A life. A dog. A city. A house.

Alexandra’s Arc

The holding story of Alex Morissen — and the work that grew from one small dog with an enormous spirit. Charleston, South Carolina.

Walk the arc Little Dog Big Spirit

I · Origin

Before the name, there was a girl who kept animals close.

Alexandra’s Arc is not a club, and it is not a kennel. It is the line that runs through a life: a child, a city, a dog, and the decision to build rooms where humans and animals can belong to each other in public.

The seal carries both — a footprint and a paw, held in one heart. Wood around teal. The house around the bond.

II · The Spirit

Little Dog. Big Spirit.

The company is named for a dog. RIP 13 June 2024. The work is named for what she left behind: a standard of care so particular it could only be family-scale.

Four pups at a time. Thirty pounds or under. Open from 8:00 in the morning. Charleston as the first house, not a franchise map.

The north star has not moved: more dogs finding home.

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III · The Work

A dual house. For profit, and for sanctuary.

The Social Pet Club is the flagship — a daily lifestyle house for dogs and their humans. Alexandra’s Ark is the non-profit sanctuary: intake, veterinary care, shelter, meals, a public record of rescue, and a door toward adoption.

One founder. Two structures. The same bond.

$158BU.S. pet industry, 2025

$68BCharleston metro GDP

+16knew residents a year

IV · The Houses

Three names. One arc.

Each house has its own door. The seal is the same.

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Little Dog Big Spirit

The dog hotel. Daycare, boarding, walks, and an exit wash — written for little dogs, run like a home.

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Flagship

The Social Pet Club

A private daily house for you and your animal. Movement, the café, the rooftop, and the hotel under one Key.

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Sanctuary

Alexandra’s Ark

The non-profit arm: intake and veterinary care, shelter and meals, a YouTube record of rescue, and an adoption center.

In formation

V · The Founder

Alex Morissen

Founder and operating CEO. Charleston. The work is local on purpose — a corner of the city made more beautiful, and a standard that cannot be diluted by volume.

Creativity as a daily practice. Animals as kin. Rooms designed so other people can stand in that same bond, together.

A witness

“Alex has a huge heart for creatures and a real passion for creating the environments that enable other animal lovers to be in community together. She has a vision to make her corner of Charleston more beautiful… a clarity of concept and purpose that give me the confidence that she will see this exciting vision into reality.”

Chris Ramsey · VP, Global Talent Acquisition, Randstad

VI · The City

Charleston is the first house.

838 Morrison Drive, the Lowcountry light, a harbour city that keeps arriving. The Arc begins here and is written to travel — without ever becoming generic.

Alexandra Morissen
(310) 882-3803 · little8dog8big8spirit@gmail.com

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