Meet Toni, Best Friend to South Park’s Fur Babies!

  If you’re a local with pets you probably either know Toni or have heard of her. She’s the OG South Park dog walker, and she’s extremely popular with the pets, as well as their humans.

Toni has been walking dogs in South Park for 17 years now. Originally, she came to downtown to bartend and worked at the Bonaventure Hotel, when she started walking dogs in her free time because she enjoyed it. After about a year she shifted the business to full time. A few years after that, she expanded and brought on employees. 

Her main business is taking the local dogs on their lunch time walks while their owners are away at work. On average she’ll walk 1-3 dogs together or up to 5. She also does overnight care for existing clients. Each of her furry clients are very special to her, many of whom she’s known since they were pups. Her dream is to open a dog café where pets and their owners can hang out.

And if you’re a cat person, you’re covered too! She takes care of our feline besties in their homes and will spend time with them while the parents are away. 

Toni will be a local celebrity judge at this month’s Howl-o-ween event on October 29th, stop by and say hi! She promised not to be biased :) You can follow her journey or reach out to her on Instagram @tonispets_dtla.

By Aileen Coyle