Valley Fairy Tails

11/10/2024

Hey there mobile friends!

Today’s the day, we are headed up to Mackey to start!
We have a packed day with over 50 pets to service!
Please remember with traffic, nervous pets, ect there are no set times. Please have patience and remember all the ways to get your pets nails done include
🧡pop ups at pet stores; a few other groomer do these too and most of the time 100% of the funds go to local rescues! $15
💜at my shop I will cut nails every time I’m in the shop as a walk in service. Unless I’m in a private groom or the last groom of the day cancels/ reschedules last minute or doesn’t show up then I go home early! $10, $11.30 on the machine, or 4 items to the food bank!
💚mobile day for myself is once a month on a Sunday at $20 for the first service and $15 for any additional services or pets.
❤️there are a few other people that do nails in your home, other groomers that will do nails by appointment, and last but not least the vet for usually $30-40.

No more excuses for long nails!!

Pic is xanny with her new collar, leash and snack pack from Hund and Shore!

11/09/2024

Happy Saturday friends!

🌞Sorry for the late upload, been tweaking some things so that I can take a much needed vacation! I am beyond excited to have some time off so far away that I can't possibly take more grooms on my days off lol!

Some fun stuff going on this month...
🎉🎁🍷The holiday sip and shop! At the best western in pembroke from 5-9:30pm, grab a drink and get your christmas shopping done! going to be super fun and theres so many great vendors to support small businesses this holiday season!

🚙Our mobile day is tomorrow the 10th! And there are lots of saturdays this month to drop in for a nail trim as well as any other days I am here just not our wednesdays with cheryl!

🎄Also lets talk about december grooms! If you want to have your dog groomed at christmas time It must be on a schedule. Everyone wants their pets looking their best at christmas but it really shouldn't be 4-12+ months of work for us at the busiest time of year. We can accomidate 1 70lb matted, or impacted(shedding dogs that have shed stuck in grease) groomed twice a year or up to 4 of the same dogs that are kept on a schedule and maintained at home and it's really not fair to the humans that keep up with their pet 365 days a year instead of just the holidays. A dog and cat skin cycle is 21 days a humans is 28 days, keep that in mind when you are showering and washing your hair!

10/06/2024

Good morning mobile day friends!

Follow us along here, starting in point Alexander today!

As always thank you for your continued Patience with construction, taking our time with a nervous pet, helping find a pet, setting up the table…ect

We have about 28 stops today and so far it’s been a beautiful fall drive so far!

Pic of Binx my little adventure kitty I rescued from the Kingston humane society, when having labs there during my time at St. Lawrence college!

10/01/2024

Good morning friends!
ITS OCTOBER!!!!
As many of you know (or can tell if you’ve been in my shop) October is my favourite month, fall, spooky, Halloween…. I love it all!

⚠️deep river road is under construction! To access the shop from the highway easier; take ridge road, turn onto deep river road from the post office, and come into the parking lot by the value mart!
Other things to discuss…

❤️‍🩹I’ve been putting this off for a really long time and I’m very sorry! I didn’t post a September calendar as I’ve had a bladder/kidney infection for a little over a month now, trying 3 different rounds of antibiotics, emergency visits, running to the bathroom, throwing up, passing out the works. I’ve been taking it day by day and didn’t want to post availability if I wasn’t going to be able to be at the shop. I was supposed to go to the New England groom show at the end of September and I ended up staying home just in case.

👩‍⚕️An update for after the endometriosis surgery I had in April:
After seeing my organs covered in endo tissue I finally had doctors tell me that I wasn’t faking it for 10+ years! I had 2 cycles of minimal pain, this “minimal” pain means taking opioids for one day in the month, now that we are 5 cycles out from surgery I am the same if not worse than before. I lost the weight I was finally able to gain after surgery and the hormones (birth control methods)to take after the surgery all made me violently ill and threw my cycle for a loop!
You may be thinking what does this mean for VFT: WELL nothing right now because to get into specialist we all know the wait so there’s no update for a bit on where my health will be.

💛I’ve taken time with it and it’s been excruciating to come to terms with but there’s nothing I can do right now. I can’t keep living my life the way I want to because my body simply can’t handle it. I am taking it day by day and it’s no different than before of living every day either in pain or waiting for it to hit me like a bus! I am honouring all appointments, unless I absolutely cannot but I will take a sick day over my dead body which if you know me is exactly how I operate. I will put animals over myself every second of the day…. Which is also maybe my problem. Availability in the new year will look a little different, as well as booking moving forward.

09/22/2024

🤩All set up at the pembroke farmers market!
With the puppet ice cream bar!

Get ready for pizza, chips and pop at 11!

100% of the proceeds will go back to local rescues!🦮🐇🦜🐈‍⬛

Here until 3!

