PrimPups Dog Salon

01/01/2025

✨HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 🥂✨

What a crazy year 2024 was for all of us at PrimPups!
2,113 dogs total were groomed this year! How incredible! We are excited to see what 2025 has in store!

12/25/2024

🎄Merry Christmas to all of our Fluffy friends and their families! 🎄

12/23/2024

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12/17/2024

💚♥️The Holiday Season has been in full swing at the Salon! 💚♥️

You may experience longer wait times for pickup since we have our schedules booked at full capacity.

We appreciate your patience and understanding! It is always our goal to make sure every pup has a comfortable, stress-free spa day and not rushing the process helps immensely!

11/16/2024

Do I smell cookies?! 🍪

For the holiday season PrimPups is sweetening up the Spa package!

This package includes:
✨Sugar Cookie Shampoo and Conditioner
✨Teeth Brushing
✨Nail trimming and Filing
✨Paw Moisturizing Balm
✨Sugar Cookie Cologne
✨Silky Holiday Bandana

🎄Add on to any basic bath or groom package to pamper your pup a little extra this season! 🎄

♦️Small+ $15♦️Medium +$20♦️Large +$25♦️

(Available while supplies last, cannot be included with shed-less packages)

11/06/2024

Some Before and Afters! Miss Bailey working a 1/2" comb 🎀 and Sir Ollie in 3/4" looking like the most Dapper gentleman 🎩

11/04/2024

What the FluFf!?
Pet groomers often get asked "Do you know how to groom 'insert breed'?"

I'd love to talk about one of the most common ones we see!

✨DOODLES!✨
For years they've been around, they're coming in every size, with so many different coat types and textures! With such a wide range of combinations, you never quite know the type of coat you'll be working with. We see doodles with those tight poodle curls, doodles with straight coat, doodles with wire coat, and doodles with double coats.

My goal for my doodlers is to give them a style that is cute but REALISTIC for their lifestyle. I say realistic because who really has the time to brush and comb a dog for hours every day after work? If you do WONDERFUL!

How long you leave your pup, no matter what breed they are, is dependent on a few factors

Home Maintaince
Budget
Lifestyle
Coat type
-just to name a few-

I'm a mom with 4 kids and I'd be lying if I said I brushed my dogs every day. Heck, even if I said every week. It's the last thing I think about doing once I get the kids home after a long day at work and running around for sports. Because of this I keep my poodle in about 5/8" guard comb length all over. It's enough fluff so he's cute, but short enough that I don't have to brush on a daily basis. I'm doing my boy about once a month to every 6 weeks if he's not out rolling in the yard.

I find that this length also works wonderful for a lot of my clients. I know we all love that really fluffy teddy bear look, but are we being realistic with how much we would like brush and comb them? Is your family keeping you busy and fluffy is looking like a character from the muppets? Or worse, are they getting matted? The longer you leave your dogs coat means you'll be brushing more, bringing to the salon more and because there is more coat to wash, dry, brush and trim it will cost more. My clients who are getting 1/2" or longer come every 3, 4, 5 and 6 weeks to help with upkeep and maintaining their coats just for an example.

I think this is all important to remember as we go into the colder months. We usually leave more hair on our pets so they're not freezing in the snow, and then we push their appointments out farther thinking that snow=clean dog when really they're needing to come in sooner to prevent any matting from getting wet from the snow. Especially those with the curlier coat type. My pup comes in with those snow clumps because he loves to hide his toys in the snow and dig for them 😂

I hope that some find this information helpful when trying to figure out what look works best for your Doodle. Sometimes it can take a couple of times to really fine tune the look you want, but keeping that open communication with their groomer is so important and helpful! It's great when owners and groomers work as team towards the same goal! Having a cute clean happy pup!

Caspian's before and after is pictured below 💜
He's sporting the 5/8" guard comb on his body with 1inch guard comb on his head to keep that cute doodle face!

10/18/2024

💜 Big and small Sumer bathes them all!💜 we appreciate hearing such wonderful feedback about our services!

10/15/2024

💜Forever Home Wanted💜

Rescued from a puppy mill, this sweet boy is currently being fostered and waiting for someone to love and spoil him

He is currently known as ‘Poppy’.
Poppy is a 4 year old, neutered male
Who does well with cats and dogs of all sizes!
His good nature will make him such a good companion! His foster Mommy says he’s an absolute cutie pie!!

For more information on Poppy or if you’re interested in giving this cutie a forever loving home you can contact Tails Humane Society at (815)-758-2457.

10/14/2024

We have an Opening at 12:30 tomorrow (Tuesday 10/15) w/Angela for a small/medium dog. First come first serve!

10/07/2024

Give us a call at 815-977-3148 to schedule for a bath and/or shed-less treatment!

09/29/2024

Mckenzie the OES (Old English Sheepdog) came in for some pampering this week! Isn't she gorgeous!? She's still just a pup and still learning the ways of the grooming process. She just wants to give kisses the whole time 💜💜

09/25/2024

💜Mikayla💜has openings for bath and de-sheds!!
Thursday 8:30 & 9:30am
Friday 11:00am, 12:00 and 12:30pm!

🐾Shoot us a message with your phone number and the day/time you'd like and we will call to get you set up! 🐾

09/17/2024

Wrigley the Springer Spaniel was a happy boy today! 💜

09/14/2024

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