08/29/2026
One of our groomers in town that we fully support! I’ve had some great people that understand life happens and I always try to be the same way. Although sometimes it’s hard to fit a dog back in the schedule since I am being booked out a month or more in advance now. So I appreciate the clients that have an understanding heart and an open mind. Know that I will do the same for you.❤️
A little reminder from the humans behind Bark Side of the Groom...
We are, in fact, HUMAN.
Sometimes people get sick. Sometimes emergencies happen. Sometimes schedules get messed up. Sometimes we have commitments, families, competitions, appointments, and lives outside of this salon.
And when those things happen, we do our absolute best to accommodate everyone affected.
But accommodating someone does not mean we can magically create appointments that do not exist.
Saturdays are consistently our first days to book up, and many of them are booked months in advance. If we have to move an appointment and offer you the next available date, there may not be another Saturday available that month. That does not mean we don’t care. It does not mean we aren’t trying. It means we are fully booked.
Being the owner also does not mean I can simply add another dog or more onto an already packed Saturday because another day is inconvenient. There is a physical limit to how many dogs we can safely and properly groom in a day, and I will not overload myself (more than i already am) or my staff to the point that quality, safety, or our bodies suffer.
My employees are allowed to be sick.
My employees are allowed to have time off.
And I am allowed to have a life outside of this salon without having to justify it.
We work our asses off for our clients. We rearrange schedules, stay late, come in early, squeeze things around where we reasonably can, and genuinely try to make things work when life throws us a curveball.
Sometimes, despite all of that, the alternative appointment we can offer simply will not work for you. We completely understand that.
What we cannot do is manufacture availability where there isn’t any.
Please remember that there are real people behind the appointment book. We love what we do, but we are not machines, and our time deserves the same respect we give yours. 🖤
