacted our local Animal Rescue centre to see how we could help, we came up with the idea to create special rescue boxes with the profits going to the rescue centre. This then developed as we grew the business over the years with us partnering with several large and small rescue centres such as Blue Cross, Wood Green and Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary just to name a few. We are so proud that we can help as many animal rescues as possible both through this direct work and the donation chosen by the customer at the checkout, we have just reached the £10,000 mark raised for various animal charities all over the world! Which when we started I would of never dreamt of reaching that amount.
Over the years we have also developed the business working with other like minded companies, such as Holiday Companies like Coastal Cottages and smaller Holiday companies as well as Insurance Companies, Dog Trainers and Dog Groomers! This list is constantly extending and developing which we are so thankful for every day.
Every time we receive an order, I get the same excited and thankful feeling just like when we received the first ever order! I don’t think that feeling will ever go away, its true when you support a small business, you really are supporting a dream and for that i will be thankful to you all every day.
Thank you!
Love Louie x