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Dog Walking & Grooming Services We have an exciting announcement about the PAWsome happenings in Charlestown.
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As of January 1, 2016, Britt Turgeon and Lindsay LaRocca will be taking over the Durty Harry’s 287 Main Street, Charlestown location and will be transitioning under a new name “WAGS Charlestown, Walking & Grooming Services”. Brittany is running the grooming show and Lindsay is running the walking club. Please know that we will be business as usual, providing the personalized attention to each of y

our pups that you have grown to love and depend on over the last five years. Going forward we are 100% committed to delivering the same exceptional service in addition to some new features and we’re so very excited for what is in store for 2016! This will be our new Facebok Page- WAGS Charlestown. All other social media has also been transitioned over and is live now including: Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat! Please follow us and use our fun hashtags and so we can see what all our favorite pups are up to! Our new website is www.wagscharlestown.com
Cheers to 2016, it’s going to be a PAWsome year!

08/26/2024

Every day is international dog day when you’re a WAGS dog. Happy international dog day from this OG WAGS boy!

08/21/2024

Let’s give a warm WAGS welcome to our newest puppy, Bunker! This adorable 5️⃣month old Cockapoo is already working with 🙃 and on our FURst day yesterday, we got to know each other with some long line work 🫶🏼 I can’t wait to get to know Bunker more and more each week to find him his perfect crew! 🐾🤍🎉

08/15/2024

Knowing each dog’s personality, strengths & weaknesses is so important in creating a solid pack, especially in the city where we have to maneuver through so many other dogs, construction, trash day etc! 💛

My goal when adding new dogs into our Walking Club is to personally walk them for 2 weeks to figure out what group they’ll do best with. Yesterday’s crew was really fun and I got to see some of my shyer pups make some solid choices! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

When you are trying to pick a dog walker for your pup, make sure that you are finding someone who will put time and effort into making sure that your dog is happy and safe. Spots may be limited, prices may be higher, and some feedback on their leash skills may be a little hard to hear, but well worth it to invest in someone, that wants you & your dog to be the best version of themselves! 🌟🌟🌟

08/14/2024

Hi! We’re new here 🌟 We introduced June recently but wanted to formally introduce Tuukka. He had his FURst day with the WAGS Walking Club yesterday! These itty-bittys are both from and even happen to have the same dad, Maverick. This is the first time in Charlestown that I’ve had the pleasure of working with half siblings! Both pups are set up for training with and started walking with us immediately! 🙌🏼

We’re cute, fluffy, and practically edible 🤣 We also live in a super dog friendly part of the city so we don’t blame you when you & your pup want to come say hi…. Buttttt we have some important training rules to follow & hope that you’ll help us out so we become really amazing adult dogs who can be neutral around other dogs. Who knows, maybe we’ll even become therapy dogs 💛

1. It’s important that we don’t allow puppies to say hi to dogs that we don’t know for a few reasons. We don’t know your vaccination status. We don’t know if you’re actually friendly with puppies, lots of dogs don’t actually like puppy energy and we want to make sure that, all their experiences with dogs right now are positive!

2. It’s also important that we don’t allow puppies to do “on leash” greetings. Allowing dogs to interact when pulling on leash can cause issues down the line such as reactivity, so our puppy interactions are off leash at the shop!

3. We’re working hard on some important stuff right now such as potty training, so if you see us out and about we’re probably trying to make sure that they’re getting potty trained, responding to their name & walking in general 🙃 We’re also working hard on desensitization around everything related to grooming since these pups will need grooming for life! Having them around these noises at such a young age is awesome. I have them near the force air dryer when it’s on, the vacuum cleaner, the bathing room and the overall noisy nature of the shop! Will be working outside around all the construction, grates, manhole covers, stairs and trash trucks on trash day! (Continued in comments)

08/01/2024

Today was Ivy’s last day grooming at WAGS. We are sad to see her go, but we’re so happy for her growing family! We wish her nothing but the best as her and her husband embark on this new chapter of being parents. You will be missed, Ivy!

