All good companies seem to start out small.
In our case, it was Dr. Race Foster and Dr. Marty Smith's Animal Hospital in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. At the time, Dr. Foster and his partner, Dr. Marty Smith owned four veterinary hospitals, all of which included boarding and grooming facilities. In 1983 they sent out the first Drs. Since then, we have become the leading direct mail supplier of pet care products, providing millions of pet owners with the products and information they need to take the best care of their pets. Dr. Foster and Dr. Smith still personally select every product that goes into our catalogs.