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Small but well-stocked: I Love My Cleps pet store in Paris’s 9th arrondissement

My thanks to reader Joan for this recommendation — she saw my recent post about Moustaches and BHV La Niche, two major pet stores in Paris’s Marais neighborhood, and mentioned that she’d found a good pet store near her Montmartre apartment last year. Off we went to check it out, and I was delighted with what we found.

The shop is at the corner of the rue Rodier and the rue Condorcet

The shop is at the corner of the rue Rodier and the rue Condorcet

In its compact space, I Love My Cleps contains a well-chosen selection of dog (and cat) gear, toys, food, treats, and treatments. I found the carriers more appealing than those we saw yesterday at BHV La Niche and Moustaches, and I was thrilled to find a European equivalent of the Gulpy water bottle we love so much. It’s called Drink Max, and it’s made by Karlie — the listing on Amazon’s German site shows you that it works one-handed, like the Gulpy, and can be shared with your dog (like the Gulpy) because the water cannot slosh back into the bottle once it’s squeezed out into the flip-down bowl. It was nice, too, to see gear and collars/leashes from Wagwear on the shelves.

I Love My Cleps carries yet another wheeled/backpack carrier, by the way, of the same type and size as the medium Snoozer Roll Around and the Trixie Trolley I mentioned in my post about Moustaches — this one is branded Doogy, and I liked its appearance and heft. I haven’t been able to learn much about the Doogy brand, but the shop’s owner, Céline, can no doubt fill you in.

Céline kindly let me take a panorama of the shop’s interior, so you can get an idea of what it’s like:

Click on this thumbnail to see a bigger image of the store’s interior

Click on this thumbnail to see a bigger image of the store’s interior

I Love My Cleps is located in the 9th arrondissement, at 44 rue Condorcet; that’s just a couple of blocks south of Sacré-Coeur, so it’s easily accessible from the 18th. The store’s Facebook page is active, and would likely be a good way to communicate with Céline.