Dapper Dog Grooming

Almost 2 weeks post-op.... healing hasn't been as quick as I planned, but I am getting there!!! I am also fully aware that my expectations are not from a place of patience for these things... I don't do well with physical restriction... haha! I did get the BEST news at my follow-up appointment this week.... pathology reports are CLEAR, and that "C" word is no longer a dark cloud of discussion in my current medical journey!!! 🙏🏼😁

I will soon be closing out this page, and creating a new version that reflects my joining Dolly Dog Co. , which has been a bit of roller-coaster for ALL of us, but now that the medical stuff is behind me, will start smoothing out. It's been a WONDERFUL decision, and I am loving it on every level!!

Please get your PawPartner profiles created, appointments requested, and scheduled out ASAP... we are a very busy salon, and my books are filling FAST!! You can request appointments by calling the salon, or through the portal and web pages.

307-337-7546

https://pawpartner.com/dolly-dog-co

https://www.dollydogco.com/

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What a crazy couple weeks, or months, it's been! The moving, merging, and surgery definitely tested me in many ways, but I am on the mend and so very ready to regain a little routine and normalcy. We all know that MY normal is always a little bit of a roller coaster, but just gonna keep rolling in my sparkly little dumpster, haha!!
I will be back in the salon Monday, on a lighter schedule for a week or two, but ready to open the floodgates and start filling my books again. Going forward, I am asking that you utilize the Dolly Dog system.... business phone and PawPartner client portal. I know many of you are needing appointments very soon, and we have a never-ending new client and cancelation list that I will be pulling off of. It is EXTREMELY IMPERATIVE that you get your doggos scheduled as soon as possible, and keep future appointments booked.

To schedule:

Call Dolly Dog Co., or go online, and request an appointment with me. You will either be given an available time, or one of the gals will take your info and add you to my appointment list. You MUST create/complete your PawPartner client profile, if you haven't already, and confirm your reservation within 24 hours, or the timeslot will expire and become available to other clients. I know there have been A LOT of changes, but the PawPartner system is pretty easy, and ensures much more efficient communication... and that messages dont get buried in my personal phone.

Please also remember:
✨️ Appointments do take longer. Typically, 3 to 4 hours... sometimes less, sometimes more. Depends on your dog, depends on the day. Unexpected delays happen... like broken gas lines, power outages, dogs needing breaks throughout the process, us groomers needing breaks or sustenance. We try our best to be as quick and efficient as possible, but rushed grooming just isn't safe, or enjoyable, for your doggos or us.

✨️ I am now an employee, and pricing is set by the company. Cost of services, additional fees, and add-ons are posted on Dolly's website, and in the salon.

✨️ Accepted payments are cash, credit, debit. No checks, no Venmo.

✨️ Proof of current rabies vaccination is legally required to provide service.

So far, being at Dolly has been a tremendously awesome change for me, and our floofy friends are loving it, too!! I will be starting to phase out tending to the Dapper Dog business page, and create a new Dolly Dog page. Hopefully, this will eliminate some of the confusion.
Thank you all for your patience, support, and genuine care and concern these past few months. Everything should start smoothing out now, and get easier for all us!! ✨️💕🐶💕✨️

✨️ Dolly Dog Co. Phone: 307-337-7546

✨️ Website: https://www.dollydogco.com/

✨️ PawPartner Portal: https://pawpartner.com/dolly-dog-co

dollydogco.com Welcome to Dolly Dog Co. Where Every Pet is Groomed Like Royalty! At Dolly Dog Co., we believe grooming should be a positive, stress-free experience for every pet. With over 20 years of combined expertise and a passion for pampering pets, we offer personalized grooming services tailored to your

Surgery went well... home and VERY ready for a little snack and a nap. Gertrude the Hitchhiker is GONE and headed to pathology for more thorough testing. My son and youngest daughter are taking their "Babysitter and Nursing Duties" quite seriously... I've already been scolded a couple times and told to park my carcass in bed for a bit.
Thank you for all the love, prayers, and well-wishes... not quite in a place to respond individually, but appreciate every message greatly. Gonna be a bit ouchy for a few days, but on the road to recovery!
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Well, my Dapper-Dolly family... tomorrow is surgery day. I am fully moved into the new house, settled enough to ride out the next few days, and only have a little cleaning and painting left at the old house. Hoping to get that knocked out today.
To say this past week has been a little chaotic is an understatement. I've had multiple pre-op appointments throughout the week, and a procedure done Thursday, in which they implanted an RFID device to guide tomorrow's surgery. Having to power through moving after that was pretty rough, but I had enough help to get it knocked out in less than 3 days!
I will likely be off work the entirety of this next week. Actually, I was kinda TOLD that I wouldn't be allowed to even *try* and schedule any dogs... cause most all of you know I was going to. Have I mentioned that my Dolly Family is the BEST?!? 🤣🥰Hoping to be good as new, rested up, and back to a full schedule at Dolly next Monday, the 9th. We will have my scheduling link turned on soon, and you can FINALLY return to booking online. It is IMPERATIVE that you reserve appointments in advance, and it is highly suggested to book out several appointments. Now that I am in a much busier salon environment, last minute appointments will be few and far between, we have a new client and cancelation list that never ends.
As always, thank you for your patience as I have navigated some pretty overwhelming changes and surprises the past couple months. Your kindness, words of encouragement, and offers to help have overwhelmed me in the best of ways. I've been too busy to worry much, but my nerves for tomorrow are definitely kicking in. I have a GREAT medical team and know I am in good hands. Hoping that, after tomorrow and a few follow-up appointments, I can just put this "medical inconvenience" behind me and move forward with much more lightness and a lot less stress.
Some of you have asked if you can provide meals or have deliveries made post surgery. I am choosing to keep my address private in order to enjoy some much-needed and long-anticipated separation between work and home. I will arrange for someone to pick up items at the salon, 2109 E 12th St. I will also provide updates following tomorrow's procedure as soon as I can. Again... the love, support, and prayers have been deeply felt and appreciated. So many of you have become FAR more than clients, a true extended family, and my gratitude is endless.
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Not something most people would actually be excited for, but I had my consultation today, and surgery is scheduled for this coming Monday!! I will spend the rest of the week moving, get rid of my unwanted hitchhiker Monday, recover for a couple days, and be good as new!!!
We have not opened my online booking link at Dolly yet, simply because I had no idea what the next few weeks would look like. I will post again when we decide to open the floodgates, and getting your appointments scheduled in advance will be more imperative than ever!!
Again, I am reminding you all of a few changes that are simply the way of doing things at Dolly. I am an employee, not an owner of any sorts, and truthfully let a few too many things slide by as Dapper Dog. I have absolutely LOVED the past few weeks, and all the doggos I have seen love it just as much!

