Big Blue Dog Spaw

03/19/2025

Miss Lola is ready for Easter 🐣 🐰

03/11/2025

Hey guys I have a second job on my days off now, so all texts will be returned this evening! I haven’t had time to get to very many since yesterday but I will get you all scheduled this evening!

03/03/2025

Thinking about getting a Doodle, Cockapoo or any Poodle mix? Have you been told they "don't need grooming until 1yrs old" or "coat maintenance is easy"?

*PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING piece written by a groomer..in the pic that's known as a pelted coat /Pelting. A dog’s fur gets so matted & tangled it will come off in one piece. It's outs tension on the skin, can damage the skin causing horrible infections and sometimes renders the dog helpless,unable to move and it can then cause fatality
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Poodle crosses (cockapoos, doodles, maltipoos etc.) are not "easy breeds" to maintain. The photo attached (shared from another groomer) shows how matting forms at the skin. By looking at this dog's top coat, you may not see the knots and you may not feel them as you would a knot on the ends of the fur but under that fluffy top layer this is going on. Once it starts its very difficult/ impossible to brush out... and even if you could it would be cruel to put the dog through it. Maintenance at home has to be more than a quick once over for these dogs if you want to keep them in that fluffy coat which was probably one of the reasons you chose a poodle cross in the first place. You really need to sit down with a brush and then a metal comb and make sure you can get it through the entire body at least 2 to 3 times a week.

I often feel like owners don't believe groomers when they say their dog has to be clipped very short. I always hear "I know he/she is matted, but leave as much as you can". You cannot clip through matting, you can only clip under it. As this photo shows, clipping under the matting means taking the coat back to the skin.
I promise you, your groomer really doesn't want to do this but they won't hurt your dog by putting it through dematting, they also don't want to hurt their reputation when the clients go around complaining about how the last groomer "scalped" their dog but there really is not any alternative. Instead of being angry with your groomer if they clip your dog very short please respect their commitment to do what is in your dog's best interest, accept responsibility for not having brushed your dog properly at home, and work with your groomer because, together, you can prevent this happening again. All groomers will be very happy to demonstrate a technique called line brushing which will help make your grooming at home more effective. Just ask! We all want owners to know how to do this

Poodle crosses are easily one of the highest maintenance dogs in reference to their coats. The combination of the soft coat they are mixing poodles with these days is a coat that is extremely prone to matting.

If you like a fluffy pup, you probably need to consider no more than 3-5 week intervals between grooming and set aside time for regular brushing AND combing at home.

Please know, if you bathe your poodle cross you really need to blow dry and brush out right after. Moisture, be it a bath, rain, swimming, snow etc are all going to make matting worse. If you know your dog is already matted-- bathing is only going to make it worse! Brush out before the bath.

Lastly "breeders" who say these dogs can't or shouldnt be clipped and not to give them a hair cut until they are one year old are misleading potential owners in order to sell$$$$ puppies and setting them up for a sad day when they finally take their pup to the groomer!!!

If this hasn't put you off buying one please schedule your puppy's first groom immediately after they've had their vaccinations and then be prepared to do the maintenance at home between regular professional grooms.

02/26/2025

Hey guys! It’s been a very rough winter on us here and I know it was on everyone! We are still trying to recoup our loss of income from it all! We had an extremely slow week last week as well due to the weather so it’s been one hit after another! Hopefully we have seen the end of it 🙏🏼🙏🏼 We appreciate everyone’s support through the rough time! But the weather is beautiful now and we are ready to get those puppies spring ready! We have openings this week still of you need in!! Can’t wait to see everyone!

02/01/2025

Hey guys! Please keep in mind that we do quote 3-4 hours for every single appointment! The 3 hour time is mostly for just baths and maybe small haircuts! If you have a doodle it will almost always be 4 hours-they take a long time to bath, dry and the haircut takes a long time! Regardless, we will text you when your babies are ready! If you haven’t heard from us after the 4 hour mark, feel free to text us to check! But always assume it’s going to be 4 hours! Thank you!

01/25/2025

So blessed to have amazing customers!

01/24/2025

Wanted to take a minute to say how much we appreciate all of you! After my post the other day, we got so many texts from you all wanting in! We are so thankful for all of the support and to know that you all truly care about us, beyond just us being your dog groomers. Running a business never gets easy, we are humbled all the time. We try our best to be flexible and easy to work with and know that we love your babies as we love our own and we love all of you for trusting us to take care of them. January is always a slower a month because we do so many during the holidays and we expect it to be slower but the winter storm and continuous icey cold weather has made it so much worse. We definitely understand not wanting to get out in it! Next year we will make sure we are more prepared financially for whatever winter wants throw at us. Thank you all so much for doing what you can to support us!

01/22/2025

Miss Penny ♥️♥️

01/22/2025

Miss Layla says there seems to be a break in the snow for a minute, get your grooming appointments in!! Text (859)684-2766! We have openings Friday and Saturday!

01/16/2025

Willie ♥️♥️♥️

01/16/2025

01/16/2025

For those of you who like to keep your doodles long and fluffy-here is a good example of what we can do in between grooms to keep them free from matting and in good shape for their next all over haircut! I’m no professional at filming so bare with me 🤪

01/16/2025

If you all could do us a huge favor and share our page or our other posts and recommend us to anyone you know who needs grooming-we would greatly appreciate it! This month is taking a huge toll on us, more than any other past years in January 😭😭😭
And as always, if you need in, text us ✌🏼✌🏼 Love you guys and appreciate you 💙

01/15/2025

Mr. Artemus ❄️🐶

01/08/2025

It’s going to be more than 2 at this point

01/05/2025

Hey all! Is everyone enjoying this beautiful weather we have going on? 😂 These 2 are nice and cozy in the house! Just giving an update that we do plan on being open Wednesday-Saturday this week. HOWEVER, if roads are still bad on Wednesday or the power is out by chance, we will change to Thursday-Sunday! Hope everyone stays safe and warm, see y’all soon!