07/20/2024

These two very good pups are wishing everybody a wonderful weekend! 🥳🥳🥳Revy and Pru instantly clicked the last time I boarded them together, and they were so happy to be reunited yesterday 🫶🏼

Training for Pru brought to you by:
Training for Revy brought to you by:

07/18/2024

Just a couple of OG rescue besties hanging out for a relaxing morning in the water! 🌊Miss Dixie has been walking with us since 2013 and Finny & my SkyBear since 2014 🫶🏼🐾♥️ Over a decade of love right here!!

07/17/2024

Beating the heat, one splash at a time! ☀️🐶💦

07/11/2024

Today’s the BIG day!! ♥️ Brady’s parents are getting married & we are SO excited that he’s included and gets to be part of their special day! 🫶🏼👩‍❤️‍👨🐾

06/13/2024

Yesterday I had the absolute pleasure of meeting and walking Miley‘s cousin Vito! This handsome Golden boy started training with Bria and as soon as Miley arrived home, she followed suit. They are the cutest duo 👯 oh, and you may notice that he’s wearing a muzzle 🙃 I’d LOVE to start a conversation to help end the stigma around muzzles, especially right here in Charlestown 💛

Obviously, I’ve been in the industry a long time and volunteered in the rescue world for over a decade. Sometimes it’s easy for me to forget that people don’t have as much knowledge and understanding as I do, so I’m here to let you know that muzzles are one of the very best tools for any & all dogs! Check out some of our stories that I just posted. Give this amazing account a follow: .muzzle.movement it’s a wonderful resource to learn about all things related to muzzles 🫶🏼

Some things to know about dogs that wear a muzzle:
*Owners don’t just throw a muzzle on a dog. Wearing a muzzle should imply that they are trained/ in training, properly conditioned to the tool.
*Biggest misconception: Oh that dog bites. 📣Not 👏🏼all👏🏼muzzled👏🏼dogs👏🏼are aggressive!!📣 Some may need more space, be in training, have discomfort being handled(think vet visit), pick up items from the ground they shouldn’t or even eat 💩💩💩!

Things to know about the owners or handlers of dogs wearing muzzles:
*They don’t need any unsolicited advice
*They’re most likely more confident handling the dog
*They are creating a fulfilling life for their dog and are happy to be able to do so!

“If you see a dog in a muzzle, don’t stare or ask rude questions. Just say “nice job! Great looking dog” believe me, you have just made that humans day.
- Helen St.Pierre

Repeat after me: MUZZLED DOGS ARE GOOD DOGS 🤗

06/12/2024

Just a reminder, the girls are doing their best to accommodate as many clients as possible. Unfortunately, this means appointment times will likely take longer than normal. Please expect a delay and please be patient. Thanks for understanding!

06/12/2024

The cutest boys & girls, reminding you to get out there and get your steps in before the 🔥HEAT🔥WAVE🔥 arrives!🐾

06/11/2024

Every day is the very BEST beach day when you’re Barney! 🏖️☀️🌊

06/07/2024

We are so excited to introduce our newest member of the WAGS family, little Miss. Lainey Lou. She was born on 6/3 after 2.5 long weeks of fake outs. Both Mom and baby are doing great, and Eily is thrilled to be a big sister! 🥰

06/04/2024

Summertime Sunshine with this cute crew! ☀️☀️☀️Finny, Bauer, Jack & Simon were soaking up the rays last week 🐾🫶🏼✨

05/27/2024

Reminder that WAGS Charlestown is closed today for both walking and grooming. We look forward to seeing you Tuesday through Friday this week! 🐾🫶🏼🇺🇸

05/22/2024

Goes out to my cool weather gal pals, Miley & Pepper! While they may not be a huge fan of the rising temps, they sure do love wrestling in the shade 👯‍♀️🙃🐾

05/21/2024

And it feels like ☀️S U M M E R☀️

With temps on the rise this week, we’re reminded that summer is right around the corner!

