Pooch Parlor Pet Grooming

01/13/2024

How much love and beauty in a single photograph❤️

12/27/2023

A friend tagged me in this. It touched my heart🐾♥️🐾
“A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.
When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'
'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.

Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.
Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up'.The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveller asked.
'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.

'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in..'
'How about my friend here?' the traveller gestured to the dog.
There should be a bowl by the pump.'

They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveller filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.
When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.

'What do you call this place?' the traveller asked.
This is Heaven,' he answered.
'Well, that's confusing,' the traveller said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'

'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'
'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'
'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'" Dogs are family ❤

~Anonymous Author and Artwork

11/05/2023

Had to share this with everyone just in case. We personally don’t use these in our home, but wanted to let everyone know in case any of you do or might in the future as I would have never thought of them making the furkids uncomfortable 😣

PSA: We adopted our dog, Rowdy, from the shelter 5 years ago. He was already an adult dog, so we estimate he is about 11 or 12 years old at this point. I love this dog. He is the sweetest soul and my BFF. For the past week or so he hasn’t been acting like himself. He licked a raw spot on his foot. He was panting constantly. He was pacing. Sunday morning, the pacing and panting got so bad, and I was REALLY nervous that there was something seriously wrong with him. For 45 minutes, he panted like crazy and constantly paced back and forth. He was keeping his tail tucked down all the time. His ears were pinned back. He would not settle down and he wouldn’t eat. We tried everything. I ended up giving him a trazadone that he takes sometimes when he goes to the groomer. It seemed to take a little bit of the edge off, but not much. He still wouldn’t eat and still wouldn’t settle. I took off work on Monday so I could take him to the vet. We did bloodwork and x-rays. Knowing he is a senior dog, I was trying to prepare myself for the worst case scenario. I was glad to see his bloodwork was great except for some elevated liver enzymes. The x-rays showed he was a little backed up but no major issues. He got an anti-nausea injection and some Gabapentin to help with some tenderness in his back and to hopefully help keep him calm. When we got home, he was ok for a little bit, but eventually started pacing and panting again. We walked around the neighborhood for a long time and he used the bathroom a lot. He seemed pretty happy about that and was in good spirits until we got home and he refused to come back in the house. Every time I took him out that evening, he would hunker down like he didn’t want to come back in the house. When my vet called and I gave her the update, she suggested there may be some new electronic device in the house that was emitting a high frequency noise that is hurting his ears. We had just put new smart outlets in the house about a week ago. His pacing and panting were worse when the lamps were on, so I unplugged all the smart outlets. He stopped panting, stopped pacing, and ate his food. His tail was even up and wagging again. When I plugged the smart outlets all back in and asked Alexa to turn on the lamps, he immediately started panting and pacing again. My husband used an app to test the frequency of the smart outlets. It was off the charts. We've left the outlets unplugged for two days and have confirmed that it is definitely the smart outlets that are causing his stress and discomfort. He's back to being a totally normal dog now. I really thought this was the end for Rowdy based on the way he was acting. I am so thankful for Dr. Newell at BoonesCreek AnimalHospital for figuring out this simple solution. If your pets are exhibiting similar symptoms, you may want to consider checking your electronics first. I cannot express how relieved I am that he is ok now. 😭♥️🐶

10/24/2023

Hey guys. I did not get through the whole video so I don’t know about everything he’s discussing but I do know the first third of it I got through this evening did cover some of the preservatives and fillers those of you that asked me about dog foods over the years should try to avoid. I am far from knowing everything about all the foods and am continually learning but thought this was worth sharing with you. We all want what’s best for our furbabies🐶❤️🐾

10/09/2023

Always be sure to use caution. We never left collars or tags on the fur pups in the kennels either. Not worth the risk of them getting caught on something and getting hurt 🙁

10/09/2023

🤭This made us chuckle so had to share it.🙊
Angus & Kira & I miss you and yours. Hope this week is wonderful for you all. 🐾🐾👋🏻

10/08/2023

So true

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10/08/2023

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10/08/2023

I know most, if not all, of us do this ❤️🐾

09/15/2023

Well it's official. We closed on the building today so Pooch Parlor Pet Grooming is no more. The only good thing I can say right now is that it will be leased to another groomer and he will be keeping the same phone number as I had for 20 years. Here's hoping he continues the quality of care the furbabies who have come there have grown to expect and deserve. 🐾🐾PAWS CROSSED 🐾🐾

Although I have not met him in person, Marley & Lenny's mom was instrumental in this whole thing and she believes he appears to care about the well-being of the animals he will be meeting. Just remember this, you all gave me a chance once too 🤗

09/14/2023

Thought I would give everyone a little laugh.

I have been going through my FaceBook account and trying to clean some stuff up. I saw this for sale on a Garage Sale board and stopped immediately thinking how cute it would be for an amazing backdrop for the furbaby pictures. Clearly my brain hasn’t figured out yet than we are no longer looking for unique items to get cool pictures of your kids I got to groom.

Just thought I would share this to show anyone who thinks I have forgotten you guys, Not even Close! 😢 I miss you all more than you will ever know ❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️

08/21/2023

That face 🥰🐾🐶👅❤️

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08/19/2023

Sounds about right 😂

08/19/2023

This states it perfectly! Every second rose comes with some baggage from their former lives. Given a chance and time to adapt, they become the best furbabies ever because they know they got that second chance and will live you even more for that 😍🥰

08/18/2023

Always 🐾❤️🐶👅

08/14/2023

08/11/2023

Anyone from the Pooch Parlor family looking to add a new furbaby to their family?

08/11/2023

Haven’t forgotten any of my furbaby friends nor their moms and daddys 😘

07/30/2023

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Sun Gazing

07/29/2023

TGIF

07/29/2023

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07/27/2023

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07/27/2023

I sure hope so 🙏❤️🐾🐶👅

I do so pray the rainbow bridge is for real and my Budderick is there watching and waiting for me!
~ lis

07/27/2023

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07/27/2023

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