A family-run pet shop closed its doors for the final time on Easter Monday with the owners intending to focus their efforts on growing the online side of the business.

Crowder’s Pets has been a popular store in the Hampshire town of Bordon for the past decade but owners Kaz and Rocky said it was becoming more difficult to keep the shop open.

Writing on the shop’s Facebook page, the couple said: “We have been dreading announcing this but here we go. We are closing our shop and going online only.

“Since 2020 we have had battle after after battle and it’s really took it toll on us but we just carried on. We can’t physically and mentally do it anymore – we are exhausted.

“With ongoing health issues meaning appointments and times where we have to close the shop at a drop of a hat means we can’t focus on an actual shop full-time.  We are going online only and will do markets, including Christmas ones, so our hampers will still be available.

“We want to say a huge thank you to all our customers over the past 11 years we have had a shop. We are heartbroken and very overwhelmed.”

Kaz & Rocky will be hoping to build their business online at www.crowderspets.co.uk