A new pet store opened over the weekend at the former Pampered Pet Boutique & Barkery (1612-A Belle View Blvd) in the Belle View Shopping Center.
The Dog Store in Belle View represents an expansion of a popular business with the same name that owner Paul Haire opened in Alexandria City’s Del Ray neighborhood (2301 Mount Vernon Avenue) in 2014.
Also the owner of Your Dog’s Best Friends (2000 Richmond Highway), a dog daycare that launched in Del Ray in 2003, Haire says Belle View’s Dog Store is 2,200 square feet — about double the size of the Alexandria store — and the interior renovation took about a week to wrap up…