06/26/2026
We made it to 9 years yall!š„¹š©µ
when over 50% of small businesses donāt get to see 5, and less than 30% see 10.
9 beautiful chaotic years. Filled with extreme love, loss, happiness, frustration, confusion, and blessings. I donāt know that Iāve done much right in the last 9 years but Iāve always shown up, Iāve always put the needs of the dogs in my care first, Iāve worked the hours, Iāve stood in my convictions and mistakes without shame, Iāve always tried to do the next right thing.
This year hit me hard on a level when I didnāt feel worthy of even being open anymore, it felt like every chance to get up was met with a mean right hook. I almost gave up, things got so heavy with grief and things out of my control that just buried my head for the last 9 months.
So I closed last week and went to the beach and thought about some stuff and for the first time in 13 years didnāt work on vacation. I realized iv never actually slowed down.
I was a kid working 3 jobs saving my 1$ & 5$ to open my āimaginary groom shopā, so that I could groom my own gremlin of a dog nobody would work with. But I made a promise to that dog when I was 16 that I was gonna make sure he always had a voice. His voice gave thousands of dogs in the last 13 years the opportunity to be heard and respected by me and you. That dog and every dog and client since, created probably one of the most beautiful physical parts of my soul in that little shop
I was barely 20 when I ripped apart my mommas sunroom to groom on a table supported by milk crates with plywood floors. To being 21 opening a store front absolutely terrified.
Yall literally made me the buisness owner I am today the love you show me when Iām down to the wire, when the books fall apart, when I fall apart. I have a clientele that I donāt have to hide who I am or what Iām about and neither do my dogs or clients. We built something beautiful man.
So heres to 9 years and the dog who started it all.
This is my shops rebirth, for my bear dog, and for yall.
Iām not quitting, Iām not leaving, and Iām beyond thankful even if I donāt have my s**t together. Maybe I will in other 10 years but for right now Iām just beyond thankful for every opportunity yall have given me to get to know, love, and help these dogs.
SO WELCOME ,
To the downtown where
šŖ© itāll be 20 minutes, maybe less, maybe more but only the best get to go.
šŖ©Grass may be greener somewhere else but itās pink at the downtown dog, so argue if you wannaš¤·š»āāļøšš¼
šŖ©those that mind donāt matter, those that matter will never mind.
šŖ©I am after all these years still just 1 person doing the best I can to be the best I can for yall!
šŖ©if god is for me who shall stand against me
And for the love of the lawd WE HAVE A NEW NUMBER.
Thanks for growing up with me I love you all so dearlyš©µ
Hereās some throwback pictures to look back on how far the downtown dog family has come, featuring our new business cardsš„¹š©µ
