Friendly Paws Gets Tails Wagging
North Reading business offers grooming, day care, and pick-up and drop-off service.
By 3:30 Thursday afternoon, Annette Keighley and Barry Hastie’s last three charges were tired. Tito, Lily and Pippa laid quietly in their play area. Soon they’d be taking the “bus” home. No barking. Barking? Keighley and Hastie co-own Friendly Paws, a six-month-old business on Main Street in North Reading that caters to pets and their owners. They bathe and groom dogs, primarily, but also cats and other animals and provide day care for dogs – and transportation between their homes and Friendly Paws. The unique part of their business, they said, is their pick-up and drop-off service. Hastie holds a commercial driver’s license to ferry clients in a large van. Both Keighley, who grew up in North Reading, and Hastie, from Woburn, have dogs of …
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