That’s part of why Amy Stankiewicz of Yorkville opened a new kind of all-service pet shop geared toward peoples’ four-legged friends. Happy Hounds, located in Yorkville, is a business promoting pet wellness through nutrition and education.
While Stankiewicz is the sole owner of Happy Hounds, her fellow employees are all women, several of them fellow mothers, which allows for an attitude and atmosphere one won’t find at a large, corporate franchise pet store.
“We try to make everything at work family-friendly,” Stankiewicz said, explaining how Happy Hounds stands apart from national chains, serving the community in which its owner lives and works.