Sota Pup Grooming LLC

01/14/2025

This is extremely helpful information. When a new pup has been added to your household, establishing boundaries early on is key! It sets your pup up for success, not only at home, but with their groomer, veterinarian and even pet sitter.

01/07/2025

At Sota Pup Grooming, timely cancellation of your appointment is critical. When an appointment is missed or canceled last-minute, it disrupts our entire schedule, causing delays for other clients and potentially leaving our groomers with unproductive time. We work hard to accommodate everyone, and your cooperation is key in allowing us to provide quality care to all pets. Please understand that cancellations without sufficient notice may result in fees or difficulty securing future appointments. Your respect for our time helps ensure we can continue offering the best grooming experience for your pups. ❤️🐾🩵

01/05/2025

As we start 2025, we want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to all of our amazing customers at Sota Pup Grooming. Your continued trust and support have made 2024 truly unforgettable, and we feel so fortunate to be a part of your pets' lives. Thank you for allowing us the privilege of caring for your furry friends – we love seeing them look and feel their best! We are excited for the year ahead and look forward to many more grooming sessions with you and your beloved pets in 2025. Wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year! ❤️🐾🩵

12/13/2024

An unspeakable tragedy has struck the lives of fellow dog lovers. Emily and her husband Liam who own Transfurmation Training & Grooming in Cloquet lost everything in a house fire, including some of their beloved family pets. Let's help show our support by sharing their story and donating if you can. ❤️🐾🩵

Support Emily, Liam, and Their Son After a Devastating Loss Hi, I’m … Nikki S needs your support for Support Liam and Emily After a Devastating House Fire

12/13/2024

These pets and family need our prayers!! This family owns Transfurmation Training and Grooming in our neighboring town of Cloquet. The devastation is unimaginable. Let's keep them in our thoughts and prayers.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AqFkCv5Rf/

UPDATE: Sadly the Shepherd had to be euthanized. Her wounds were just too much 💔🌈 Fly high beautiful girl

UPDATE: Shepherd found

Lost Cloquet: 2 dogs. Lost during a bus fire. One dog and one cat were found deceased but more are missing. Family is hoping they were able to escape the fire. They are also looking for a volunteer drone pilot to check the property. 😥

- lost
- 1991 morhead rd
- 12/12/24
- 218-393-3304
- unknown about collars but chipped
- hopefully some where near the property

11/24/2024

Christmas is 4 weeks away. Who would like to snag our last few appointments? Will open these up to new clients as well.
🎅🐾🌲

10/23/2024

Jamie had two last-minute cancelations for tomorrow, Thursday, October 24th. Who wants to take advantage of a rare opportunity?

06/04/2024

Hello, all of you wonderful Sota Pup Grooming followers! Our schedules are busier than ever. Thank you for all the referrals and repeat visitors, we appreciate you more than you know! Our availability is few and far between for the summer, even with not currently accepting new clients. If your pup has been to see us in the past but does NOT currently have a future appointment booked, our soonest availability is in September.
We are also requiring those who want to be able to visit us for future appointments that you rebook your pup(s) next visit(s) before leaving. If this isn't something that you're able to do, regretfully, we can not guarantee we will be able to accommodate you in the future. This is solely due to the very limited availability that we currently have.
Again, we thank you all immensely for your continued support and understanding!!
❤️🐾🩵

04/23/2024

🚨Heads up, we are scheduling July appointments! 🚨
We HIGHLY recommend having 2-3 appointments booked on our schedule for your pup. Especially if you prefer, or we recommend, a certain interval between visits.
That said, we have regretfully closed our books for new clients for the time being. We just don't have the availability to accommodate everyone in a timely manner. We hope to revisit this decision in the near future. If you'd like to be added to our waitlist for if/when we can accommodate additional pups, please reach out here on Facebook or by calling/text 218-900-7432
We appreciate you all! 🩵🐾❤️

03/28/2024

Kona got a nice tight spring trim up today 😍

Groomed by Jamie

03/14/2024

Kona came for a visit today. She may not look as fluffy or "finished" as some of the pictures we post, but here's why. Kona has been coming to see us for her grooming for over a year. She started off her first visit with us accepting everything in stride. She was a little nervous about the bathing and drying portion of her visit. Nothing out of the ordinary as it is quite common for pups to feel nervous or unsure of certain aspects of the grooming process.
She has been kept on a set schedule since coming to us. However, each time Kona would come for her visits, she was getting increasingly more anxious about the bathing process. Ultimately, we decided that her mom would bathe her at home before coming to us. This decision was made for Kona's comfort and to ease her anxiety, as well as for her safety. You see, she was soooo worried about the bath that we were afraid she would harm herself in an effort to evade the bathtub.
Today was her second visit with mom bathing at home prior to her arrival. She comes to us freshly washed (mom has no issues doing this at home), and then we proceed with giving her a haircut. She is wonderful for the entire process of the haircut portion, even giving some kisses.
As pictured today, we decided to have Kona sit calmly in the tub. No agenda other than for her to just sit in there and see that it's not a place to be nervous. She did really well for that, so we decided to let the water run a bit. This is where her anxiety started to emerge slightly. We talked calmly to her while placing a hand on her for comfort. Once settled, we turned off the water and praised her. We let her out of the tub as she did great with the reintroduction.
We aren't sure why she had gotten so anxious over time about the bath. She was never hurt or mistreated. It was just something she started to fear. To ease that, we had to adjust our approach with her visits and focus on her comfort far more than her style. Today was a HUGE success for her. We hope to build off of today's visit when she comes back to see us at her next appointment.
Good girl, Kona!!!

