Hey! Hey! Thank your for taking some time to read a bit about us here. I grew up in Westport Ct, and we were indeed a “dog family”. Those poodles are Brandy, Beau and their mother Pepper. Funny, while I look a tad different today, I hope :-), this is basically where our “meet and greets” take place: me on the floor with your pup. I’ve always had a rather exquisite sensitivity toward animals. I can remember being about five when my mother and I were at the fish market, and I was mesmerized by the lobsters in their tank. When I asked what was to become of them, my mother’s answer evoked quite a tantrum of tears and protests. Our dogs passed away before my teens, and my mother didn't get another dog till I was in my early 20’s, a lhasa ahpso she named Brat. I had already moved to NYC to pursue a career as a singer and an actor, but I maintained a steady and close relationship with Brat, and that bond kept my love of dogs vibrant and inspired. In NYC, I received my B.A in Liberal Arts from The New School , so of course, with that it was either grad school, or start a dog walking business...
I also studied acting for two years at The William Esper Studio all the while doing different gigs in music and in theater. At one point I landed this gig as the lead singer for this kitschy, disco cover band called The Boogie Knights, and I was obsessed with the seventies. Coincidentally, the movie Boogie Nights came out around that time, and I wanted to get two french bulldogs and name them Dirk and Brock :-)... I lived in the East Village and would visit the Thompkin’s Square Dog Run often, just ogling all the pups there. While I never did get two french bulldogs, some years later my ex girlfriend and I did get a dog, a Carlin Pinscher, who I did in fact name Dirk, Dirk “Doggler”. The seed was planted for GoDoG. I currently live in South Slope with my dogs Dirk and Scarlett. I’m recording original music these days and have a Yacht Rock Tribute band called Marina Del Macho. Ya can check us out on Facebook. I’m so grateful to have spent the last decade with your pups. They light me up, they wake me up, they make me a better man. Cheers!
