Organized by a dedicated group of dog-lovers, Love Puppies mission to stop the inhumane treatment of dogs at puppy mills. Puppy mills are commercial breeding facilities with horrible conditions where profit comes before animals welfare. Many of the cute looking puppies you find online come from these facility and even registered breeders can operate Puppy Mills. What you don’t see are the conditions their parents live in. Often these puppies come with multiple health issues as well. Love Puppies is fighting to stop Puppy Mills by raising awareness through multiple annual events, promoting the adoptions of dogs and by supporting charities for large scale rescue missions and lobbying our government for stricter laws.
About the Love Puppies Team:
Nicole Marchand - Nicole founded Love Puppies in 2015, inspired by her dog Charlotte who she unknowingly got from a mill. Since then, she has been joined by the rest of the team to end Puppy Mill in Canada. Nicole has a fierce love of dogs, and you will often find her trying to rescue, foster and adopt as many as she can - or at least helping others to do so. She lives with her husband and two rescue pups Billy & Cricket. Outside of Love Puppies, you can find Nicole as the founder of Dog Child, which empowers dog parents to cook for their dogs at home.
Scarlett Rounthwaite - Scarlett joined Love Puppies in 2016 and was integral to the 2nd and 3rd Puppy Love parties' success. Scarlett is an avid dog lover with a soft spot for senior dogs and has adopted two rescue dogs! Her puppy is 8 year old Penny, a mexican rescue dog who loves racing around in the off-leash park and enjoying the new sniffs and smells outside the city. Outside of Love Puppies you can find Scarlett working in Account Management for a global financial technology company.
Ariel Schwieg - Ariel joined Love Puppies in 2018. She has a teacup rescue Chihuahua named Copper who is 11 years old and loves to sit by the fire with his favourite toy bunny. Don't try to make Copper go outside in the winter - he refuses to go at all costs.
Nicola Smith- Nicola initially joined Love Puppies in 2019. Always being a dog owner, she currently has two dogs; one is a rescue Husky named Cookie who loves to play with her new brother, Tyson the Rottweiler. Nicola owns We Wag Toronto, a reputable Dog Walking Company that services multiple areas, and she is also a Certified Professional Pet Dog Trainer.
