Retail

Wiggle Butt & Whiskers coming to Village at Leesburg

There’s a new pet store coming to the Village at Leesburg and it has a sweet story behind it. The former Dog Krazy store is under new ownership and it will have a new name — Wiggle Butt & Whiskers.

Dog Krazy, part of a small regional brand with locations in the Fredericksburg and Richmond areas, opened its Leesburg store back in October 2018. It carried a wide variety of dog foods, dog treats, dog toys and accessories, as well as grooming services. It also carried some cat-related products.

But the owners eventually found the Leesburg store was a bit far from their base of operations. However, rather than close or sell the store, they took a different tack. They gifted it — lock, stock and barrel — to one of their loyal employees — Cindy Smartino.

Samartino — who has worked with Dog Krazy for five years and moved to Leesburg to manage the store here — has dreamed of owning a pet store since grade school. She even included the goal in a school essay about her future. Now, that dream has come true. You can see her recent post about it on social media below.

The store branding will be making the transition to the new name in the weeks to come and the store will officially become Wiggle Butt & Whiskers on January 1, 2022.

All the services that customers have come to expect from Dog Krazy will continue to be offered by Wiggle Butt & Whiskers, but they will also be expanding their products for cats and cat owners — thus the addition of the word “whiskers” to the name.

(Image at top: Dog Krazy Leesburg)