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28/12/2024

We have opened up several days of cat grooming with Holly at Big Lake! You can now book online too!

29/11/2024

Hope you are eating your heart out with your loved ones today! I made a Snickers Dip for my family! What was your favorite dish this Thanksgiving? Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

27/11/2024

Has your cat been deshedded before guests are over to pet them? 😱👀 Quick! Message or call us to get your kitty groomed tomorrow (Wednesday!) We have our private grooming suite for cats at Groom My Friend - Elk River and Groom My Friend in Big Lake! Holly is taking several cat appointments for tomorrow in Big Lake! Also! We have openings for mobile grooming too!

25/09/2024

We have 2 cat openings for grooms tomorrow morning! Message us to get schedule in Elk River with Holly!

24/07/2024

2 Cat Deshed appointments available tomorrow with Holly and Alex! Message Groom My Friend to get in! Online booking isn’t currently available for BL

10/07/2024

OUR CAT ROOM IS OPEN!!! You can now receive services at BOTH of our locations in Big Lake and Elk River! They are private grooming rooms away from the dogs!

03/03/2024

We are announcing exciting news on Monday!!!

06/12/2023

📣 IT’S OFFICIAL! We have moved all of our appointments to other locations! You can now reach us at Becker and Elk River! We need to make some renovations before we can bring cats/exotics to Big Lake.
Mondays- Elk River with Holly (Salon will be closed to all dogs)
Tuesdays- Becker with Sam
Wednesdays through Fridays will be in Elk River with Holly.

We are so excited to finally offer cat and exotic appointments 5 days a week!

22/11/2023

Check out some of the kitties we have seen this Holiday Season! We are just shuffling a few things and we will be booking kitties in our other locations! Stay tuned!

15/11/2023

Hello!
We have made the difficult decision to close our cat and exotic location. Holly, Alex, and Sam are not only cat groomers, but they work in other locations as well. It’s been very challenging to travel back in forth, handle another social media, phone calls, etc…. All while Holly and Alex are traveling a couple times a month for grooming competitions. With that being said, we will be offering our cat services at all three other locations now! This allows us to communicate more effectively, have more flexibility in appointments, and can accommodate our families with cats and dogs better! Big lake will be getting its own private space to do cats and exotics, but is in the planning process. For now, Elk River will continue to be closed to dogs on Mondays and will allow us to focus on our kitties/exotics who don’t handle dog sounds well. Tuesdays we will close our Becker location to dogs so that we can groom cats/exotics there with no dogs present. Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays we will be in Elk River in our own cat/exotic room. Dogs will be in a separate part of the building on those days, but won’t come in contact with them. We are preparing ourselves for some exciting next steps in 2024! In December, we will be dissolving this page sadly as we want to make communication smoother for our clients.

26/09/2023

Cats! We have had some designs coming in for Halloween and it’s been a blast! We are trying to open up more appointments for kitties, so don’t hesitate to reach out here on social media if you need to book an appointment!

16/09/2023

🐾🐱🐶 Are you looking for career working with pets? Our Grooming Assistants help our Pet Stylists and Bathers with daily operations. They answer phones, book appointments, complete housekeeping, learn to make bows and bandanas, care for the pets, and learn to bath and dry. This is considered our entry level position as we teach the foundations of our industry in this role. We develop our Grooming Assistants to the Bather and Brusher role. Bather and Brushers take their own appointments after they have mastered the Grooming Assistant role. Both positions have a certification program through Barkleigh. We provide a strong educational background for our team to be solid in skin and coat care, working with seniors, puppies, pets with disabilities, and anxious pets. We consider ourselves a holistic groomer that embraces the science behind pet grooming. Once an experienced and proficient bather, we offer the certification program to become a Pet Stylist! This is a thorough education in pet history, anatomy, breed types, haircuts, and safe handling. We also provide a technical teaching to ensure our stylists are well rounded. Holly, a Professional Groomer of 19 years, NDGAA Member, ISCC Member, Competitive Groomer, holds a certificate in Dog Massage, Cat Groomer, and Hand-stripper, will provide the technical training. We are very invested in our team members and want them to be confident in their skills and we provide support and customize our teaching to provide the best learning experience possible.

Required Skills:
You have to have passion for pets, their owners, and want to grow in skills! The rest we will teach and provide education!

Also needs to be a team player! We work all together in our salon to provide the most exceptional experience for pets and clients!

We take pictures of our clients and work with social media. You will want to be savvy with social media platforms and we can help teach how to take photos of pets!

