About us
Welcome at Gordo & Co!
Gordo & Co was founded in 2020 by Lauren & Babet, two Dutchies who moved to Barcelona several years ago, where we met at Rockstar. We both have dogs; Lauren is the proud owner of labradoodle Mees and Babet of vizsla Rio.
Gordo & Co was founded in 2020 by Lauren & Babet, two Dutchies who moved to Barcelona several years ago, where we met at Rockstar. We both have dogs; Lauren is the proud owner of labradoodle Mees and Babet of vizsla Rio.
Babet loves to tell about her little big baby Rio. "He can be super naughty and playful, but he can also be very sweet and cuddly. Because Rio is quite a big dog, he needed a good anti pull leash.
After trying a lot of leashes, none of them were really 'it'. And that's where the idea came to set up a company to help other dog bosses, who are exactly in the same boat."
Another proud dog mommy is Lauren, who's totally in love with Mees. "Why did I want to start with Gordo & Co? Well, it is because I find all the dogs things out there pretty ugly or really expensive. I also have a lot of friends with dogs, where I see that the harnesses don't work, because they've big dogs, or small ones. That's why I wanted to create something that looks great and fits well with the dog and is also affordable. Teaming up with Babet we decided to start Gordo & Co together."
"But Gordo? I hear you thinking, what does that mean? In Spanish Gordo means something like 'fat'. We often hear other dog owners say this to our dogs, but our dogs aren't fat at all? Here in Spain, it is used as a nickname, like 'cutie', rather than a 'swear word'. So when we had to come up with a name for our business, we quickly got out of it; Gordo and Co."