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Bark N Bubbles, LLC, 328 N Idaho Street, Dillon, MT (2025)

11/13/2025

Sometimes they just need to be held and talked to like a baby before their bath. 💜

11/13/2025

I'm sure most of you have heard of the phrase "humanity over vanity" or "comfort groom". But what does that look like and what does that really mean?

Here are some quick Google definitions and I will explain more at the end.

"Humanity over vanity" means that the well-being, safety, and comfort of a person or animal take precedence over an aesthetic outcome that is purely for show or ego. In contexts like dog grooming, it signifies prioritizing the animal's comfort and safety over achieving a perfect-looking haircut, even if it means the final result isn't flawless. More broadly, it's a philosophy of showing compassion and care, putting the needs of others before self-serving vanity or appearance.

A comfort groom prioritizes a pet's well-being over aesthetics, focusing on keeping the animal clean and comfortable rather than achieving a perfect style. It's a gentle, low-stress grooming session designed for pets with physical limitations, seniors, or those who are anxious, scared, or in pain. These grooms often involve shorter sessions, a slower pace, gentle handling, and haircuts that are simple and short to reduce stress and discomfort.

As pets age and they may physically or mentally start showing more signs of stress or discomfort, any good groomer should take the comfort of your pets into consideration, over what they look like. Even if they've been able to stay long and fluffy and had beautiful grooms for their entire life prior. This may mean being shaved down, or no longer doing clean poodle feet. (I no longer do clean feet on my personal senior poodle girl due to arthritis, although I love clean feet) It may mean you have to adjust how you did things before and put a dog jacket on them, or spend more time grooming at home in short sessions to try and keep the grooming process shorter at the groomer.

I personally will do my best to advocate for your senior pets and throughly inform you if they start to show signs of stress and/or fatigue. I will give them breaks, allow them to lay for the bath/dry/groom as much as possible (if the dog will lay, some won't) and take my time. If I come to you and say fluffy needs to be kept short from now on or even yet, I am no longer able to groom fluffy, please know, that decision wasnt made lightly. It was only made with your pets best interest at heart.

Chief was my most recent senior guy who needed to start having comfort grooms. He could no longer physically handle the 3 hours it took to wash squeaky clean, completely dry and brush out the debris and compacted coat, and trim.