Barks & Recreation

10/09/2025

10/09/2025

🐾 We’ve got a few last-minute openings! 🐾

Does your pup need a fresh groom, deshed, or just a little nail trim TLC? ✂️🛁
We’ve got space over the next few days and our team is ready to pamper your best friend!

📞 Call us at 847-986-6285 or 📩 DM us to grab your spot before they’re gone.
Your pups deserve to look (and smell!) their best — we’re here for all your grooming needs at Barks & Recreations 💕🐶

10/08/2025

Hey everyone! 🐾💖

It’s been a while — life’s been busy, but here’s a much-needed update from our four-legged royalty. Feast your eyes on these happy, groomed, and utterly pampered pups!

From fluffy haircuts to spa days, baths, bows, and belly rubs—these little (and not-so-little) cuties have been living their best lives.

09/17/2025

🌈💔 This week, we lost a very special member of our Barks & Recs family. Hutson Kaether suddenly passed, and our hearts are truly broken.

Hutson was the antithesis of a “standard” poodle — he was extraordinary. Smart, kind, gentle, and endlessly loyal to his person, Todd. Watching their bond was a gift to all of us at the shop, and we will miss his presence more than words can say.

To Todd and the Kaether family, please know that our love and deepest sympathies are with you. We grieve alongside you and honor the beautiful soul that Hutson was.

Run free, sweet Hutson. You will always be part of our family. 🐾❤️

09/12/2025

🐾✨ We’re so excited to be a vendor at Doggy Day Out this year! ✨🐾

📅 Saturday, September 13 | 11am–1pm
📍 Right outside the library

Bring your pups for a tail-wagging good time filled with:
🐶 Meeting fellow dog lovers
🛍️ Shopping local pet vendors (like us!)
🌮 Delicious eats from Doña Amadas Taqueria
💛 Fun, community, and LOTS of happy pups!

Stop by the Barks and Recreations booth—we can’t wait to see our friends (and make new ones) at this pawsome event. 🐕🐾

Who’s bringing their four-legged bestie? Drop a 🐶 in the comments if we’ll see you there!

09/11/2025

🐾✨ Countdown to Doggy Day Out! ✨🐾

This Saturday, Sept. 13 | 11am–1pm we’ll be out front of the library (doing free nail trims) with tons of amazing local pet vendors, yummy food from Doña Amadas Taqueria, and of course—ALL the pups! 🐶💛

Come say hi to the Barks and Recreations crew and join us for a tail-wagging good time. Who’s bringing their doggo? 🐕 Drop their name in the comments!

09/11/2025

We’re still playing catch-up with all these fabulous grooms… turns out when you’re busy making pups look this good, the photos pile up! 🐾📸

From fluffy to fancy, scruffy to smooth—we’ve had a blast transforming these cuties. We really do have the best job ever, and we’re so lucky to share it with our B&R family. 💕🐶

Get ready for a tail-wagging photo dump of pure doggy glow-ups! ✨🐾

09/09/2025

🐾✨ We’re back on your feed! ✨🐾

We know it’s been a little while since our last post — we’ve been busy with some technology upgrades at the shop to keep everything running smoother for you and your pups. Thanks so much for checking in and sticking with us! 💻🐶❤️

Now that we’re back, let’s brighten up your day with some of our perfectly pampered, freshly groomed four-legged friends. 🛁✂️🐾

📸 Enjoy the cuteness overload below — and don’t forget to give your favorites some love in the comments!

08/12/2025

✨ Starting the week off with fresh looks and happy tails! ✨
Come by and see us this week — our team is ready to get your pups looking and feeling their best. 🐾✂️

📚 Back-to-school is right around the corner, so now’s the perfect time to get in before the bell rings! Call us today to grab your spot.