A new high street pet supply store has opened in Cosham, Hampshire.
Cosham Pets is owned by animal-lover Lara McNally who also owns Country Pets on Hayling Island. Laura told the Portsmouth News that she opened the new shop as she felt she needed a new challenge and wanted a more central high street location.
Lara has worked with a pet food brand to design a natural food for cats and dogs that is unique to the store called Perfect Paws.
She said: “We wanted to do something different to the supermarkets and pound shops. You won’t find that anywhere else but here.”
The 45-year-old mother-of-two previously worked in the police and for Havant Borough Council.
“I just got to a point where I wanted a new challenge,” she told the News. “You only get one life and you have to make yourself happy. You don’t want to do a mundane job.
“The pet industry is a lovely industry, everyone loves their animals.”
Lara was inspired to open a pet shop by her sister, who previously owned one.
Lara’s friend, Sheila Kellaway, is the manager of Cosham Pets and helps Lara as she goes between the two stores, with the help of her daughter and rescue lurcher, Beau.
