Chesterfield Pet Boarding Business Building New Facility

Chesterfield’s Pets and Company is building a new, larger home for its furry houseguests.

The kennel and pet boarding business will be moving out of its current home on Edison Avenue after construction of the new, larger location on Chesterfield Airport Road is finished.

Owner Coral Wallace said construction is planned to begin in June on the lot for the new Pets and Company, which is currently empty and sits across from Rombach’s Farm. It will be part of Chesterfield Blue Valley, the large, mixed-use commercial development that is home to the future St. Louis Premium Outlets.  

Wallace said they have been in operation for seven years and now need room to grow.

The 10,000 square feet will be “almost double the space” of the current location, she said, adding “it will provide us with a lot of outdoor space.”

And with that space, Wallace is hoping to expand the kinds of programs and services they offer, such as their “doggie daycare” that she said has “just taken off.” It’s offered daily and involves two hour-sessions designed to help busy pet owners give their canine friends room to run.

“It allows them to socialize in a pack environment so they can expend some energy,” Wallace said.

Wallace said when she started the company seven years ago with her daughter, Meredith Goldenhersh, she knew it would be a bit of a gamble. However, it was a bet she felt compelled to make.

Wallace said the two are both animal lovers and that Goldenhersh’s displayed an aptitude for the business since she began building kennels out of cardboard as a little girl. At 16, she took her first part-time job working at a company similar to the one she would go on to start with her mom around seven years later.

“It was [my daughter’s] dream to have a kennel,” she said. “We just decided to take the risk. I did not want her to have the regret of not having done it.”

Once they got started, Wallace said she was surprised at the support they received from their clients. She attributed Pets and Company’s success to being able to convey to their clients the passion they have for working with animals.

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