Gkpet.com
Title
G&K Pet Store for pet supplies, horse tack fish tanks in Tennessee
Description
We started a hatchery in 1990 with a Breed Sheet. In 1994 we had our First catalog...sort of, adding a few products a few years later to a larger paper catalog. We ran this from our home. Growing more into products until what you see now. My whole thought was to offer people selection to proper equipment and at a decent price. In 2002 we started phasing out our hatchery due to time to properly care for our live friends. We started on the Web in 1997 and have grown since. In 2000 we reran the old 1999 paper catalog, now much larger until it was totally obsolete in price and products. At that time it was decided that there were too many products and manufacturers and wholesalers to keep a printed catalog accurate. Figuring in cost or printing and mailing and the fact that everybody changes prices at different times made it all by impossible.
Each of us grew up on farms and had always had and still have cattle, horses, goats. Later adding sheep, llamas, poultry, pheasants, peafowl, turkeys and eventually tropical fish. We will be adding saltwater fish as soon as we have space and are comfortable with our knowledge that we can do the animal and the buyer service. Anthony grew up around horses as Gerald Hill (uncle) breed and trained Walking Horses. Anthony however went towards Racking horses, Barrel and Pleasure horses in days past. Margaret, Gene and Anthony were also raised around Hogs, Milk and Beef Cattle and Chickens. Anthony still writes many articles on Poultry for the National Poultry News which are sometimes picked up by other magazines and published on the Article Site.
In 2001 we opened our first brick & mortar store. It was located at 3118 Circle Drive but 6 months later decided to move it closer to where we live to 1057 Leadmine Road. Here we have room to build and add as we wish to. In 2004 we hope to have our KOI ponds and Farm Stocking fish open to the public. In the later part of 2003 we have been approved by the Zoning commission to build a new store. G&K Exotic Farms is owned by four people. It is a family owned, family run business. There are more of us that work here but the basic ones are the four.
Languages
English
