ABOUT US
Greetings from Carolyn Godfrey and Alicia Houle. Founders and creators of ZEN DOG, LLC and BE THE DOG... t-shirts, a new company on the rise!
Greetings from Carolyn Godfrey and Alicia Houle. Founders and creators of ZEN DOG, LLC and BE THE DOG... t-shirts, a new company on the rise!
We are two hard working, family loving, dog devoted women who have a message to send to others about how a beautiful animal, a dog, can change one's life.
It all began in the summer of 2006, when my family got a wonderful "golden doodle" we named Jazz. Rather than training her using the standard behavioral model used, I decided to try the "Dog Psychology" method. During this time I began to see the simplicity and organized structure of a dog's life. I realized that this process of training was very "zenlike" for both Jazz and myself.
While vacationing in Florida we were talking about how important it was to stay on track with Jazz and her training. I said to my husband, "You need to be Zen, you know… be the dog….". From there we talked about what a great life they lead. We compared their priorities to ours, and discovered how we could benefit and learn from them. From there we attached dog behaviors, like Be The Dog…get the ball, or Be The Dog…take a nap. I said "Wouldn't that be great on a shirt!" I wrote down some ideas in a notebook and drew a stick figure dog to go along with it. The notebook got put away but the t-shirt idea stuck.
In the summer of 2008, my girlfriend Alicia, another dog lover and I were observing how our dogs interacted and behaved with each other within "our pack". That woke up the t-shirt idea again, and we began to make an extensive list of potential taglines. I began to throw around ideas for a logo, and thinking about what types of t-shirts I would wear?
In winter of 2009, Alicia and I got together and had the most incredible (not to mention fun), artistic collaboration, which gave birth to our logo. We just couldn't stop there so we decided to just keep going and start our own t-shirt company. So ZEN DOG was born.
We have since printed our first sixteen taglines
and have created over 100 different taglines
to reflect your connection
with your dog…
and your life.
and have created over 100 different taglines
to reflect your connection
with your dog…
and your life.
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