Jazzy Grooms & JC Rescue 1

03/16/2024

Clearly this is not our salon, and the group title rings so ironic to us. That said.... the sentiment is clear to the clients, not to come before being contacted. While all chuckles in the grooming community as this one is shared.... I did think at some point "do my clients know why"?

For those wanting clarification, why this policy is one that is so strict let me give you some insight.

You are beloved mom, dad, big human protector, feeder of yummy things, and you represent all the things of comfort to that pet. You are one giant billboard with bright blinky lights.

When you walk into a pet salon (no matter the species being worked on), it's almost always a dead given that your pet will be super distracted, want to get back to you and if we aren't finished.... well, that's a recipe for disaster.

We have to to either risk injuring a now super restless wiggly pet to try and wrap up... or we now have to take the time to resettle that animal down for another solid 15min and get the swing of what we are doing together as a team.

Grooming is cooperative care, you and the pet are a team, the groomer is working with that pet through a practiced routine. When one party is no longer willing to work through that routine because "nom nom gifter" is suddenly here.... well, there goes the groom.

02/28/2024

***UPDATE***
Woah, what an awesome response to this little girl being available! At this time she has a potential adopter and will update everyone if this falls through! Thank you for an outpouring of interest in her!
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𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Lylah
𝐀𝐠𝐞: Just under 2 years old
𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝: Miniature Poodle
𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 19lbs
𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝: Spayed
𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Up to date
𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝: Yes
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Cleared as a healthy girl! Vet checked!
𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Ames Iowa, USA

-❤️-🧡-💛-💚-💙-💜-

𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 / 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Sweet, playful, smart pup! She's a dog that loves pets and snuggles with humans. Doesn't always want to be right on your lap, but does like laying on the couch beside or near you. Loves running laps around other dogs, we call her the mini rocket as she is very quick! She is the queen of the house and knows it. lol

𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝: Yes- fully! She had one accident in the house due to us not knowing her cues and reading her correctly, this was literally within 48 hours of her arrival.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬: None

𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝: Yes- Can be left for several hours without any issues. She does pant when left kenneled while people are present in the room with her. Settles nicely when no humans are there. She isn't whining to get out, but pants in a sort of nervous excitement to get to you. We kennel overnight and any time we can not supervise dogs in our home, so she is used to this routine.

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝: Yes, she does pretty well, we are working on looser leash protocols, but she does well just likes to be on the furthest reach of the leash end, easily corrects or redirects when asked.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Treats, play, pets and excitement, she really works to please and enjoys mental stimulation of being engaged. Anything as a reward she responds well to. High value treats like cheese and freeze dried chicken are her fav!

𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: I would say yes, with an easy correction. She mostly bark alerts to other dogs and if in small spaces she will growl or snap towards other dogs in her space. On walks she's alert to other dogs present, but can be redirected. In a home or salon setting she can be somewhat guarded. She does however play well with dogs that she gets used to. When watching pups in our home the first day is tense and requires diligent supervision, but literally within 48 hours she settles in nicely and doesn't target dogs. Can get possessive of a chuck it ball when all dogs are chasing after it. But otherwise, does ok once settled.

𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: No, she has been raised in a multi cat home.

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Does like to get to the ball first then play keep away with other dogs. If they come too close to her she does bark or lunges towards them. We choose not to play chasing ball games with her.

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝/𝐊𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞: No, she adores children. She relishes snuggles with our 11 yr old and plays well with the 7yr old, younger kids 0-6 have also visited and she was very good with all ages. Seems intuitive towards little ones.

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫/𝐒𝐞𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: No, she loves all the humans! lol

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: No, she doesn't even mind the vacuum.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: A dream for travel, loads and unloads on her own on the "load up" command. Settles nicely, have not done a longer road trip with her but would guess she'd do fine.

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬: While being fostered we have noted that if left unattended and items are left out, she will investigate them and can chew. She is far more likely to sniff out uncovered trashcans, food items then chew items up. She leaves clothing or kids toys alone when given the opportunity to lay by you or a dog appropriate chew toy or chew treat. I would say an age appropriate level of interest in chewing, not an abnormal amount for a dog in general. I would say a normal amount of young dog whos really nearly out of the chew phase completely, and would just need to know the house rules. ;) She loves mild softer chew items like jerky or beef sticks, not a huge bone fan.

𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬:
🐕 She could easily be a solo pup or with a couple other dogs, after transitioning time. Easily fine with cats.

🚸Ideally an adopter who will have an active presence in her life. As it would not be her preference to be in a kennel, and would prefer to be sleeping with you and not in a kennel. lol

🏊 Fenced in yard would be great but not a requirement, she does have a strong recall and enjoys being close by.

Would love if this girl could stay local to Ames IA, as we would love to have occasional play dates and keep up to date with her.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝:

She will have a small rehoming fee to help cover expenses and to ensure a good home is found. If interested please fill out an application and/or message me for more questions!

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://forms.gle/f23Q14im6ZPnuRkq5

02/11/2024

Well... You guessed it! I borrowed more dogs!!!!!!! 😂

Keeping it super spicy and added two back in, we are watching the Kobe's and little Lulu again. A fantastic test for Lylah and how she behaves around other puppers.

After a few squabbles, lots of intentional redirecting and a whole lot of pup snuggles. Thankfully everybody kenneled nicely for the evening. 🥰

This was this morning's 7am play time for me!

11/25/2023

I dote on Grimm occasionally, not super often but occasionally he really shines and I want to gush over him. It's pretty rare I get video footage of us working together, as I'm nearly always alone with him.

This is Thanksgiving Day, Justin came along and filmed for me. He did so amazingly well. I really wish people understood the volume of training that goes behind this moment, which appears to be simple together, when it's really a super complex moment. I'm so grateful for this boy!

Many dogs would struggle with this big of an ask:

🤤 We are in a grocery store with all the smells of food!!!

📦 The aisles were packed with extra stuff in the walkway to navigate around.

📦🐩 many times narrowed walk way requiring a tight heel

↪️Able to read the direction of the wheelchair or my verbal que in order to keep his feet out of the way.

⚡That right heel being required next to an electric wheel chair.

-👫🤼👯 tons of people, many of which are trying to pet, engage with him, and kids running up to him.

🔊 lots of loud overhead announcements

10/12/2023

Alright, the foster kittens are officially available! I've written up bio's for each of them and think this crew is absolutely the best we've had!

Let me know if you want to come over for a meet and greet!

Applications are found here: https://www.cityofames.org/government/departments-divisions-a-h/ames-animal-shelter-animal-control/adoption-applications

09/25/2023

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𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Reaper
𝐀𝐠𝐞: Just under 1 year old (DOB: Oct. 29,2022)
𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝: Standard Poodle (purebred AKC registered)
𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 40lbs, petite in height.
𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝: Intact, will be neutered prior to placement
𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Up to date
𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝: Yes
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Cleared as a healthy boy! Vet checked!
𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Iowa, USA

-❤️-🧡-💛-💚-💙-💜-

𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 / 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:

𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Sweet, playful, smart pup! He's a dog that loves pets, belly rubs, and snuggles with his humans and will eagerly be with you when available!

Loves the water, including swimming in pools, lakes, rivers, ponds,, buckets, water bowls, you name it. lol He does use a no spill bowl to limit indoor messes. Loves to play with other dogs, hasn't met one he doesn't like yet!

𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝: Yes- fully!

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬: Nope! He only marks appropriately outdoors in new spaces.

𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝: Yes- Can be left for several hours without any issues. He does whine in his kennel if another dog is outside of the kennel free, that just seems cruel to him. And he'll wine initially when no one is in the room. However, he can settle down nicely.

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝: Yes, we are still working on manners on the leash, but he isn't an active puller. With frequent treat reinforcement he has a decent heel started.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Treats, play, pets and kisses, really anything as a reward he responds well to. High value treats like cheese and freeze dried beef liver are his fav!

𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: No- very playful to all dogs he's met while fostering. He is overly excited to meet and play with most dogs though, including littles. So supervision is recommended with dogs of mismatched size.

𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: There are currently 5 cats in his foster home. He gets along with 4 of the 5. The 5th one he is very reactive in terms of barking at, but keeps his distance from her most of the time. They have a tense relationship. He is gentle with the foster kittens in the home and regularly lets them approach him.

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: None observed.

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝/𝐊𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞: No, he adores children. Get's excited at times so young toddlers need direct supervision close by. But purely because he doesn't know his own size/strength.

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫/𝐒𝐞𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: He's a submissive personality type, and is clearly traumatized from his past. So he is happy to see new people and will approach willingly, just in a low position acting a bit timid until he gets a few good pets in!

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: Only sound we have found he doesn't love is the vacuum, he'll bark at it from another room. Outside of this, we haven't experienced any reactivity with sound.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: Not his favorite thing in the world, would rather crawl up in your lap as he's a bit scared. This is something we are practicing with him, he does love practice runs to Starbucks for pup cups! Slow but steady improvement here.

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬: While being fostered we have noted that yes he does like to chew still, but not an abnormal amount for a dog in general. I would say a normal amount of puppy like chewing. He loves bones, pig ears, and appropriate chew toys. He is easily redirected if he picks up something that isn't a chew item. A drop it command and he's quick to obey.

𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬:
🐕 Someone with previous dog experience or a younger large dog needing a play mate.

🚸Ideally an adopter who will have an active presence in his life. He would prefer to be sleeping at your feet than in a kennel.

🏊 Fenced in yard or an active plan to work on continued leash manners.

Would love if this boy could stay local to Ames IA, as we would love to have occasional play dates and keep up to date with him.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝:
He will have a small rehoming fee to help cover expenses and to ensure a good home is found. If interested please fill out an application and/or message me for more questions!

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://forms.gle/33CCy3fPQY1xHYr98

09/11/2022

🎉 HAPPY ADOPTION POST!!! 🎉

Dexter, (formerly Tank) has found a fantastic home locally! This sweet boy was a dynamic fit with some of the biggest friends available to him! Along with people friends, he definitely settled in nicely with his two big gentle giant brothers. They are both ready and willing to let him play, snuggle, and just be a puppy right with them! Size makes absolutely no difference to him, he'll get his snuggles one way or another!

Happy adoption Dexter! Congrats to the family on their new fur friend!

08/09/2022

07/15/2022

Fellow RAW feeders. Please be aware there is a voluntary recall out on a single lot of Primal Patties. This is only for Potential listeria contamination, there are no reports or complains of illness in pets or humans associated with this. Just a voluntary recall. ;)

https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-recall/primal-july-2022/

Complete details of the Primal Dog Food Recall of July 2022 as reported by the editors of The Dog Food Advisor.

07/13/2022

07/13/2022

We are officially closing the grooming side of this page and will only be posting fosters that need homes from this point onward. Thank you!

07/24/2019

*********************NOTICE***************************
Dear Clientele,

It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that I bring you news of Jazzy Grooms discontinuing. As many of you know last April we opened a cat exclusive facility in hopes of splitting my time between the two businesses. The great news is that Suite Whiskers has become a beautiful success and is flourishing with activity. The bummer news is that is coming at the cost of my time, and less and less availability towards Jazzy Grooms. While this has initially worked, it has become nearly impossible for me to continue and still be able to maintain a healthy work/life balance.

Since many of you know that going cat exclusive has been my dream for a long time, I know this notification won’t come as a shock to you, but it’s still hard to say non-the-less. In an effort to not just drop you guys off completely and make sure your taken care of, I’m trying to give you advance notice. So this will take place as of September 1st, 2019. If you need in for a final groom, please text or call and we’ll get you squared away with a fresh bath/trim and a final goodbye.

It has truly been my pleasure and I have deeply enjoyed grooming dogs here in Ames and will miss the dogs tremendously. I pray that each of them find a good groomer who will handle them with as much care and gentleness as I have poured into them. If you need another recommendation for a groomer, please don’t hesitate to ask and I’ll do my best to forward you to an appropriate facility for your dogs specific temperament as well as any hair cut details you might want for your next stylist.

I am tremendously excited to continue offering cat grooming services here in Ames (Suite Whiskers) and welcome each of you to come to the new cat shop for a tour and to check out all the work we’ve been doing here.

Best of wishes,
Jazzy
Jazzy Grooms

PS- If you have NOT received this same message via snail mail with your specific recommendations in it, then please message me for further information and I'll make sure your taken care of!

07/02/2019

I'm taking the next couple of days off from dog grooming. I am busy with a personal move as well as we just put our family dog down today. So my mind and heart are overwhelmed with the load as well as feeling a bit heavy and I appreciate those of you who have shown understanding.

Have a wonderful 4th of July everyone. I'll resume dog grooming after the holiday. Remain safe and snuggle your fur babies tight, extra treats for sure.

-xoxo
Jazzy

Today was a good day of grooming, with some awesome loyal clients…. But I had to take off early today to go help my sisters put down our family dog.

And while he wasn’t a cat, the love there is still great.

Makes me want to do a quick shout out to all those who have put the needs of their beloved animals above their own emotions and helped them out in a way that is honorable and gives them some dignity and peace in the end. PLEASE stay with your pets until the end, they need you…. and know that it is ok to be there with them and let them go. AND it's ok to grieve that loss!

Thankfully Roland Vet was absolutely amazing today and helped out in every way they could. So a big shout out to them, they work very well with us professionally and now on a personal level as well. So thank you.

Losing pets is hard, canine- feline, rodent, reptile, it doesn’t matter the species. They truly are an emotional investment of our hearts and a tangible representation of love in one of its greatest forms.

So to all those who have lost a pet, Suite Whiskers is lighting a candle for you tonight.

I was going to do a video- but I’m a blubbering mess, so you won’t find me in photo form this evening.

Gods speed over the rainbow bridge Cocoa.

Cuddle the one's you still have, every moment is precious!

06/19/2019

Ok I swear I did focus and finish the groom. Lol

04/29/2019

Looks like we made it on the final ballet! Thanks to all those who took the time to nominate Jazzy Grooms!

Here's the final voting ballet if you want to vote best of story county for Jazzy Grooms! Daily Living> Pet Groomer

Thank you everyone!

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03/19/2019

Public announcement and honesty policy!

You guys, I've just had another groomer friend tell me a new client blatantly lied on their check in form that the dog has never bit a groomer/vet in the face. And intentionally omitted that information because the client wanted the groomer to still do the dog. Despite that the dog had attacked the groomer in the face. And yet another groomer who had the same thing happen just yesterday so that the ''groomer wouldn't be biased and use a muzzle''. There is a rise in several groomers reporting this behavior.

People PLEASE for my own safety and all groomers safety know that most of the time we will still take the dog if we know it has a bite history, we simply know HOW to better protect ourselves when approaching a dog like this. It's not only disrespectful but downright dangerous for anyone to knowingly omit this information.

I take jerk dogs, a lot of them actually, and quite often. And yes they bite! But this is also something I KNOW IN ADVANCE and the owners are very clear with me. I do NOT like dishonesty in my practice. That goes for me telling you how the dog behaves honestly, and that should also apply to the client (you guys).

To new clients or those tempted to omit information critical to my safety... please note that I have no hesitation about dismissing a client who is dishonest and will not respect my safety. I have children to tuck in at night and do not need a traumatic injury keeping me out of work for 6+ weeks... I have bills to pay and kids to feed.

** I have many many wonderful clients, and to those of you who have been honest with me and let me work it out with you, your dog, and my safety- I PERSONALLY THANK YOU! Thank you for respecting me enough to help keep me safe will serving you to the best of my talents ability.**

03/05/2019

**Hey Jazzy Grooms fans!! I have one opening tomorrow 3/6/19 due to a last minute cancellation, if you need in let me know. **

03/02/2019

Friday Funny for you all!