09/15/2024

MOBILE DAY!
Hi friends Evan and I are on route and just finished up Mackey! Onto Deep river next, our reach today is to Beachburg/ Westmeath. 🤩

In the picture we have mama June being the bottom of a cuddle stack with a squished middle cashew and raspberry as the queen of the castle!❤️❤️❤️

As always thank you for your patience and an extra thank you for letting us help your favourite family member. 😜🐶🐱🐭🐹🐰🐥🦎🐩🐕🐈‍⬛🐈🐕‍🦺🦮🦜🐇🐀🐁🦔

09/14/2024

Hey friends!!
🧡Come visit our old friend Jessica, she’s here at the petawawa civic centre for the pumpkin spice vendor market!!
She’s here until 4pm today then again tomorrow 10-4, while Evan and I run our mobile route!

💜We have shampoos, conditioners, and face washes for all pets, hypoallergenic and natural! And for all the pets!! Rats, kittens, puppies, ferrets, farm animals all the babies!!
Leave in conditioner
Ear cleaner
Paw and snout oil
Dilution bottles
And my special yeast buster! For those itchy ye**ty dawgs!!
Collar scarfs
And toothbrushes!!

💚Donations for Halloween costumes and treats to disperse between a few local rescues!

09/01/2024

Today is the last day to enter to win this bundle!! You don’t want to miss this!!

*CONTEST CLOSED*

It's time for ...

🐾✨️ The Ultimate Pup Package ✨️🐾

We are collabing with fellow fab, local pet vendors to bring you this incredible prize pack, valued at now over $900!!!

You've read that right...$900 value!!! 🤯

ONE lucky pup (and their human) will walk away with the following items:

🐶 Hund & Shore - Ultimate Doggo Package:
- customized collar & standard leash
- matching waste bag holder or pouch
- ball loop, custom selection of ball selection and rope or tug style.
- custom hold everything clip to match.

🐶 Valley Fairy Tails - A grooming bundle including bath products, handmade accessories, 1 hour canine massage, 1 hour coat + skin assessment (with treatment plan and first skin bath) and 1 year of monthly nail trims (in shop, Deep River) OR 6 months of monthly visits through their mobile program.

🐶 Hidden Oak Professional Pet Grooming - 1 year of monthly nail trims for one pup, at their shop.

🐶 TailWaggers.k9Sport - A gift certificate of $25 to go towards a training class.

🐶 A&J's Canine Cuisine - 2 bags of their handmade, all natural, human grade dog treats.

🐶 Valley Treat Co. - Sample pack of their locally sourced all natural dog treats.

🐶 Valley Hoofs & Paws - A set of 3 pet friendly skin and coat conditioner sprays.

🐶 Stationhillfarmco - $50 voucher to create your own custom wooden signage.

🐶 Caprassion Acres - A selection of their hand crafted goat milk bath products.

+ a few other bonus goodies from yours truly!

All you have to do to be entered is the following,

🦴 Like & Follow Bark & Bella AND all participating vendors above.
🦴 Share this post + comment with a photo of your pup(s).
🦴 Tag 5 friends who would love to win this!

Draw will be held until Sunday, September 1st at 11:59. Winner to be announced Monday, September 2nd. Thank you to all the wonderful small businesses who didn't hesitate to join in and offer some incredible items for our giveaway. You guys AMAZE me!

🤍 Support small businesses.
🩶 Spread the word.
🖤 Simple as that.

*A reminder that only this account will contact you if you are the winner, on Sept 2nd. We will never ask for banking or credit card information.

08/11/2024

MOBILE DAY TODAY AUG 11 😁

Xanny here to keep you updated for our mobile day!!

We are on our way to Mackey first, as always we appreciate your patience and support.❤️We have about 30 stops this time with about 48 pets!

Our next dates are…
September 15th
October 13th
November 17th
December 15th

Remember with all our VFT treats sold were a step closer to a mobile van for full grooms!🧡

08/09/2024

Hello friends!

We will be at the Pembroke farmers market tonight from 5-9 rain ☔️ or shine ☀️

Halloween is August to November for me! (and then lowkey still Halloween for the rest of the year)

As I originally wanted to have a fully loaded pet skin and coat market…. My orders did not come in with time for me to get everything ready and my shampoo is on back order 🥲. So I’m going full force Halloween VFT!

HALLOWEEN TREATS FUR DOGS!!! (kitties are coming but I was making treats for the doggie paddle as well!)

Pumpkins have quail eggs as a protein which can be a great alternative snack for the allergic to life pups! We all know or have one 🤣 (all the love to the bully and doodle owners that deal with this and all the other pet parents with itchy kids!🧡) AND speaking of itchy kids….apple cider vinegar sneaking its way in!

Ghouls are tasty bacon and chicken to hid the fibre packed veggies, hiding those veggies from the picky kids… I’ve had huskies eat these!!!🥦

Bats are protein PACKED with eggs, beef and beans! ITS BULKING SEASON💪(not the best choice for those with kidney issues)

Witches hats are low protein using just Greek yogurt as our protein source and filled with berries (great for our friends on hydrolyzed protein diets)🫐🍓PROBIOTIC SNACKY

All made with love by a certified veterinary assistant, specializing in skin and coat, a certification in nutrition…..and a huge passion for pets!☠️🎃👻😈👹🖤🧡HAPPY HALLOWEEN! All will also be available at the shop!

