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Since 1998.

Pet Care Plus started in Chicago in the spring of 1998 as an in-home pet care business. Jennifer and Chris built it themselves — not as investors, but as people who believed Chicago’s pets deserved better than what was available at the time. Within the same year, that grew into the daycare, grooming, and boarding operation clients know today.

Pet Care Plus, family-owned in Chicago's West Loop since 1998

A different kind of proof

We’re not the largest pet care operation in Chicago. We’re the longest-running under the same ownership. We’ve seen more than most, so we can handle more than most. That’s a different kind of proof.

Almost 30 years on

Same ownership. Same neighborhood. Same commitment.

Built from the ground up

Jennifer and Chris started Pet Care Plus not as investors, but as people who believed Chicago’s pets deserved better than what was available at the time.

Same ownership, same neighborhood

Almost 30 years later: same ownership, same neighborhood, same commitment — in the same West Loop we started in.

We’ve watched them grow

We’ve watched thousands of dogs grow from puppies to seniors in our care — whole lifetimes, with the same family looking after them.

Evolved, not changed

We’ve updated the facility, trained the team, and refined the process — but the reason we get up every morning hasn’t changed.

Our history

Nearly three decades of care

YearMilestoneDetail
1998FoundedPet Care Plus started in Chicago in the spring of 1998 as an in-home pet care business.
1998ExpandedWithin the same year, expanded to offer daycare, grooming, and boarding.
2006GrewMoved into a larger space to serve more of the West Loop.
2014BuiltOpened the current, purpose-built West Loop facility.
TodayContinuedSame ownership. Same neighborhood. Nearly three decades of care.
“We’ve had thousands of dogs grow from puppies to seniors under our care. That’s not a slogan — it’s just what happens when you stay in one neighborhood, under one roof, for almost thirty years.”— Jennifer & Chris Stavrianos, Founders

Structured Care. Lifelong Wellness.

Tour any time during business hours — no appointment needed. We have an open door, and we’ll show you everything.

“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.”
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