Mann's Best Friends Pet Grooming

12/09/2023

Please keep your eyes open. Sherry van Matre is missing her pups.

08/30/2023

I wanted to give an update. Baby Boy made his appearance on Sunday August 28. He is healthy and we are finally home this evening. I will be updating and scheduling appointments as soon as I feel ready enough. Thank you to everyone who has reached out in the meantime asking how baby and I were doing.

I am absolutely in love with our new little dog groomer in training and can’t get enough of him.

08/08/2023

I have a few appointments available before I take time off for maternity leave, text to schedule your appointments for this week or next. From next week on will be a day by day basis.

I will be grooming until I can’t.

04/10/2023

Everyone meet Floyd!

I had the pleasure of grooming this sweet boy today and let me just tell you…he is a dream dog. The moment he was out of the kennel he was prancing around, the minute we got into the car he went crazy happy with kisses and melted into me then promptly got in the back seat. He was a little shy for the start of his groom but by the end he was acting like a pro.

He will make a great addition to any family that gets him

Humane Society of Yuma

11/18/2022

Are you thinking of adding to your family? Before you do please think about this

These two handsome devils are Scout & Tracker (left to right) and they are littermates. The boys are 10 mos old and both are wildly smart and very, very bonded. Their parents called me in because the boys have been getting into fights pretty often and they have a host of anxiety and over-excitement issues.

After a couple of sessions, it has become clear that the boys have fallen into a condition known as “littermate syndrome”. While not all siblings fall prey to littermate syndrome, the risk of it happening causes trainers and responsible breeders to recommend against bringing home littermates.

Littermate syndrome causes canine siblings to have an intense, dysfunctional and often stress-inducing bond that results in separation anxiety when out of each other’s sight, intense over-excitement that leads to fighting, difficulty bonding with humans or other dogs, and generalized severe anxiety. In most cases, the best solution is to re-home one of the dogs. Once separated, the dogs can decompress into a healthier existence that frees them to bond with humans and other dogs, and alleviates the anxiety that being with their sibling created.

Before making the decision to re-home one of the boys, we will explore rehab potential by training the boys separately, keeping them apart strategically to help address separation anxiety, and more. This is going to be a serious challenge. Stay tuned.

10/16/2022

Thank you everyone who has been patient with me during this difficult time. I will be closed tomorrow and will be back in on Tuesday.