The Guide
Louisville Buddies
170 Louisville-area businesses with a resident pet, across nine categories — from distillery cats to hardware-store dogs. Pick a category, get directions, and check in when you visit.
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Food & Drink
Bars, breweries, distilleries, coffee shops, and restaurants in Louisville with a resident companion animal.
Retail
Shops, boutiques, antique malls, hardware stores, and nurseries around Louisville with a resident companion animal.
Services
Salons, clinics, auto shops, financial offices, and other Louisville service businesses with a resident buddy.
Pet & Animal Services & Supplies
Pet supply stores, groomers, and veterinary practices around Louisville with a resident companion animal.
Outdoor & Recreation
Farms, gardens, parks, studios, and other Louisville places to roam with a resident companion animal.
Itineraries
Ready-made Louisville days built around the buddies — morning-to-afternoon loops, an overnight staycation, and choose-your-own-adventure days with multiple tracks.
Day Drinks and Antiques in Old Louisville
7 Stops · 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM · Sat & Sun
A slow, walkable loop through Old Louisville — coffee, antiquing, a stroll through the park, lunch, and a string of drink stops along the way.
View itineraryPet & Breakfast
5 Stops · 12 PM – Overnight · Mon – Fri
Volunteer time, a few errands, and an overnight stay with some resident pups — a quiet way to spend a weeknight away without going far.
View itineraryMiddletown Self-Care Choose Your Own Adventure
3 Tracks · Mon – Fri · 11:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Handle an errand, then spend the afternoon browsing Historic Middletown's shops — tack, gifts, lavender, plants, furniture, and a creative night to close it out.
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8 Stops · 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM · Mon – Sat
A loop through Shelby Park, Germantown, Smoketown, and Paristown — coffee, a haircut, lunch, some shopping, acupuncture, and a midday drink.
View itineraryHooves, Paws, and Romance
6 Stops · 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
A Jeffersontown day built around farm animals, a shop cat, and dogs at play — starting with the Saturday morning feeding at Blackacre.
View itineraryPetstown Road
3 Tracks · Varies by track
Bardstown Road turns into Baxter Avenue — same street, no turns — so this whole day is a straight walk (or short drive) with a pet at nearly every stop.
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