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The Perfect Pooch NYC was created to bring a little love and balance into an otherwise topsy-turvy world. Founder Leeland Allen had lived in the city for five years, pursuing a career in the performing arts but the only peace she found every day was while walking dogs part time for one of Manhattan’s oldest walking agencies. Having grown up on a small farm in New Hampshire, surrounded by and working with animals of all sorts, Leeland not only had the experience needed to do the job, but it filled her with a much needed reminder of “home”. After her boss decided to dissolve the company , Leeland stayed on as walker for her regular clients and began to build what is now The Perfect Pooch NYC. In 2011 Leeland met Franco, an animal-crazy, native Brooklynite who wooed her with his Pekingese sidekick, Charlie. Three years later they were married and in 2016 they had a baby girl. Together they now run the company with their daughter, Esme, in tow. Known as The Walkers With the Hot Pink Stroller, Leeland and Franco view pet care as a labor of love and something they hope to one day pass on to their daughter.