Awesome Opportunity

 Good luck Annie! That sounds really exciting.

ETA: There's a place about an hour away from here named Katzenbarkers. I thought that was cute.

Definitely have an attorney, & accountant look over everything before you make any kind of commitment.

That said, I'm so excited for you!!! 

I like Pampered Paws.

I was driving along the other day and thought "what a great name for a dog place".  It was something that came to me - not that i saw.  I said i'll have to remember that if anyone ever needs a name.  Now, I can't think of what it was :(.

 How exciting! Congrats!  What town is it in?  Maybe, once you get settled in I can take a road trip to say "hi"

Annie:  I have another 6 1/2 years before I can retire from my government mule job, but after that can I come work for you ???

Congratulations !!!

Deb W. 

Yay!  I have no suggestions for names, but here's hoping you can pull it all together!

griffinej5

 There's a dog day care here called Four Paws. Don't think you're close enough that the customers there would know of this place though...

You don't mean Four Paws Playground, do you?  They're about 30 minutes from me. 

Hmm, you need a name, huh?  How about "Grady's Boutique"?

THIS is why I love this place.  So many level headed thoughts coming my way.  Thanks for the support.  Y'all are the best!

Sue, I was thinking of naming it after one of the boyz.  That means to me that G should be there to supervise his namesake.  He's reactive to other dogs.  I'm not sure that's a great way to do business. ~L~  Aspen is the people dog.  Although I love the name Grady's Boutique and all the others.

Steph, it's in Kutztown.

Deb, OMG!  We'd never get anything sold.  I think we'd be having too much fun. :)

Tina, I'm so hoping I can pull this together too.

Great advice!  How about Maghee's Motif?  Or Aspen's Accessories.  I love Grady's Boutique and For Paws too!

How exciting!

Squeeeee!  So excited for you! I have no advice, but yay!

How awesome!!!  I have no advise other than to pay close attention to all the other advise

I liked the "Pooches n purrs"  but I also liked Grady's Boutique... how bout  G's Bow tique Even if G is not there you could use his siloutte for signs, letterhead, stamps etc. 

Or  how bout  Tails R Us, lol!  BTW this would include the option of expanding to other pets in the future 

Just thowin it out there  

gradyupmybutt

...Sue, I was thinking of naming it after one of the boyz.  That means to me that G should be there to supervise his namesake.  He's reactive to other dogs.  I'm not sure that's a great way to do business. ~L~  Aspen is the people dog.  Although I love the name Grady's Boutique and all the others.

Well, to be honest, my first thought was "Gradyupmybutt", but somehow I don't think that would work.  LOL  Hhmm, how about combining the boys' names?  Something like GrAspen's?  I think you're far enough away, tho, that For Paws wouldn't be confused with Four Paws Playground.

I missed this yesterday but wanted to say "congratulations!!" and I hope the whole deal goes smoothly.

Thanks to everyone for your support & ideas.  They are so appreciated.  I've got some name ideas from your suggestions.  Let me know what y'all think:

• Grady Unleashed
• Aspen Unleashed
• Mainly Aspen
• Mainly Unleashed
• For Paws on Main
• Mainly For Paws (all the above with cartoonish pix of the boyz cuz they're so cute)

I REALLY love Unleashed BUT PetCo is starting a boutiquie type store called Unleashed so I fear that any form of Unleashed might get them in a pissy mood.  They're a big box store with lots of resources & bucks.  Best not to pee them off.  The reason I keep Main or Mainly in the name is because the assets I will be buying are from a store called The Bark On Main.  I plan on keeping the store pretty much the same as it is with some added goodies.

Ideas?  Suggestions?  I'm gonna keep bugging y'all for your thoughts.  :)