How it all started with Charlie & Co Pet Store
Charlotte who mainly runs the business has always had a love for dogs and has worked in different dog related roles from the age of 15. She has worked in boarding kennels, dog grooming and volunteered for a rescue called Paws2rescue.
Charlotte travelled to Romania with her Dad, Steve and the rescue team, where we rescued 26 dogs from a kill shelter, from what you would describe as hell. Even to this day we can hear the dog’s cry for help.That’s how we ended up with 3 Romanian dogs.
Charlie, one of the rescue dogs, had an extremely sensitive stomach and that is why we got into raw feeding and now all our dogs thrive on a natural nutritional diet.
Having a total of 7 dogs all raw fed within the family, we decided to open our own raw food and natural treat shop.
We started off selling 2 brands of raw food and building our knowledge up even more on the benefits of raw feeding, as the proof was there with our own dogs.
Now we are one of the biggest stockists of 13 brands of raw in the local area – variety is key!
We also stock a large selection of frozen bones, chunks, fish and lots more. Natural treats including Salmon Skins, Pigs stomach’s, Camel rolls, Rabbit Hairy Ears to name a few of our wide selection.
Charlotte runs the shop mainly with the help of her parents, Sue and Steve and part time assistant, Holly.
We have many customers come to us whose dogs have bad allergies and we are able to reduce a flare up by introducing an elimination diet i.e. single protein, rabbit. As the weeks go on, introduce a new flavour week by week to see which proteins may cause the irritation.
Brands of raw food that we stock – Durham Animal Feeds, Southcliffe, Dougies, The Dogs Butcher, Naked Dog, Drool, Paleo Ridge, Naturaw, Prime Animal Feeds, Bulmers, Nutriment and our own brand, Charlies Own.
At Charlie’s we stock brands to suit all budgets. Raw feeding on a budget, does not mean what you save in money, you lose in quality. You can still feed your dog a nutritional meal without breaking the bank. Raw feeding is as expensive as you make it.
The shop is going from strength to strength and with the help of our loyal customers and fantastic support we couldn’t ask for more.
We hope to give all our customers a warm and friendly welcome and the best experience possible and to support anyone wanting to learn or know more about feeding their dogs raw food.
The shop is busier than ever and watching it grow means the world to us. We want nothing more than to provide knowledge and great quality for your dogs.
With the help of loyal customers and fantastic support we are thriving.
We hope to give all customers a warm, friendly welcome and the best experience when shopping with us.
We are located at Dunton Hall, Kingsbury Road B76 0BA on the A4097 towards Kingsbury. Opening hours Wednesday-Saturday 10.00 – 4.00 pm, Sunday 10.00 – 2.00 pm