20/10/2026
A longer read.
We know most of our customers who feed their dogs FirstMate do not follow us on IG so if you know of friends who are feeding FirstMate, please help us forward this message to them
While we have been operating Can & Clover for 14 years, maybe we are delusional optimists but we always believe we can overcome whatever challenges are ahead of us. Maybe after this year, we got to admit to ourselves, operating and running a micro business is not our forte.
In August 2026, we decided to take up a booth at Singapore Dog Festival. We decided because of 2 main reasons - we were working with a brand who said YES to us launching the brand at Singapore Dog Festival plus using the opportunity to re-introduce the FirstMate brand to more dog owners.
Since then, the launch of the new brand has been taken over by another company and our FirstMate stock will not arrive on time for the Singapore Dog Festival. But we have already committed to the event.
So without any FirstMate product, what do we showcase right? Well, we came up with some ideas and hashed a plan. The ONE thing we did not plan for and something that we totally cannot control - the weather. Hahahaha. Triple whammy right?
Tomorrow (21st October 2026) we would know officially if the weather holds up and whether the event will proceed this weekend (23rd to 25th October 2026). If the organisers tell us it is a GO, we will still evaluate for our friends who will be helping us at the event and ourselves, if the haze is worth proceeding.
We will use this platform to update everyone so stay tuned. So please bear with us.