this doggie breed into an old towne reality. we consider dogs and cats our family. during their initial conversations mark told his daughter that high end pet caru. old town has been caring for people s pets ever since. now about ten years later the business has two locations. we are a privately held company and didn t have to grow to return money to investors. we wanted to do it the rye way. we did it slowly but surely. the first was build in springfield, virginia. when it came time to talk expansion, there was concern about them competing against itself with additional concerns about diluting the brand. they looked to put space between facilities. the first choice might have been montgomery county, maryland. it s not further, but psychically in another state.