So many of the products that Larson Systems sells today under the Stone Mountain Pet Products brand were first made to be used at Stone Mountain Pet Lodge. Kennel gates, guillotine doors, doggy daycare room dividers, canine agility equipment–we made it for ourselves first. Because what we found out there just didn’t meet our standards.  After all, a kennel door should be dog tough.

The strength  and quality of our products really becomes evident when kennel owners–people who really know dogs–tour “The Lodge.” They work the latches, lift the guillotine panels, and inspect the floor. They say, “Wow, you’ve really thought about this, haven’t you?” Or, in the case of the doggy daycare room dividers, “You guys have thought of everything.”

Maybe not everything, but we keep making improvements. The agility A-frame is a good example. It’s a big, lumbering triangle that many Stone Mountain staffers found difficult to move. So owner Dave Larson put wheels on them.  What’s really neat is that the casters fold up when you’re using the frame in competition.  It’s not a big thing, but it makes life so much easier if you’re doing agility.

Another example is the little “spar” on the bottom of the doggy daycare panels. It fills a gap that little dogs could sneak out of, yet it doesn’t hinder the panel’s ability to fold for storage. Something you’d never think of if you weren’t in the doggy daycare business.

Of course, there’s always gonna be a dog that can find its way around the system somehow. They keep us on our toes!