Jaclyn Wooten and Aaron Biggs, a married couple hailing from Kansas, stand with their dogs, Charles and Daphne, inside their store in Oak Cliff. A converted bungalow house, the exterior invites customers in with its white siding, green roof and homey feel.
Photography by Ethan Good
Photography by Ethan Good
Photography by Ethan Good
Photography by Ethan Good
As a dog boutique in the walkable Bishop Arts District, Lucky Pup lives up to its name. Matching leashes, collars and harnesses hang from black racks for owners to peruse. Dogs are welcome inside the store and get complimentary pup cups — or treats as a dairy-free option.
“We’ve gotten to know the neighborhood dogs by name, and Dallas is just a very dog-friendly city,” Wooten says.
Wooten and Biggs decided to open a dog supply shop in memory of their two “soul dogs,” who both passed away.
“We were really missing them, but we weren’t ready for new dogs yet,” Wooten says.
Lucky Pup Dog Shop launched in June 2024 in their hometown of Wichita, Kansas. Six months later, it opened a second location in Dallas.
“We opened on our birthdays,” Biggs says. “I’m Dec. 1, and she’s Dec. 2.”
But this wasn’t their first time opening a business. Wooten and Biggs own a romance-specific bookstore called Blush, which they first opened in Kansas as well.
“With our first location being this iconic little romantic cottage, our next location had to have a lot of character and charm,” Wooten says.
They settled on opening Blush’s second store in Bishop Arts. After getting to know the area for a few months, they finally added their second concept across the street: Lucky Pup.
“I guess we’re still in the mindset of not sleeping and opening stores,” Biggs jokes.
Bringing both concepts to Bishop Arts was an intentional choice, they add.
he walkability, and I think that’s really unique for any big city, let alone Dallas, where it’s such a big metro,” Wooten says. “Everything feels very small-town, small business-minded here.”
The neighborhood also felt more unique than the rest of Dallas, Biggs says.
“Dallas is such the definition of a concrete jungle,” he says. “Then stepping into Bishop Arts, once you turn the corner, it feels like you’re leaving Dallas and going into small town vibes on the strip.”
Being so specific, both Blush and Lucky Pup have customers talking.
“In our store, we find strangers have no problem starting conversation,” she says. “It’s easy because you have this thing in common, which is your love for romance books or your love for dogs.”
“Or both,” Biggs adds.
Opening Lucky Pup has also been an opportunity to support other small businesses and vendors, they say.
“We just got in this really great line of these leather collars with these charms from a small business out of Boston,” Wooten says.
In fact, the couple notes that other stores don’t even feel like competition. They laugh at how similar their merchandise is to the kids’ store next door, both carrying tiny clothes.
“Our neighbors are DLM Tots, so you’ve got your fur babies and your real babies,” Wooten says.
Shortly after opening Lucky Pup, Wooten and Biggs adopted their husky mix named Charles, then their dachshund Daphne. They found Charles at the Kansas Humane Society in January and got Daphne from a breeder in Oklahoma the next month.
“Literally from the time they saw each other, they were best friends,” Biggs says. “They play together so hard. She’s actually the more vicious one of the two, which you don’t believe.”
Wooten and Biggs used to travel back and forth from Wichita to Dallas to manage all their stores, but they recently moved to Oak Cliff full time and are here to stay.
“Being here full time is going to be a big game changer,” Wooten says. “We’re excited to be in the store more.”
