Sitting at a cafe in Nantucket, Julie used her napkin to sketch out the earliest version of what would eventually become the Anchor Pet Supply logo. The dog on the sailboat is in memory of Super Bubba, her favorite rescued Husky and the first dog she trained for the industry.

Julie was introduced to an untrained, slightly wild Lana5—her new Belgian Malinois to train and work with on set for the movie "Dog". Mid-job, the pandemic shut down Hollywood, so Lana5 came home to Charleston. Three months and countless walks later, business resumed. When the feature wrapped, Julie simply couldn’t say goodbye to Lana5.

Now officially a team, Julie and Lana5 spent seven months between Germany and France working on “John Wick: Chapter 4.” Together, they sat outside numerous cafes and restaurants. Roaming around Paris was where the idea for the Vagabond Café Mat started to come to life.

After many years of working, traveling, and living with dogs, Julie had a clear idea of what she wanted to create. After a year and a half of product development and testing, our first collection launched.