Majestic WOOF Lodge

03/10/2025

This beautiful 🤩 GSP living in my dryer is looking a furever home. Such a sweet boy that needs a loving family.🥰 the whole rest of the crew had a blast this weekend!

03/07/2025

Little overcast headed into the weekend, but these dogs are all about the fun!

03/06/2025

Adventures of Kaos…. Previously banned, but somehow found.

03/05/2025

Who does everyone have their dumpster service through? I’m looking for maybe 4 yard container for now.

03/04/2025

Get your babies booked now and avoid this hot mess!

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.

03/04/2025

Big things happening at the lodge! 🐾🐾

03/04/2025

Adventures of Kaos ….I stole this raisin bread fair and square off the very back corner of the counter🐾🤦‍♀️

It is now buried outside in the corner of the house safely for later 🤣

03/03/2025

This dude is going in for the snip tomorrow✂️
Let’s get him a forever home after his ❤️‍🩹

03/02/2025

I can’t tell what is more fantastic on this Saturday night, Mother Natures show, or the fur babies!

03/01/2025

Sometimes it feels like one of those days! Enjoy your sunny Saturday, everyone🐾🐾

03/01/2025

Friday night fun time!
Get your fur baby staycation reservations for your next vacation🐾🐾

02/28/2025

Looking for a local electrician to partner with. I’ve got a lot of work to do putting in a main panel and runs to the dock diving pool with probably a subpanel to run lights to the agility area and pond plus some camper spaces.

New service running down to my barn with everything in place to the barn exterior. All work permitted, tagged and inspected.

Work will be ongoing. Reach out if you’re interested in coming out to discuss with me!

02/28/2025

Before This pile gets burned does anyone want some wood?

Probably be pulling out some of the largest logs for places to sit on as I put together the dock diving pool and agility course.

Reach out let me know when you wanna come !

02/27/2025

Kaos is looking for an Owner! Stray I’ve been fostering and getting UTD on shots! neuter scheduled for Monday. You can see he loves road trips in the 18 wheeler 🚛 and people!

02/22/2025

Thank you 🌞 These freezing, icy conditions are about to be gone! Commence outside playtime!
This babies first time being in kenneled with her siblings and she’s doing great!

02/20/2025

Snow day❄️
Jax needs a snow buddy! For all you heading out skiing tomorrow, I’m so jealous!

02/19/2025

The lesser of the 2 evils 🐾 don’t mind me having fun, but can we go in now?

02/19/2025

I’m glad somebody’s finally looking to figure out who stole my Eagles flag!

Stay safe, everybody