About Us

Our Mission

To bring peace of mind to holidaying and busy pet owners by offering a convenient and reliable pet care service, provided by genuine animal lovers. Through our high level of commitment and care, our aim is to be the first choice of all pet owners within our community.

Our Staff

All of our staff and franchisees are dedicated animal lovers, who are capable and responsible people. At Lonely Pets Club we pride ourselves in employing only quality individuals who will conduct themselves with integrity at all times.

Our carefully screened staff all have a background of caring for animals, for example many of them have done voluntary work at organisations such as the RSPCA. We are fortunate to have many people apply to work for us, so can afford to be very selective. Each prospective staff member is interviewed several times, a Police check is made and references carefully followed up.

Each staff member must agree to adhere to the Lonely Pets Club Code of Conduct to maintain a consistent, high standard of service. We are constantly in contact with our clients to ensure they are happy with the service we are providing.

We love what we do; we work outside with the animals we love and we get to talk to lots of different pet owners. As a result, you’ll find us happy, approachable and decent people.

How it all started...

Lonely Pets Club was formed in Brunswick, Melbourne, during the early months of 2003.

Jo and Justin shared both their love of pets and the vision of one day working for themselves. With the "corporate life" not being as appealing as it once was, they were awaiting inspiration with what to do with the rest of their lives. Then it happened. They were due to go interstate and had difficulty finding either friends or family to pet sit whilst they were away. It was then that they discovered there was a need for an alternative form of pet care, besides using kennels.

Rusty (German Shepherd Cross) first met Jo at the RSPCA in Burwood on a cold Melbourne morning. Soon after winning Jo over (easily), he was comfortably inside Jo's 1993 Ford Laser, en route to a new home, new life and new adventures. Within a few weeks the back lawn was a mud pit and most of her pot plants smashed. Assuming Rusty was lonely for canine companionship, Jo went back to the RSPCA to find a companion for him in a beautiful 'quiet looking' white Border Collie, Tessa.

Tessa settled in quickly and soon taught Rusty a few new tricks, such as how to rip out a sprinkler system!

Justin has his hands full keeping his dogs Leroy (Beagle) and Charlie (Cockerspaniel) under control. His efforts in buying Charlie to tame the rogue Leroy backfired, when Charlie thought she would take on the qualities of Leroy.

Now he is the proud owner of two over active, but totally lovable, scent craved dogs.

In a somewhat familiar comparison to The Brady Bunch, this group somehow formed a family, that's the way we became the Lonely Pets Club!!

..Since then a few new friends have joined our household. We now have 6 bantam hens, 3 goldfish and a beautiful grey tabby cat called Murphy.

Since arriving as a scared scattery 4 month old homeless kitten, Murphy (left) has undergone a remarkable transformation into a friendly, confident family member loved by all.

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