Top Paw Pet Spa

03/26/2025

Kai, Maggie, Gizmo and Ruby all have similar feelings about having to soak in conditioner this morning. Sorry guys, it’s not a professional grooming if you don’t have the works and conditioner is super important to the health of your skin and coat!

03/24/2025

Well hello Mr Tucker! Welcome to Top Paw Pet Spa you cute fuzzy faced boy!

03/24/2025

03/24/2025

Hey Buster? I’m sorry to have to break this news to you, but you’re going to have to stop cuddling your pillow pet long enough for me to bathe you. I know it’s not exactly what you had planned for this Monday morning but it’s a necessity. Sorry bud.

03/23/2025

Guess what today is? It’s National Puppy Day!! So let’s see those baby photos!! Here are a couple favorites of my crew as babies through the years.

03/10/2025

We are unaffected by this mornings fire, but please keep the employees and owners of our neighbors from Harvey Washbangers in your thoughts today and thank you CSFD for your hard work trying to put this out.

02/25/2025

If you spend much time watching videos on social media, you have probably seen a trend going around of groomers singing along to a song while blow drying dogs and then videoing the dog seemingly ‘singing along’ by attacking the air from the blow dryer. These videos might seem funny and harmless, like the dogs are enjoying participating in this activity, but promoting this behavior has other unseen consequences.

Grooming should be as stress free as possible on the dogs in our care and for the groomers handling them. Many dogs dislike loud noises, like dryers and vacuums, and when they haven’t been trained and desensitized to accept it and are scared of it they have two choices, they can fight it or run from it. When they can’t escape the threat, such as when they are restrained on a table or in a tub, their only other option is to fight and they do this by biting, barking and lunging at this perceived threat to their safety.

Allowing this is reinforcing the unwanted behavior leading to a dog that ultimately starts the barking and lunging and biting as soon as they see the dryer, making grooming mentally harder on them and any groomer who tries to work with them in the future, or even their owner if they try and dry them at home.

There are many ways we can make the drying process easier on the dogs, and therefore keep them calmer, and true professionals will choose these options long before setting up their phones to take a video of them deliberately antagonizing and stressing out the dogs they are trusted to care for just for social media clicks.

You don’t see dentists or doctors making videos of their patients who have anxiety making light of the situation just for laughs, so why is it ok to do it to our pets?

Groomers, do better by your clients, and pet owners, expect professionalism from your groomers.

02/18/2025

This is a great event for kids of all ages!

Help us get the word out! This event is open to any kids who are interested in learning about different dogs and pet careers but we are limited to only 30 participants. If you’ve got kids who’d like to participate please email us at: [email protected]

02/18/2025

There’s no reason for grooming to be a scary or stressful experience for dogs, in fact it should be enjoyable! Many things can help with that, from starting grooming as early as possible to keeping a consistent schedule of no more than 6 weeks between visits, and at times veterinary pharmaceutical prescriptions.

One thing that we like to utilize is what we call our Bribery Box. We have it stocked with various lick mats that we will put peanut butter or squeeze cheese or cream cheese on and attach to the tub walls or table arms or kennels to keep the dogs happy, distracted and after a time they begin to associate grooming with yummy rewards. Naturally we make sure the pups can have these tasty treats at drop off. We also use treats and string cheese, basically whatever works for each Individual dog.

One other thing in our Bribery box is a calming spray called DAP or dog adaptive pheromone, that we can mist on the beds in the kennels. DAP mimics a mother dog's natural nursing pheromones. When released into the environment, DAP reminds dogs of their mother's reassuring presence. This can reduce anxiety and trigger a sense of comfort.

We don’t just use these items though, we will also ask owners to help us out by bringing their dog’s favorite treats or toys with them to help the dogs stay calm relaxed and happy.

In short, we are not above bribing pups if it helps them stay happy while they’re with us.

02/14/2025

Mr Maverick has been coming to see us for a couple months now any this week he got his first big boy haircut! Enjoy his before bath, after fluff out, and all finished up pictures. He’s such a sweet guy and because his people were proactive and started professional visits early, Maverick was completely comfortable and relaxed for the entire process! So be like Mavericks humans and start those puppies early and bring them often, they will thank you later!

02/14/2025

How handsome is Mr Ember?! His mom keeps him all groomed up for the show ring so we just bathed and fluffed him up today. And guess what? We loved every minute of it!

02/13/2025

So excited to be highlighted here! This is the company I work with to teach pet cpr and first aid to pet owners and other pet professionals.