An Explorer's Guide To
Business
Buddies
Louisville is full of hidden companions — shop cats, office dogs, distillery mascots, even a barn full of goats. Wherever your errands take you today, one of them might have a pair of paws.
Business Buddies App!
Create an account to earn badges, keep track of businesses you've visited and itineraries you've completed, and get routing directions from wherever you are.
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Itineraries
Six themed day trips through Louisville, each one built around real pets at real businesses. Pick one and go meet them.
Choose Your AdventureSpot a Pet, Own a Business, or Want Business Buddies in Your City?
Notice a shop cat or a dog-friendly patio we're missing? Own a business that wants to be featured? Wish this existed where you live? Tell us about it.
Fill This Out!Expedition Log
- JUL 2026New itinerary — Pet & Breakfast, an overnight staycation option with volunteering, errands, and a pet-friendly inn.
- JUL 2026New itinerary — Middletown Self-Care Choose Your Own Adventure, a three-track afternoon of errands and shopping in Historic Middletown.
- JUL 2026New itinerary — Hooves, Paws, and Romance, a Jeffersontown day tied to Blackacre's every-other-Saturday feeding schedule.
- JUL 2026New itinerary — Day Drinks and Antiques in Old Louisville, a weekend loop for Saturdays and Sundays.
- JUL 2026Now at 170 locations, and we're going back through to add each pet's name to their location's notes on the map.
- JUL 2026Launched our first itineraries — Self-Care Day and Petstown Road: A Choose Your Own Adventure. See them under Itineraries above.
- JUL 202611 more spots found — including another dentist office, a hobby shop, and a bike shop. Now at 166 locations.
- JUL 202610 new spots added — including a coin laundry, a bank branch, and Kentucky Kingdom.
- JUL 2026Map now includes locations across nine categories — see the full list above.
- JUL 2026Launched the base map. If you make a copy to track your own visits, remember copies won't auto-update — check back here for what's new.