I decided to share Kona's struggles because the grooming process can be an emotional rollercoaster for some pets. Sometimes, they accept the process wonderfully, and other times, their worries and fears take over (much like humans). The comfort of the pets in our care is of the utmost importance. If we feel a pet is struggling to accept any portion of their visit, we will adjust accordingly just like we did for Kona and have done for others as well. 🩵🐾❤️

02/20/2024

With the warmer weather, we have entered our springtime rush. We only have four appointments available from now until the end of March. Here's the availability:
March 18th at 12:00 and 12:30
March 26th at 9:00
March 28th at 11:30.
These appointments are suited best for pups 30 and under. If you have a larger pup, we are booking into mid-April. We'd love to get your pup on our schedule. Let us know if we can help. Call/text 218-900-7432 or send a message via Facebook. 🩵🐾❤️

01/16/2024

🚨ATTENTION🚨
Hello, wonderful clients and followers. We want to inform everyone of a few important notes. We will now be closed on Fridays for the remainder of the year. Monday-Thursday, we are open by appointment only. We ask that if you're unable to make your scheduled appointment that you give us at least a 24-hour notice. This helps us to be able to fill that appointment with someone else who may be waiting to get in.
Most importantly, with the closure of a nearby salon and another who is no longer accepting new clients, we HIGHLY suggest booking at least 2 appointments at a time for your pup. This gives a little more flexibility for available days/times and ensures that your pup will have a spot for their desired time frame.
We are still accepting new clients for the time being, but we anticipate our schedules filling up quickly. With that said, we do have a few available appointments scattered in the coming weeks, depending on the size of your pup. If you have a large pup or extremely hairy pup or multiple pups, we suggest giving us a call to get on the schedule as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you all! ❤️🐾🩵

01/11/2024

PJ is the reason that the local community now has PJ's Rescue to help dogs in need, near and far. What a great way to honor his legacy. Godspeed to a wonderful soul who is departing us far too soon! We love you PJ! ❤️

PJ Update:

It's with a heavy heart that we share an update about our beloved PJ. A few weeks ago, PJ was diagnosed with cancer. He has a sizeable amount throughout his body along with a large mass on his spleen.

In that time, his family has spent as much quality time with him as possible and made the difficult decision to not pursue surgery as it would only give him a few extra weeks. Those weeks would most likely not be comfortable for him and his quality of life is something his family has always put first. As the cancer has grown and his body has weakened, his family feels that his final day is drawing near.

To honor PJ and his legacy, we have decided to create 'PJ's Corner'. Animals in PJ's Corner are those that truly tug at our heart strings and are in need of the most assistance before they find their furever homes. Funds raised for PJ's Corner will provide more than the basic comforts of home to enhance their recovery and rehabilitation.

PJ's Corner is a reminder that we all need "someone in our corner" and to extend a helping hand to those who need it most. Most of all, PJ's Corner will continue to honor the gentle, loving pup who started it all. 🩵

12/28/2023

2023 has come to a close for us, as we take the last few days off to rest up for 2024.
What a great year we have had! Largely in part to our WONDERFUL customers and their adorable pups. Without all of you, we wouldn't be able to do what we love! Thank you for entrusting us with your furry family members, we truly appreciate you all!
Another shout out to our wonderful employees, Jamie and Lilli. You gals do great work and help Sota Pup grow and run like clockwork. Thank you ladies!
I also want to recognize and thank a few fellow Groomers/friends. Thank you Diva Dog Duluth and Transfurmation Training & Grooming for sending us referrals when your books were full. We appreciate you! Also, we want to thank Brenda Nelson with Brenda's Paw Spa and Erin Boo with Riley Rue Grooming. With the closure of your salons this year, we are humbled and grateful you thought of us to continue care for your valued customers. We strive to provide the same level of style and care your clients deserve. It sure is a great feeling knowing others in the industry trust us with their long time customers, thank you!
Here's to a great year, we couldn't have asked for it to be any better. THANK YOU ALL!
We look forward to what 2024 has to offer. Have a safe and Happy New Year! 🩵🐾❤️

12/20/2023

Ellie is all smiles about the holiday season!

12/12/2023

A few more pups are ready for the holidays!