Animal-loving company owners searching ahead to ‘bright future’ despite Dragons’ Den rejection

A married couple who operate a wedding ceremony pet chaperone organization are anticipating their “busiest 12 months to day” – even with failing to acquire investment on BBC Television demonstrate Dragons’ Den.

Forty eight-yr-outdated Adrian Cartlich and his wife Emma, aged 38, appeared on the clearly show – accompanied by Rufus the cockapoo – earlier this month to showcase Treasured Pets Weddings.

The pair, who are living in Stoke-on-Trent, introduced the business a couple of many years in the past on their back again of their other enterprise, pet care services service provider Important Animals Micro ID.

Cherished Pets Weddings gives to system and co-ordinate a bespoke wedding ceremony package to permit pets to be part of their owner’s huge working day.

The offer can consist of everything from a straight ahead pet-sitting down assistance to more quirky providers this kind of as earning the doggy a ring-bearer, best male or even a bridesmaid.

At the start out of the month, Adrian and Emma appeared on the BBC demonstrate to pitch their new thought – Treasured Pets Wedding ceremony Wheels – which gives a fully decorated wedding ceremony automobile for pet dogs.

But they ended up speedily advised ‘I don’t’ by the four-powerful panel of buyers who mentioned the enterprise was “not scalable or investable.”

Regardless of the rejection, Adrian and Emma are continuing to develop the small business in advance of what they anticipate to be their “busiest year to day” in 2022.

Emma explained: “Even while we didn’t get investment we had some excellent responses and amazing guidance from the dragons, and it was an wonderful practical experience.

“We really feel extremely proud and honoured to have been specified the prospect to pitch our business enterprise and our distinctive strategy in entrance of hundreds of thousands of men and women.”

About the past 18 months, Adrian and Emma have been developing up their wedding day pet chaperone providers even with the pandemic, and have productively been ready to accommodate all of the bride and grooms who had been forced to postpone their weddings thanks to Covid-19.

The pair also gained several field awards and shaped new partnerships with far more wedding venues across Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire and North Wales.



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Emma additional: “We consider that 2022 is heading to be the busiest calendar year to day for Cherished Pets Weddings and the marriage business.

“As it is just nonetheless the two of us, we cannot preserve up with the desire and we will absolutely be wanting to recruit chaperone assistants in the near long term.

“We are wanting ahead to a vivid potential and can’t wait to grow even even more – and chaperone plenty of lovely canines to their fur parents’ weddings.”