08/06/2024

EDIT:HOME

Hello again friends!

Here is a pup one of our clients found wandering
We’ve cut her nails and she has a treat but wondering if she has a home. Again no identification

Chocolate lab
Female
Very friendly
Loved getting her nails cut even though they were curly!! An absolute sweetheart

The client that has her doesn’t have Facebook so I am posting for him and can reach him when we find her people!

08/02/2024

Since Covid has these clinics a little messed up and having to catch up with doing lots and lots of kitties, they are now doing dogs again!

How awesome would it be if we managed to get the van to deep river for some more pets??!!

I’ve sponsored a day before, $2500 covers the van for one day and then you just pay for the equipment and products used! I WILL ABSOLUTELY DO IT AGAIN!!!!

In June when I was helping 2 years ago one of our clients got her cat spayed, microchipped, rabies vaccine, and all the core vaccines for $146.

Remember animals are a privilege and it’s our responsibility as the owners to give them the best life possible as they are only here for a fraction of our lives!🧡

Petawawa MASH Registration – sponsored by Petawawa Toyota! Thank you for contacting the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society about our SPCA Veterinary Outreach Services, which will be performing spay/neuter surgeries on Wednesday, August 21st – Friday, August 23rd at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch ...

08/02/2024

Hello friends!

I meant to get this up yesterday but here is the august calendar!

Some super exciting things happening this month…

💚august 9th I’ll be at the farmers market in Pembroke for the night market. For this market I’m doing a skin and coat theme!
All things pet health grooming… itchy dogs no more!

🚙mobile day on the 11th the cut off will be the 10th at noon to sign up!

🧡discount bath day on the 12th make sure to snag a spot for your pups monthly bath and nails!

🎉then I’m off for a few days spending my birthday with my furry family!

🎃the 23rd I’m at the Halloween night market (in Pembroke again) y’all know I have to be there!!! Come trick or treat with your pets!

💜pop up nail trim on the 25th!

🌻and off again for some camping and outdoor fun to soak up the last bit of summer before coming back to Saturdays in September!

Nails can be trimmed by appointment or no appointment needed when I (Heidi) I am in the shop, at the pop up in pet, at the markets in Pembroke, mobile, or even in your car!!! No more painful long nails!❤️‍🩹

07/30/2024

Hey friends!
💜I have been so so busy and thank you for all your patience!
I went away for the weekend to celebrate a dear friends bachelorette party! In the last month my phone stopped working, the square stand broke and almost took the iPad with it(new stand now!), and my computer I bought in November is at the vet after it drank my morning coffee.🥲

🧡I will be answering everyone tomorrow to get us started for a great august! I am taking some time off for august so there is limited in shop time and we are booking into the end of September for preferred timing and dates but last squeezes are coming soon!

💚Picture of marzipan and mercury two of our rescued wild girlies!

07/25/2024

Hey Y’all!

The time has come.. price changes!
I have officially been grooming with my own biz for 5 whole years!!!
When I came to deep river in 2022 was the first time I changed my prices, which was also when I started charging tax…. Yes I foot the bill for a year of not charging anyone tax. And now as I turn 25 in august I am charging my worth! If this is no longer feasible for you please let me know as I will have a program for people wanting to keep their pets maintained but need a little help. Otherwise I have no hard feeling in clients seeking a better option for themselves. At the end of the day I am friends with lots of groomers in the valley, I can recommend someone else or send a new groomer my notes on your pets. The only thing I care about is animals being taken care of. In order to do all the extras in free grooms for rescues or my free weekly gifts to random customers I have to match my prices to inflation!

With that being said I want to be able to expand my reaches for the community so I am still actively looking for a mobile grooming van to service the whole valley with all my equipment! I will have a few gift baskets to raffle to raise money for the van as well as any treat sales (besides tax or the machine charges) also going to this dream! I hope to be offering full grooms on the road in the new year!

UPDATE: Below are the weights for the different sizes of dogs 🐶
Extra small = 15lb and under
Small = 16-35lb
Medium = 36-60lb
Large = 61-90lb
Extra-Large = 91-120lb
Giant = 120lb+

07/24/2024

If anyone is interested in learning about this trip there’s a presentation in deep river tonight! But no worries if you aren’t in our neck of the woods, it will be available online as well!

TODAY: Presentation TravelOnly Southeast Asia Tour - https://mailchi.mp/b067ac6575a5/today-presentation-travelonly-southeast-asia-tour

Hope you can join us in-person or online.

If you can't make it today, check out our online sign-up to receive a recording and not miss out on this remarkable itenirary.

07/18/2024

When was the last time your pet had their nails done? 💅

If they're due for a nail trim, come join us this Saturday the 20th between 11am and 3pm for our nail pop-up event 🐶 Minimum $15 donation and all proceeds go towards the local OSPCA 🩷