The Village Groomer - Lawrence

04/25/2025

Oh, Hank ❤️😂 Such a charmer, look at that smile.

04/25/2025

😯 145,765 views this month. 😶 We honestly don't even know how this happened.

04/12/2025

Ginger says happy Saturday, everyone!

04/10/2025

*Very special announcement*

Last night, we accepted a cash offer on our building in Lawrence. We are beyond excited for this huge step for our business and our family. As always, our customers were at the forefront of our minds while negotiating this deal.

To ensure a smooth transition, Bruce proposed to the buyer that upon completion of the sale, we will become lease holders of the downstairs portion for 60 days following the sale. He also opted for a quick close of 14 days. This means that in 2 weeks, we will no longer own this building, even though we will still be conducting business in it for a few months. We have a total of 74 days from today's date to finish fully moving our operations and will allow us more time to build a perfect new site.

Things are well underway at the farm, with some supplies having already been delivered and more on the way. We have hired help, and everything is moving right along. We have been gradually completing steps towards opening, and we are now 74 days away from the full transition.

We are excited to take this journey with you and your pets, and we look forward to seeing you on the farm!

04/09/2025

Wellp. Merry Christmas, everybody. 🙄❄️⛄️

04/03/2025

Availability update:

We are currently booking into the 3rd week of May for all size Full Grooms, as well as for medium & large bath & blowouts. We do still have some room for small & extra small dogs in the beginning of May. As always, we can squeeze in stand alone nail trims. Our availability can be viewed online at www.villagegroomer269.com. To see if we can squeeze your dog or cat in for a nail trim, send a text at 269-364-0419. While we don't allow for clients to schedule Kara outside her hours online, she is often willing stay late for nail trims on certain days. This requires her to override the schedule, so these special exceptions must be requested via phone. 🐾 Thank you for your continued support ❤️🐾

The Village Groomer is a family-owned pet grooming salon in historic downtown Lawrence. Book online or call today!

03/29/2025

Dear clients -

As you drive through town today to drop off your pet for their grooming appointment, you may notice an unusually large amount of Amish people around town. While it is not unusual to see Amish around here, today will be different in that there will be many more than a typical day. As you may or may not have heard, there was a recent incident between a vehicle and an Amish buggy which claimed the life of a young Amish girl in our community. Today, Amish from all over have come to pay their respects. The Amish families around this area help our community in a wide variety of ways and have asked our community to not film them, to not publicize the event, and to allow for privacy as they bury their loved one. In turn, we ask that our clients refrain from taking any photos, videos, or from approaching these Amish individuals to ask them about what is occurring. We have provided context here so that no one will feel the need to approach and ask them, or take any photos. They are very welcoming people, but today is not the day to try to ask them about their lifestyle or religion. Today, we let them mourn in peace.

As we have in the past, we will continue to support the local Amish community by frequenting their feed stores and market. Our prayers are with the Yoder family during this sad and difficult time.

03/29/2025

Bruce is looking for a helper on the farm.🐥🫐 For information, please see his post below & follow Meyers Acres for more farm updates ❤️

Even though it is finally warming outside, it's a "chill" Saturday at The Village Groomer - Lawrence, with all small dogs today. Tomorrow? 3 Great Pyrenees! I love how dramatically different every day is as a dog groomer with no breed or size restrictions! 🐾 Have a great weekend, everyone!

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.