⚠️ You will have to lift sometimes more than 50lbs. Pets move and sit. We have to be agile and we stand for nearly the entire shift. Pets can bite out of fear and we have to be react quickly. You will be slobbered on, peed on, pooped on…etc… this job can be gross. These are pets that need us to provide care for them. It is not glamorous, so you need to be able to exercise patience, endurance, and be able to handle medical issues. We find open wounds, ticks, lumps, bumps, skin infections, ear infections, blood, and you will need to be able to stomach these situations to provide first aid, education to the clients, and we refer to veterinarians.

Hours:
We are open 7:30-5pm Monday through Friday and 7:30-3pm on Saturdays. We are closed on Sundays! We have different shift times based on the needs of our teams and can work outside of these hours for our clients if we choose to. So hours are flexible! Our full time positions are 8.5 hours with 30 minutes lunches unless you would like an hour. We are flexible! We are pretty relaxed about breaks, but we provide two 15 minutes breaks too.

Time off:
We encourage self care! In our small business, we put family first. You can take as much time as you need to attend family functions, make appointments, and vacation within reason. We take off for major Holidays like Memorial Day, New Year’s, the 4th of July, and Labor Day. As a Christian company, we provide time off around Holidays to spend time with your friends and family. We take off Thanksgiving and Black Friday. We are closed Christmas Eve, Day, and the day after to recover after the pre-Christmas rush. If you have any questions about time off, feel free to ask!

Benefits:
We provide $300 for continuing education experience each year. We encourage our employees to stay on top of the industries latest tools, techniques, new services, and trends.

We have amazing time off, did we mention that?

We offer assistance with sharpening to keep equipment sharp and safe!

We work with industry professionals and are excited to be partnering for private lessons.

We provide a discount on our boutique items to our staff!

We provide our staff with all products including the creative supplies!

Pay:
Our employees are W2. We provide commission or hourly options. These are based on experienced and only discussed during the interview process. Tips are 💯 the employees. We accept card and cash tips. Our team is paid every other Friday.

If you are interested in joining our teams, don’t hesitate to reach out! You can send your resumes to [email protected] and message us directly through social media.

15/09/2023

Ooftah! Kitty shedding season is here! Kitties are getting ready for their fall coats for sure! If you haven’t, book your kitty for their next deshed!

03/08/2023

Ronan wants you to know we are expanding our hours for the cat salon! We will be starting officially on Thursday in a couple weeks!

10/07/2023

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29/05/2023

From all of us at Groom My Friend, Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all that have served our country and we want to remember those that paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom! We couldn’t enjoy this beautiful day with out you. Thank you.

09/05/2023

This kiddo wants you to know we had two deshed appointments open up for today or you can get in for some nail trims!!!! Message, call, or you can go online to book!

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!! We are so grateful and thankful for clients! We are closed at the Cat Salon until Monday! We hope you enjoy your weekend! Be safe!

Meet Mikko! He was a busy kitty who decided the lion cut wasn’t for him. He needed something to match his spicy 🌶 energy! 😻 He is an awesome cat! #cat #cats #meow #mn #minnesota #groomer #grooming #catgroomer #catgrooming #catlover #dinocut #kitty #kittycat #catsofinstagram

Check out 😻Halloween 🎃 and her amazing color! She is such a good girl! Thank you to her momma Shannon for letting us color her today! If you are interested in creative services for cats, message us. Halloween is wearing OPAWZ Semi-Permanent color! It’s pet safe and doesn’t rub off!

Clawdia made some mistakes today. 😹 Running isn’t every kitty’version of fun. Relaxing is.

Move the side 🎶 Rabbit&Cat Desheds!

Move to the side dogs 🐶! Cat 🐱 And Rabbits 🐰 need grooming too! “But, don’t cats and rabbits groom themselves?” NOT enough unfortunately! This why they mat up, get greasy, or look like you can pluck their fur! Rabbit nail trims with an intro to deshed is only $15! Cats are $45 for a deshed! It includes nail trimming, ear cleaning, waterless bath, and deshedding brush out!

Something good? Reduce your cats shedding!

Wanna know something good? 🤩 WE HAVE KITTY DESHEDS available tomorrow! Book online now! Www.GroomMyFriend.com

Deshed my Kitty Friend and Kitty Caps!

👀 Check out some of the kitties from this past week! 🥰 Lots of desheds! Please share our page! We have openings for cats as soon as tomorrow!!! Message us or go online to book now!

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