01/21/2022
Wow! Cold out! I remember being mobile. Gosh. How i tried so hard to always make it to the appointment. Weather would come in, hubby and I making sure water was filled in wind that beat us up the whole time. Frozen fingers when we were finished gasing the generator and getting the unit cleaned and prepped for the next day, etc etc. 4.5 years. Covid hit and shut us down. But you know what? I never changed from the ultimate experience your fur baby recieved. We went back to a shop, in State Center and my daughter joined the family business. Me...
34 years of being a groomer . I like just having you and your fur baby show up for your special time. No other fur babies sitting in kennels barking and anxious for their turn. No cage drying....EVER! Just a simple thing of grooming your baby, making them pretty (yes...I know that is my calling card built from my mother and sisters in doing a beautiful groom...always) . Its what we pride ourselves on. The best looking dogs walking out of our shop with a bow or handkerchief! Love seeing them strut down the street to thier car! Days like this get me down...to be honest. I can't help the weather. I know it is cold. I do know it will warm up, I know I will be swamped with inquiries and peeps wanting our exclusive service built over decades from my family when warm weather returns....a mother who started grooming in The 1960's in Marshalltown. Yup...thats right. And my sisters who have owned and operated their own businesses for years in California, Ohio and South Dakota. Thats what makes us different. I guess today I am melancholy. I am lucky. I know ( and my daughter Shelby because she helped me years earlier as a young groomer and now her own groomer business) what a traditional schnauzer, poodle, Bichon Frise, Sh*tzu, other breeds etc should look like. Its sc******ng that is exceptional and developed over years, it is relationships built on trust and referrals based on feeling confident your friend or relatives fur baby will only get the best. We are different. We are traditional. We are all the new techniques. We are always improving. We are the oldest most established groomers in the area! WE NEVER HAVE CHANGED! Our values, our heritage or our love of what we do. Its experience, knowledge, and history of this industry. This is NOT a plug to get more clients. Nah! It's a truth that is in us. Just feeling melancholy today. Hope everyone stays warm in these temps! Thanks for listening.