This year, we’ve decided to take a little summer break, so our wonderful walkers can enjoy some much deserved time off. We will be closed for all walks Fourth of July week, 7/1-7/5 🐾🧨☀️

Lindsay will be updating PetPocketbook to reflect this. If you need dog sitting during this time, please feel free to submit a request and if we‘ll let you know if we can accommodate!

05/01/2024

We are so excited to celebrate May Day this upcoming Saturday, May 4th 🐕💛🌷

We’ll be starting out our day with a WAGS Walking Club structured pack, walk, followed by participating in Clean Sweep (check out our contest) and right after, we’ll be opening the shop for a few hours! We can’t wait to see everyone for a wonderful community focused Saturday! 🤗🤗🤗

04/30/2024

Happy from our newest addition to the WAGS Walking Club & the happiest baby floof, Finn! 😍😍😍

Yesterday was Finn’s first walk with us, and this cutie 10 month old Cavalier is one heck of a wigglebutt, who is veryyyy excitable when he sees potential furfriends. We’re going to work on neutrality around dogs, teaching leash pressure, long line work & scheduling more sessions with ! 🤓

We’re thrilled to welcome Finn ( #4 🙃) to the Club & excited to watch him grow and learn while making some new friends! 🐶💛🐾

04/28/2024

*Attention grooming clients*

Please read through the slides for our latest updates. While we are losing Britt for the summer, our receptionist and bather extraordinaire, Vera, will be back with us in a couple of weeks. She will help to keep things running as smoothly as possible while Britt is out. Thanks for your patience and understanding during this extremely exciting time for Britt and her family! We are officially 5 weeks out from meeting baby girl!

04/24/2024

Tommie of had his first groom with us yesterday! He is going to be a pro at this whole grooming thing like his big brother Charlie in no time! We can’t wait to watch you grow, Tommie🥰. (Had to steal the first pic from his mom, because THAT SIGN!!🤌🏼)

04/24/2024

Look at these three very good boys: Finny, Bauer & Barney! We worked for a solid 30 minutes at the monument prior to our hour Pack Walk last weekend ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I am absolutely loving the energy our clients (both human & dog) have been putting out into the Universe during our Structured Pack Walks with and me & I’m so grateful for our dog community! 🙏🏼🐾💛

Thinking about running another SPW this upcoming Sunday around 11am. Answer the poll & comment below if you want to join!! 🤗

04/18/2024

With the weather getting nicer and dog sitting SZN in full swing, it is my goal to offer weekend structured Pack walks to the WAGS Walking Club, whenever I am in Charlestown. We’ve had a few impromptu pack walks, and they’ve gone so well! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

We currently have so many clients who are using us for structured walks, (Lindsay/Ashley/Alexa crews) with the majority being walked on the loop 🙌🏼 We are thankful for the dedication & hard work both in the home & with the trainers we support.

If you are currently part of our structured walking crew and would like to join us, we will be meeting this Sunday 4/21 at 10:30am. We meet up at the monument on the High Street side and have just a few rules that we ask you follow.

1. Please do not allow your dogs to interact on leash when you get to the monument and are waiting for everybody to join. Goal is calm neutral mindset for the walk!
2. Please feel free to work your dog in slow circles to get them warmed up for the walk and to be in a calm state of mind.
3.If you are approached by a person wanting to say hi to your dog either before the walk or during, please let them know your dog is working.
4.Plan on walking for around an hour, but feel free to break off at any point!

For current members of the WAGS Walking Club who are interested in learning about loop life and structured walks, please feel free to join me at the monument at 10 AM!

#2024

04/15/2024

New Besties alert!!! Cali💛Barnes🐾

It’s Cali‘s first time away from home and with Auntie Linds 🤗 After a rough FURst night, we had the best second day heading into Charlestown for 2 mile pack walk with some of our structured walking clients, and then Cali had a blast down at the beach romping around with Sky🧸, TubTub, Finny, Barney, Hoots & Waldog 😍

This little lady became the fastest of friends with Barney, wanting to play nonstop and be by his side at all times. We love watching friendships blossom!🌷

04/13/2024

Happy Saturday family! The WAGS Walking Club will be open this upcoming Monday, 4/15 for Patriots’ Day and the Boston Marathon! Sending lots of good luck to our clients that are running this year 🇺🇸🏃🏻‍♀️💨

All normally scheduled Monday walks will remain on our schedule unless canceled by our clients via Pet Pocketbook 📋✅🐕

With lots of new clients joining our club, sending a reminder that anytime you are interested in adding a walk, cancelling a walk or for your dog sitting needs, you can log in directly to your PetPocketbook account and send the request! 🐾🫶🏼🐕‍🦺

04/11/2024

Happy National Pet Day from Ivy & Tillie 💛🐾💛

We love working within this amazing community and truly feel like EVERY day is national pet day in Charlestown!! 🫶🏼

04/10/2024

Nala got a makeover yesterday💁🏻‍♀️. Swipe to see her before!

04/10/2024

Welcome to WAGS! My name is Maple, want to play??

04/02/2024

We can’t handle the cuteness that is Penny😍.

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287 Main Street
Charlestown, MA
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Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 4pm

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+16172423647

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http://www.wagscharlestown.com/

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It was a WILD & FUN walking week! 🎉🎉🎉 Matilda, Pepper & Revy had their very FURst swims to beat the heat, and lots of pups enjoyed cooking down at the boat ramp 🔥☀️🌡️ We walked, pawtied in the shade & did our best to stay cool & hydrated, even got caught in some downpours which felt amazing 🔟🌟 Reminder that both Walking & Grooming are closed this upcoming Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day. All walks have been taken off the schedule in Pet Pocketbook. We hope everybody has a fun and safe three day weekend! 🐾🫶🏼🐕 #wagswalkingclub #wagscharlestown #3dayweekend #mdw2024 #charlestowndogs

My favorite & special service that we offer is our WAGS Weddings, a completely customizable plan for your special day that includes your pup🫶🏼 #idotoo 🐾 Tarah, John & Stella’s BIG day: Stella and I had a sleepover pawty last Wednesday-Sunday & we drove down to Newport Friday so Stelly could take part in family pictures, before walking down the aisle and hanging at some of the cocktail hour 🥰🥰🥰 Stella and I had such a fun time, met so many amazing people & vendors, witnessed the sweetest wedding vows and had some extra bonding time now that she lives outside the city that I’ll always cherish 💛 The best takeaway is watching a parents wedding through a pups’ eyes is such a special and beautiful privilege! 👰🏼‍♀️🐾🤵🏻 #idotoo #stellasbigday #tarahandjohn #newportwedding #mustlovedogs #thankfulthursday #wagsweddings #wagscharlestown

Our WAGS team was devastated to learn our sweet, floofy princess Chloe (Chlo$) unexpectedly crossed rainbow bridge yesterday 🐾🌈🫶🏼 We were blessed to know her, love her, walk her & groom her for the last 7️⃣ years 🫶🏼 She had the very best personality and adored each and every one of her friends, especially Auntie Samira & her crew 💕 Fly high Chlo$. We know you’ll FURever be watching over your family and friends. Until we meet again 🐾🌈💔 #chlo$ #flyhigh #rainbowbridge #wagscharlestown

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WAGS Charlestown, Walking & Grooming Services opened it’s doors on January 1, 2016. Owners, Britt Turgeon and Lindsay LaRocca are long time friends who met through their love of rescue, volunteering for Last Hope K9 Rescue. They are truly “crazy dog ladies,” who love nothing more than keeping pups and their families happy and healthy. Britt runs the grooming show and Lindsay runs the walking club. Together, they hope to support the Charlestown dog community in every way possible through education, community service and fundraising!

MEET OUR AMAZING TEAM!

Groomers: Britt Turgeon & Katie Pineo (currently hiring one full time groomer)

Front Desk: Annie Turco & Erika Corbo (currently hiring full time or part time receptionist)

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