{"id":64786,"date":"2019-10-31T05:56:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T18:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=64786"},"modified":"2019-10-30T11:52:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T00:52:27","slug":"a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"A shop for fans of four-legged friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEHIND the dark facade of a small building on Mair Street is a treasure trove for animal lovers.<\/p>\n

It is not a pet shop, it is the bricks and mortar arm of Animales Online selling animal-themed merchandise.<\/p>\n

Owner Bettina Harlos said people who love animals also want to have things that feature animals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just cats and dogs, I sell items with turtles, hedgehogs, giraffes and even cows,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Her online business started in 2017 and Ms Harlos recognised the need for a street store when she was continually asked by customers for the opportunity to see the products before purchasing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you need both options, online and retail to cater for a wide customer base,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Almost all the items in her store are imported direct from the overseas manufacturers.<\/p>\n

She has Australian exclusivity on Mila Ceramics, one of her stop selling bands which she brings in from Germany.<\/p>\n

A high-quality colourful porcelain range of cups, bowls and plates decorated with cats, dogs, llamas and birds.<\/p>\n

Ms Harlos said her most popular item is Chala Bags which she imports from California. The leather bags are adorned with the likes of squirrels, giraffes and even unicorns.<\/p>\n

She also ships in a range of animal themed jewellery with life-like animal breeds featured in the sterling silver pieces.<\/p>\n

Ms Harlos has worked in retail most of her life mainly for large organisations such as Ikea and Disney.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving my own shop was like having that dream,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Animales Online is at 75 Mair Street East, Ballarat and is opened Wednesday to Sunday.<\/p>\n

For further information go to animales.com.au<\/strong><\/a> or call 0478 709 054.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BEHIND the dark facade of a small building on Mair Street is a treasure trove for animal lovers. It is not a pet shop, it is the bricks and mortar arm of Animales Online selling animal-themed merchandise. Owner Bettina Harlos said people who love animals also want to have things that feature animals. \u201cIt\u2019s not […]<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":64787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-64786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA shop for fans of four-legged friends - Ballarat Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A shop for fans of four-legged friends - Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BEHIND the dark facade of a small building on Mair Street is a treasure trove for animal lovers. It is not a pet shop, it is the bricks and mortar arm of Animales Online selling animal-themed merchandise. Owner Bettina Harlos said people who love animals also want to have things that feature animals. \u201cIt\u2019s not [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-30T18:56:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_0047-for-web-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carol Saffer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carol Saffer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carol Saffer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d2a01d07d928371dc8625632387dc04c\"},\"headline\":\"A shop for fans of four-legged friends\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-30T18:56:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":281,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/DSC_0047-for-web.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/\",\"name\":\"A shop for fans of four-legged friends - Ballarat Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/DSC_0047-for-web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-30T18:56:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/DSC_0047-for-web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/DSC_0047-for-web.jpg\",\"width\":6000,\"height\":4000,\"caption\":\"So many choices: Bettina Harlos loves chatting with customers and animal aficionados in her colourful store. Photo: CAROL SAFFER\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A shop for fans of four-legged friends\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"width\":739,\"height\":98,\"caption\":\"Ballarat Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d2a01d07d928371dc8625632387dc04c\",\"name\":\"Carol Saffer\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/author\\\/carolsaffer\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A shop for fans of four-legged friends - Ballarat Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A shop for fans of four-legged friends - Ballarat Times","og_description":"BEHIND the dark facade of a small building on Mair Street is a treasure trove for animal lovers. It is not a pet shop, it is the bricks and mortar arm of Animales Online selling animal-themed merchandise. Owner Bettina Harlos said people who love animals also want to have things that feature animals. \u201cIt\u2019s not [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/","og_site_name":"Ballarat Times","article_published_time":"2019-10-30T18:56:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_0047-for-web-1024x683.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carol Saffer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carol Saffer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/"},"author":{"name":"Carol Saffer","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/d2a01d07d928371dc8625632387dc04c"},"headline":"A shop for fans of four-legged friends","datePublished":"2019-10-30T18:56:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/"},"wordCount":281,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_0047-for-web.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/","name":"A shop for fans of four-legged friends - Ballarat Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_0047-for-web.jpg","datePublished":"2019-10-30T18:56:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_0047-for-web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_0047-for-web.jpg","width":6000,"height":4000,"caption":"So many choices: Bettina Harlos loves chatting with customers and animal aficionados in her colourful store. Photo: CAROL SAFFER"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/a-shop-for-fans-of-four-legged-friends\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A shop for fans of four-legged friends"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","name":"Ballarat Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization","name":"Ballarat Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","width":739,"height":98,"caption":"Ballarat Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/d2a01d07d928371dc8625632387dc04c","name":"Carol Saffer","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/author\/carolsaffer\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64786"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=64786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}