The Village Groomer - Lawrence

03/25/2025

Congrats, Darcy!!! Darcy guessed the exact number of chicks we have on the farm 🐤

Congratulations to Darcy, who correctly guessed that we have 38 baby chickens right now! For guessing correctly, Darcy wins a dozen eggs from Meyers Acres 🥚🍳

03/24/2025

Win a carton of eggs! Comment on the original post on Meyers Acres page to participate 😊

WIN THIS CARTON OF EGGS!

The first person to guess closest to the number of chicks we have in our brooders right now, wins a dozen eggs 🥚🍳 Contest ends at 3:15 PM tomorrow!

Hint : Over 10, but under 50.

Winner can pick up eggs at either Meyers Acres or The Village Groomer - Lawrence, whichever is easier for you.

03/23/2025

Like this post if we should put one of these at the farm!

03/22/2025

Weekend vibes 🥰 That sunshine sure is tricky - it's still cold out there!

03/22/2025

Next month, The Village Groomer - Lawrence and Meyers Acres is proud to announce that during the month of April, we will be donating 5% of our sales and 5% of our tips to Autism Alliance of Michigan.

Did you know that both of our owner's are neurodivergent? It's true! There's a reason that we are able to hyper focus on small details like doggo haircuts, canine body language, scents, animal care, plant care, and more. Hyper fixating on a few different subjects is what we do best! While it might bother someone else to untangle a dogs matted hair for hours on end, to us... it is healthy stimming.

Sure, we do things a bit differently. We enjoy making dogs look fashionable, while sporting long hair ourselves, because haircuts REALLY overstimulate us. We put curtains up in the summer to shut out the bright sun, because the light bothers our eyes. Our salon does't usually smell like wet dogs, even though there's plenty of them around. We don't exactly follow social norms. We say hi to your dog before we say hi to you. We usually have jazz music going and we tap tap tap our fingers on our desks, tables, and tubs all day long. It might annoy some humans, but dogs really love us for who we are and the point of Autism Awareness in April is to educate people who may not understand and help to spread awareness.

So, today, we get to use our platform to tell the younger generation of neurodivergent people - We did it...and you can, too! Autism is nothing to hide, it's something to be PROUD OF. Go share it with the world! Some people aren't going to get it, but for every 1 person who doesn't get it, 10 people will see that your intentions are pure and your experience will be helpful for them.

In a world where the existence of inclusion is becoming increasingly challenged - we choose to promote acceptance, awareness, education, and tolerance. We love being different & everyone is welcome here. 🫶 We hope our clients, friends, and family will join us next month in promoting & supporting Autism Awareness. 🧩

https://autismallianceofmichigan.org/donate/

03/21/2025

Woah! We reached almost 21,000 people in the past month without running any advertisements. ❤️

In a town of less than 900 people, it is always a happy surprise when we see these kinds of numbers! Thank you for the support 🐾

03/21/2025

We saved a baby quail's life yesterday! We have decided to seperate it from the flock and keep it as a pet. It does chirp loudy, which we think is a crow. So, we named him Lucky! 🥰

03/17/2025

Beautiful Trixie ❤️ It's hard to believe that it's been 8 months today since Trig left and though we miss him every day, we know he would be happy to see how much we have enjoyed having Trixie around. She was the perfect dog at the perfect time and we adore having her in our family.

03/17/2025

Happy Monday 😅

Hiring help may have been a bad idea.

03/08/2025

Happy International Women's Day to all of the strong ladies out there! 😘💪🫶 - Kara

03/08/2025

We may have gone viral again (oops), and there is a ton of excitement about the farm and interest from potential buyers for our shop in Lawrence.

As a reminder to those who are new here, The Village Groomer - Lawrence is an established business and this move is an upgrade, not a set back. Currently, the demand for our services goes beyond the amount of clients we can keep on our books. At the moment, we book anywhere from 6 to 10 weeks in advance.

We do have a waiting list, with 5 people on it. If anyone would like to be added to the list, we are happy to do that, but want people to know that it could be a while before we can add you to our book of business. Full disclosure - we only lose about 3 to 4 clients per year, so there is a very good chance that those past #5 on our wait list would remain on the wait list until 2026.

Since we have NO BREED & no SIZE restrictions, we lock our doors during appointments. This is for the safety of the dogs we care for, as well as the safety of the general public. If you try to pull on the door and it doesn't open, please don't stand there and bang on the door until we respond. Yes, we know you can see us, and it's awkward for us, too. Read the sign on the door you are knocking on and then shoot us at a text or call at 269-364-0419.

03/06/2025

Where'd you go, Spring?

03/05/2025

For those who have asked us for the listing - here it is. It's a bitter sweet feeling, having our building on the market. Still, we are moving forward and are also feeling excited for the future!

Homes for sale: 117 N Paw Paw Street, Lawrence, MI 49064 (MLS #: 25007881) with -1 beds, 2.0 baths, 2614 sqft, and listed for $125000.

03/02/2025

It's a busy weekend! We are having fun with Buddy, a grooming and boarding client, who is enjoying his time running around on the farm with us this weekend.

02/27/2025

What an awesome "One year ago today" memory! A year ago today, we rescued this precious baby, trained her up, and found her a perfect forever home down in Florida with a US Marine who has spent every minute since then loving her. Tipsy is one of our proudest accomplishments so far in our business!

02/25/2025

Beginning March 1st, you may notice For Sale signs on our building in downtown Lawrence.

The building has very strong bones, built with beautiful old red bricks that helps to bring such a peaceful ambiance to the space. The downstairs commercial area contains a finished basement, break room, half bath, lean to, 2 office spaces, and a lobby. All drain pipes were updated to 3 inch drain pipes in 2021. A new hot water heater with emergency shut off switch was installed the same year. Though the building looks small from the front, don't let it fool you! This building is over 2,700 square feet.

Upstairs, you will find a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment. This apartment unfortunately housed someone who was squatting at the property who destroyed the apartment before we purchased it. We spent some time and money upstairs, but it has for the most part been gutted for the new owner to choose to do with it what they wish. We wish we could have had the time and resources to fix it up, but we know that someone else can bring the upstairs back to it's originally beauty fairly quickly. This building could be a great investment as a rental unit, with a rent estimate of $1,350 per month. The building itself is estimated to have a value of $168,000, however, we are asking $125,000.00, as we believe that is a fair price for the new owner to be able to rehab the apartment upstairs and still have equity after doing so. This would also be a phenomenal investment for a couple who could live upstairs and rent the downstairs, which would help pay for a huge chunk (if not all) of their mortgage.

For inquiries on the property, please contact our realtor, Jonathan Stowers, at https://jonathanstowers.com/

02/24/2025

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Our California Wonder Peppers have started sprouting in our grow room! Next week, we start germinating beans and some flower varieties. Instead of waiting for Spring, we get an early start by germinating the seeds indoors, then they will be placed into biodegradable pots and planted in their permanent (or semi permanent) spot on the farm.

We are excited for warmer weather and preparing for a great Spring and Summer on the farm!