Nose to Tail - a Profitable and Award Winning Business

Meet Kath Fitzpatrick and daughter Alice. With the support of their loyal and hardworking staff Kath and Alice have since 2002 taken Nose to Tail from the solution to a problem to a profitable and award winning business.
Nose to Tail was an award winner in the 2007 Westpac Enterprise North Shore Business Excellence Award.

Odour-Challenged Black Labrador’s Necessary Bath

As mother to a large, odour-challenged Black Labrador, Kath was literally dog-tired with the hassle of giving her pooch his very necessary weekly bath.
“It was either a waterlogged bathroom or chase him round the garden with a hose. Every time I washed him I just knew there had to be a better way. Sure, I could have called in a mobile dog wash, but on a weekly basis it was an expensive option and besides, dogs have a way of finding something nasty to roll in the moment the dog washer drives away.”
“In my mind’s eye I imagined how wonderful it would be if there was something out there along the lines of a ‘canine car wash’. A place I could take the dog to at basically any time on any day.”