Paws & Barks Grooming & Doggie DaySchool

08/11/2025

Paws & Barks will be closed Tuesday 8/12. Cody and I have dentist appointments 😒😒

08/10/2025

The pups need some education too! 🤓

08/06/2025

Hump day vibes 😎

07/25/2025

2nd day and LOVING IT!! We had 2 new students today..Ms Trixie & Ms Maggie! Omg this Trixie is so much fun! She moves faster than your eyes can keep up with 🤣 she is the sweetest little thing you’ve ever seen ❤️ we worked on her threshold impulse. She did great! Maggie also needed some threshold training and help learning not to jump. Maggie is already a very well mannered girl so she makes things easy on me 😉 Mr Milo worked on more puppy manners & Munchkin let her guard down and came to Cody today! 🙌🏻 It was such a fun day with them all!

I’d like to personally thank each and everyone of you for the overflowing support you guys have gave me over the last couple months…especially the last few days. I am speechless (well almost 😂) and I am beyond grateful 🙏🙏 everyone has been so kind and encouraging to me I am just blown away. God is so good 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

07/23/2025

There is a brindle Malinois type dog with “Ms Special” on the collar loose by our shop. It ran across 64 to the neighborhood across the street before I could get close enough to get the number. It is 100% somebody’s dog!!

07/23/2025

First day was AMAZING!!! 🤩 I started my day with a very fearful Munchkin. She isn’t a fan of anyone (literally all people with the exception of her mom lol) it took me 3 hours but we ended up being great friends! Now to build her confidence so other people can see how sweet she is! Next, I had Mr Milo! He is a baby Aussie and ready to learn his manners! Milo and I have a lot time together ahead of us 😂 Last, Ms Chelsea came to dayschool for jumping on guests. Even though she got me a couple times lol, we were able to establish “PLACE” and hopefully she will know where she is supposed to be when her guests arrive. It was a busy busy day but sooo much fun! I can’t believe this is a job! 🐶

07/22/2025

It’s so hot, the dogs are melting.

07/16/2025

I can’t believe DaySchool starts next week!! The day has finally come and I am sooo excited!! I can’t wait to see all the progress made for each of my trainees! Message for package options & pricing! 🐶

07/12/2025

It’s important to find the right groomer for your dog, because grooming isn’t just about baths and haircuts. It’s so much more.

Dog grooming is treating every dog as a soul — because they are.

Dog grooming is being an advocate for their health. Owners see their dogs every day, and sometimes they miss the subtle changes — a lump under the skin, a shift in weight, a sore spot they’ve been hiding. Groomers notice.

Dog grooming is talking to and reassuring those scared pups as if they were children — because in many ways, they are. They depend on you to be kind, calm, and patient when the world feels big and loud.

Dog grooming is earning trust over time — sometimes months, sometimes years — to help a single dog feel safe in your care. It’s celebrating the little victories: the first time they let you trim their nails without a fuss, or rest their head on your shoulder instead of flinching.

Dog grooming is setting your own emotions aside when you walk into the salon. Dogs are sponges. If you’re stressed, they feel it — and they’ll carry that stress with them on the table.

Dog grooming is going home with an aching back because you bathed a nervous pup on the floor instead of forcing them into a tub they weren’t ready for.

It’s trimming around arthritic joints slowly, gently, because you know it hurts — and you care.

It’s adjusting your comfort to meet theirs — always.

It’s risking a bite because the dog is scared or reactive, and still speaking to them with compassion instead of frustration.

It’s forming bonds with dogs that run deeper than most people realize. They may not live in your home, but they live in your heart.

It’s grieving with their owners when they pass — because they were a part of your world, too.

Dog grooming is dirty, exhausting, physical, emotional, unpredictable — and absolutely beautiful.

It is love in its purest form.

This isn’t just my job.
This is my heart.
This is my life.
This is what I was meant to do. ❤️

07/05/2025

🐶 Doggie DaySchool Remodel Update! Weve been busy!! The training room is coming together perfectly 🤗 Paint is done and cleaning is finishing up! Flooring should be installed next week!! Some of you may not know but I rented suite #7 in my building for my training room. So Paws & Barks is at both ends of the building! Here are some before, after and during! I can’t believe I am less than 3 weeks from opening day!! 🤗🤗

07/05/2025

02/19/2025

Paws & Barks will be closed 2/19 due to winter weather. Stay safe!