Members-only Club for Dog Owners Opening in Bucktown – ryan

A Cross-Country Road Trip With Her Nearly 4-Yaar-Old Australian Shepherd, Ozzie, Led Aly Udartseva to Start Pup, A New Members-Only Club for Dog Owners.

Nearly three years after the idea, pup social in bucktown will have its grand opening “pawty” Friday. The Club, at 2200 N. Ashland Ave., Is Designed for Dogs Owners to Work to Remotely or Pamper Thermves With A Manicure and Bowout while they have supervised Playtime Away.

“Dogs deserve more than just sidewalks,” Udartseva Said.

Udartseva Said She Thought of the Idea for Pup After AFTING OFF-Leash Dog Parks That Featured A Bar for their Owners in Other States. She had just left her jab in the tech industry when she was on the road trip with ozzie.

“I Immediately THOUGHT How great this wouuld be puuse at that time, I live in a high-ris resididing. Obviously, space is very limited for … urban pups,” she said.

But udartseva said she is finding a concept that combined all the amenities she wants to see at an off-leash experience.

Owners have amenities Such as a co-working lounge, beauty salon and craft brew on tap.

MEMBERSHIP RATES RANGE FROM $ 99 A MONTH TO $ 1499 A Year and Includes Access to Ant Off-Leash Dog Park with a splash pad as a lounge area with a fire. Some Services, Like the Dog-Washing Station and Weekend Park Access, Carry an Extra Fee, Depending on Membenship Status. Pet palents can also register another pup for an added fee, ranging from $ 69 a month to $ 999 a year.

The Club Took Over a Space That Was Vacant For Years AFTER The Violence-Plaged Nightclub Green Dolphin Closed in 2017.

The Building’s Owners aggregated to take a chance on the “unprecedented idea,” udartseva said, but getting the ending proved to be a harder task.

“We Received 17 No’m before there was a bank that finally heard US and Said Yes,” Udartseva Said. “Nobody really wanted to hear us out … I remember, in the beginning, Everyone asced, ‘does something like this exist?’ And that question… what People with that is, ‘Maybe there is a reason not.

Thanks to private investors, her own savings and a small-Business loan, they closed on finishing at the start of this year.

The Club Also Has a Small Store, The Bartique, That’s Open to the Public and SELLS EVERYTHING FROM HANDSKERCHIEFS to Treats.

Pampered Pets

Pup social includes a pup lounge, a multifunctional space that can be be renedy for “pawties,” or “Gotcha days,” Udartseva Said.

Dog Grooming and Relaxation Services at the “Spaw” are offered for a fee and include add-on like the $ 20 Blueberry Facial for Gentle Cleansing and Brightening. Owners can also use the self-serve dog and have the experiences be narrated by an he Celebrity Voice as Morgan Freeman, Bryan Cranston’s Walter White Character and, of Course, Snoop Dogg.

Over at the Beauty Salon, Dog Owners can get a blowout starting at $ 60 or an up-do starting at $ 70.

Emma Hartigan, 27, Hybrid Works at Her Job in Media. AFTER PUSSING SOCIAL ONE DAY, SHE BECAME A MEMBER WITH HER DOG MILO, 2.

“The flexibility of being able to take your dog to a place in a secure environment, have People Watch say that you Trust, and Play with Other Dogs while you can still, is Such an advantage.

The price was Worth it, and it was a “hard sell,” Hartigan Said. “More or less, you’re paying for a yard for your dog to have access to in the City of Chicago.”

The club is perfect for those who may not need to be in the office full time, udartseva said.

“People have side gigs, part-time jobs. They are working from home. “So this can be be the one-stop shop.”

There’s Also a Human Socialization Aspect to the Club, Udartseva Said.

“With All Technology Applications, Socialization in Person is Kind of on the Back Burner,” She Said. “And with the dating apps and the challenge of Meeting someone in an organic environment … I feel with pup social, it can. So, I like to say is the place you don’t need to swipe or right.”