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The Hound & Estate

How we created the identity for The Hound & Estate, an engraved English pointer above a classic serif wordmark, and built a simple Webflow website with an online new client form.

Industry
Dog walking and dog care
Customers
Dog owners around Northwich and Knutsford
What we did
Logo · Brand identity · Website · New client form · A5 flyer · Paid social
Design concept: a dog walker in a cream jumper and an estate green gilet embroidered with The Hound & Estate logo laughs at the oak door of a stone manor house in autumn, with five Irish wolfhounds on leads around her

The brief

A countryside brand that feels local, caring and established from day one.

The challenge.

Caring for dogs​ ​deserves a brand people trust.

The Hound & Estate offers dog walking and dog care visits around Northwich in Cheshire: one-to-one walks, small group walks, countryside exercise, dog care visits at home and a private enclosed field.

Owners are trusting someone with their dog, and often their door keys, so the brand had to feel warm, local and dependable, and the website had to make it easy to get in touch.

New clients also complete a detailed onboarding form covering their dog’s health, routine and permissions, and that form only existed as a PDF.

Where they were

Trusted with dogs,​ ​and door keys.

Owners hand over their dog, and often a key to their home, so first impressions matter.

Where they wanted to be

One engraved mark,​ ​from the gate to the screen.

An English pointer above a classic serif wordmark, carried onto the website, the new client form and the brand in use.

What we did.

Countryside character,​ ​in deep estate green.

The logo

An engraved English pointer striding past a village church and rolling fields, above THE HOUND & ESTATE in classic serif capitals, with Cheshire Dog Walking beneath. A simplified pointer works on its own as the website icon.

Colour and type

Sage, estate green and ink, with EB Garamond for headings and text and Montserrat for small labels.

The website

A Webflow website covering the six services, the enclosed field near Northwich and common questions, with an enquiry form to book a free meet and greet.

New client form

The PDF onboarding form rebuilt online in four short steps: about you, about your dog, care and routine, and permissions and sign-off with a typed signature.

Brand in use

Concepts for an estate green van livery, business cards and an embroidered gilet.

Print

An A5 flyer printed on both sides, with the engraved illustrations, the services and an invitation to a free meet and greet.

Paid social

Facebook and Instagram adverts for countryside walks, the enclosed field, one-to-one walks and home dog care, set for landscape, square and story placements, plus video adverts for the feed and stories.

The result.

Local, caring,​ ​and easy to book.

In short

The Hound & Estate is a dog walking and dog care business in Cheshire, with customers around Northwich and Knutsford. It offers one-to-one walks, small group walks, countryside exercise, dog care visits at home and a private enclosed field. Owners trust the business with their dog, and often their door keys, so the brand had to feel warm, local and dependable from day one.

We designed the logo: an engraved English pointer striding past a village church and rolling fields, above THE HOUND & ESTATE in classic serif capitals, with Cheshire Dog Walking beneath. A simplified pointer works on its own as the website icon. The palette uses sage, estate green and ink, with EB Garamond and Montserrat.

We then built a Webflow website covering the six services, the enclosed field near Northwich and common questions, with an enquiry form to book a free meet and greet. The new client onboarding form only existed as a PDF, so we rebuilt it online in four short steps, ending with a typed signature.

The brand also runs through an A5 flyer printed on both sides, Facebook and Instagram adverts for landscape, square and story placements, video adverts, and concepts for an estate green van livery, business cards and an embroidered gilet. The result is a local dog care brand in Cheshire that is easy to trust and easy to book.

3x

More new client enquiries in three months

-38%

Lower cost per lead from paid social

70%

Of new clients now book through the website

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