IT ALL STARTED WITH A DREAM

LET’S START WITH US. THE CREATORS, DREAMERS, AND INNOVATORS BEHIND BANDED PINES. WE ARE RHONDA AND KIM. AN UNSTOPPABLE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER TEAM OF DOG LOVERS WHOSE DREAMS OF HELPING OTHERS AND PUSHING THE LIMITS OF ‘NORMAL’ MADE THIS BRAND WHAT IT IS TODAY.

ONE DAY WHILE KIM WAS WORKING AT PETSMART, THE VENDING MACHINE MAN ASKED HER IF SHE WAS DOING WHAT SHE LOVED. THAT DAY SHIFTED EVERYTHING AND PUSHED HER TO TAKE THE LEAP THAT SHE KNEW WOULD HELP HER PURSUE HER PASSIONS AND DREAMS.  KIM CALLED HER MOM, RHONDA, AND PITCHED HER IDEA TO INNOVATE A REVOLUTIONARY DOG COLLAR THAT WOULD SOLVE DOG OWNERS' PROBLEMS OF HAVING COLLARS THAT FELL APART, STAINED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR OR MORE. SHE WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE RHONDA LOVES SEWING, SHE OFFERED HER SKILLS TO CREATE SOMETHING TOGETHER. THEY SPENT MONTHS RESEARCHING MATERIALS, AND MAKING TEST COLLARS. EVENTUALLY, AFTER MONTHS OF RESEARCH, THEY LAUNCHED THIER FIRST PRODUCTS. THE FIRST DOG COLLARS SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR OUTDOOR DOGS, MADE WITH POLYESTER MATERIALS, SELF DESIGNED PATTERNS, AND CARRYING A DOGS' LIFETIME GUARANTEE. THEY KNEW THESE COLLARS WERE THE START TO A GAME CHANGING BRAND THAT WOULD NOT ONLY HELP OUTDOOR LOVERS, BUT WOULD ALSO HELP MOTIVATE THEM TO DO MORE WITH THEIR DOGS.

 

THEIR PRODUCTS AND MISSION HAVE HAD THE SAME END GOAL SINCE THE FIRST DAY THEY LAUNCHED THEIR SHOP IN AUGUST OF 2015. THEY FOUNDED THIS BRAND AROUND MAKING A DIFFERENCE, AND BEING DIFFERENT ALONG WITH IT. HAVING A PRODUCT THAT HAS OVERSTEPPED THE BOUNDARIES OF A ‘NORMAL’ DOG COLLAR WAS NEW TO THE OUTDOOR DOG COMMUNITY. THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME CORE MISSION:

TO MOTIVATE AND HELP MORE DOG OWNERS TAKE THEIR DOGS ON ADVENTURES & TO END DOG OBESITY

 

 

THEIR INSPIRATION FOR THEIR PRODUCTS, DOGS' LIFETIME GUARANTEE, AND BRAND INTEGRITY COMES FROM THEIR DRIVE TO PUSH THE LIMITS OF WHAT DOG GEAR CAN REALLY BE. BANDED PINES HAS FAR MORE POTENTIAL THAN JUST DOG GEAR, AND KIM AND RHONDA HOPE THAT WITH EVERY PRODUCT PURCHASED; MOTIVATION, POSITIVITY, AND STRENGTH GOES OUT TO THOSE DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS.