PrimPups Dog Salon

04/09/2025

Some bunny wants to tell you PrimPups has some available appointments before Easter! 🐰🌼

We're egg-cited to receive your call at 815-977-3148💜

03/22/2025

Welcome to the PrimPups Pack Paule!
We are so glad to have such a paw-some addition to our salon! 💜
Interested in getting your pup in! Give us a call at 815-977-3148. 🐕

03/03/2025

If your fluffy friend is in need of a bath or haircut, Sumer and Bre have availability Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week!
Call to book @ 815-977-3148

03/01/2025

I am immensely proud of the team at PrimPups! Today, we successfully hosted a Canine CPR and First Aid certification class for our local groomers.

Ensuring the safety of pets should always be our foremost priority. We were delighted to assist other local salons in obtaining their certification, which will enable them to provide enhanced care for pets in their communities. A special thank you to Paws on State Pet Salon in Belvidere, Downtown Hound in Beloit, and A Canine Creation in Winnebago for their participation. Together, we can make a meaningful impact for our furry companions!

02/25/2025

We know your yards are MUDDY! For your convenience we've now added ONLINE BOOKING!

02/22/2025

02/22/2025

02/20/2025

02/16/2025

🌼🐾 March is just around the corner, and you know what that means—spring is coming! 🌞🌱 As the snow melts away and the mud starts to come out, it’s the perfect time to think about your pup’s grooming needs!

Don’t let your furry friend get all muddy and messy. Prebook their grooming appointment now to ensure they’re looking fresh and fabulous for all those spring adventures! 🐶💦✂️

Let’s get those pups cleaned up and ready to enjoy the warmer days ahead! Message us to secure your spot before the rush! 🐕❤️

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!