Adam Jacobson

Dog Days New Canaan Coming Saturday [Q&A]

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One of the town’s most beloved community events, New Canaan Dog Days, is coming 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the New Canaan Nature Center. Organized by Pet Pantry Warehouse on Grove Street, the free, family-friendly event doubles as a fundraiser for Adopt-A-Dog, featuring a wide range of vendors and activities for four-legged family members. 

We put some questions to Pet Pantry Executive Vice President Adam Jacobson ahead of Dog Days New Canaan. Here’s our exchange. ***

New Canaanite: For those that have not experienced Dog Days New Canaan, give us an overview of what it is, as well as some background. Adam Jacobson: Dog Days was created as a family fun community event to support critical nonprofit organizations like Adopt-a-Dog and others.

Adam Jacobson

Pet Pantry’s Self-Serve Dog-Washing Stations Back Up and Running [UPDATED]

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Representatives of a family-owned local business are urging their customers to book appointments for a popular service soon, as Thanksgiving approaches. Launched two years ago, the self-serve dog washing stations at Pet Pantry Warehouse on Grove Street often get booked out even in a regular week, according to Ira Schwartz, a manager at the store. Family holidays see demand increase dramatically. “Before a major holiday, book at least five to seven days in advance,” Schwartz told NewCanaanite.com on Sunday as one of the Grove Street store’s customers washed what appeared to be a Labradoodle in one of the two stations inside. 

Pet Pantry Vice President Adam Jacobson said the popular washing stations had been taken out of commission temporarily before coming back in October. Schwartz said locals “are back” in the store following the break.

Adam Jacobson

Q&A with Pet Pantry: ‘New Canaan Dog Days’ Set for May 7

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One of New Canaan’s most beloved community events, Dog Days, is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 7 at the New Canaan Nature Center. The free event—a fundraiser for the Nature Center and Adopt-a-Dog—is organized by Pet Pantry Warehouse, which has a store on Grove Street. We put some questions to Pet Pantry Executive Vice President Adam Jacobson ahead of Dog Days 2023. 

Here’s our exchange. New Canaanite: Dog Days New Canaan is a favorite event among residents with animal companions, and based on attending myself, it feels like Dog Days has grown in the years that Pet Pantry Warehouse has run it. What sort of feedback to you get from attendees? 

Adam Jacobson: Attendees love New Canaan Dog Days because there really is something for everyone.

Around Town

Podcast: New Canaan Dog Days

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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Adam Jacobson, executive vice president at Pet Pantry Warehouse on Grove Street, about New Canaan Dog Days. The hugely popular celebration of dogs, a fundraiser for rescue groups, will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 21 at the New Canaan Nature Center. The event features games, competitions, family activities, entertainment and a lot of free swag from premium pet food brands. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:

Adam Jacobson

Pet Pantry Launches Self-Serve Dog-Washing Stations

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New Canaan’s family-owned pet store last week launched a new service designed to help keep local dogs clean and their owners happy. Pet Pantry Warehouse has fitted two dog-washing stations into its Grove Street store. “What we have found is that more and more of our clients would like the convenience of being able to utilize our self-serve pet washes,” Pet Pantry Executive Vice President Adam Jacobson told NewCanaanite.com. 

Launched amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which recently forced New Canaan’s only other pet store to close, the washes are “very clean and easy-to-use,” Jacobson said. “You don’t have to bend over in your own bathtub in your own house, and you don’t have to clean up after yourself,” Jacobson said. 

The store provides shampoo as well as towels for dog owners. Located toward a rear corner of the store, the two washing stations are private, and the bathing area itself is elevated behind a low wall, allowing owners to shampoo and rinse off their dogs while standing up.