West Paw

In 1996, Montana-native Spencer Williams, purchased a small pet toy company in Livingston, Montana. Growing up on a ranch a few hours away, animals had a special place in his heart—especially stray dogs and cats. So, with five full-time employees, and an impressive team of home-sewers, they set out to make the world's safest and highest quality dog and cat toys.

Four years later, the company outgrew its facility so all 15 employees packed up and headed west (about 26 miles) to Bozeman (population: 28,000). Instead of outsourcing manufacturing to Asia, which was the current trend in the 90’s, Spencer decided to invest in local talent and built a state-of-the-art, eco-friendly manufacturing facility where they still operate from today.

In 2016, Forbes magazine named West Paw "One of the Best Small Companies" in America. West Paw Design was Montana's first Benefit Corporation and the first pet product company to become a Certified B Corp.

West Paw is a Certified B Corporation

They're among the companies that aim for a more balanced "triple bottom line"—measuring their success not just by profit, but how they treat their people and planet. Certified by the non-profit B Lab, B Corps hold an above-and-beyond commitment to healthier employees, sustainable practices, transparency, and accountability. West Paw's B Corp status was earned for a variety of reasons—highlights include:

• Handcrafting 100% of our products in the USA
• Manufacturing completely safe products: BPA and phthalate-free, non-toxic and FDA compliant
• Using eco-friendly materials
• Hosting a Join the Loop® toy recycling program
• Working from an environmentally conscious office building
• Offering generous wages and benefits (including flexible schedules) for employees

West Paw is Leading the Way in Pet Manufacturing

West Paw envisions a world where business success is friendly to people and the planet. They seek to be a transformative business leader that unleashes their people's greatest talents to create amazing pet products. They believe that business can be a force of positive change in our world starting with the communities and people they serve. They support this movement and hope that you'll join them on this journey.