✨️ Proof of current Rabies vaccination prior to, or at drop-off, is non-negotiable. Not only is it a huge liability within the grooming environment, it is required by law. The ramifications of an incident with an unvaccinared dog can literally result in your dogs euthanization for testing. Full spectrum vaccination is STRONGLY encouraged, but rabies is a MUST.
✨️ Pricing is determined by Dolly Dog Co., and clearly posted on their website. Some of you have seen significant change, some very little. Please know that I have undervalued my time and services for your sake, but it cost me a profitable business, and financial stability. Cash, credit and debit payments only... no checks, no venmo.
✨️ Appointments do take longer, for many reasons. Three to four hours on average. If your dog needs a break, they get it. I have seen far more relaxed and happy doggos by just slowing the process down. Sometimes, things out of our control come up and it takes longer. I do my best to communicate. If you know you're in a time crunch, please let me know in advance so I can do my best to accommodate when possible.

As always, thank you for your patience and support... this has been a pretty wild start to the new year. So many of you have reached out and offered help, words of encouragement, and simple kindness. It is felt and appreciated more than you will ever know. By the end of next week, I will be moved, somewhat settled, free of my hitchhiker, and ready to keep on keepin on!
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A few little PupDates:
✨️ Now that the technology side of things is leveling out, I am absolutely LOVING my new home at Dolly Dog!!!! The atmosphere and staff are INCREDIBLE... even more so than I already knew!!! With the much newer equipment and elevated products, my Dapper Dolly Doggos are getting next level Spaw Days and the outcome of their groomings have been incrediblel!!! I am learning so much from the other "Young Pup" gals, mostly that I need remedial training in my Old Skool ways, which I welcome wholeheartedly. These gals put so much love and passion into what they do, are so incredibly talented, and eager to step in and teach me ways to make things much easier on myself and elevate my end results. Dolly has felt like an immediate HOME, and where I belong. 💕

✨️ As for the medical side, I am in limbo until my consultation on the 24th, which has made things a little up-in-the-air, and hard to schedule around. I will be starting treatment for the Hashimoto's as soon as I can get the prescription filled... that has been a bit of a debacle. Let's just say that I greatly miss MediCap. 🙄

✨️ I am attemping to kick the moving into high gear, and my new home is almost clear and ready for me to take over. Taking on so much at once has been utterly overwhelming and exhausting, but I am greatly looking forward to the level of peace it will provide once the dust settles. I am grateful to have PLENTY of help getting stuff moved, and that definitely takes a little of the load off. Literally. 🤣

If anyone could spare a landfill pass, or two, it would be MUCH appreciated!! The new process of having to sign over bale-fill passes has meant that I can no longer use the same screenshot that has gotten me through the past year, haha!

Again, the continued support through this crazy process has kept me from losing the last bit of my sanity, and appreciated beyond words! The outpouring of love and concern for the medical side of things has been truly heart-warming. I am still a little nervous, but also feeling that this is all unfolding now to clear my path, and allow me to embrace the many WONDERFUL things that are coming together!

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Now that we switched back to PawPartner, things are leveling out a little, but I am still working on manually entering my appointments. Again, it would be EXTREMELY helpful for you to get your customer and pet profiles set up as soon as possible! I am able to do it on my end, but it very time-consuming, and I am either missing or having to guess on much of the information. I do need verification of current Rabies vaccinations PRIOR to your dogs' first appointment.
I am currently working on moving up a few of my appointments toward the end of February, and padding my schedule this coming week, so if you're already scheduled and want to move your appointment, or just needing to get your dogs in, please let me know!
So far, I am feeling right at home with Dolly, and have absolutely fallen in love with their bathing system. I have been blown away by how much cleaner the dogs have come, and the difference in the de-shedding treatments are INSANE!!! 1000% worth adding to the regular bath and brush if you have one of those extra glittery doggos!!
I know this transition has had it's glitches, but we ARE GETTING THERE!!!
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Below is the link to the Paw Partner portal:

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Ok, Dapper Dolly Family.... some of you have already experienced, the technology side of joining Dolly has been an utter disaster... for all of us here at Dolly, my clients, and theirs!!! They just implemented the Savvy client portal, and it has done nothing but crash and make life miserable. Soooooo... they are going back to PawPartner, which will make life much easier for everyone. In doing so, I will have to have all of you create a customer profile in PawPartner. Within this program, I *should* be able to get all my current appointments transferred a little easier... I have been having to manually enter each one, and I have appointments clear into MAY 🫣

PawPortal is quite user friendly, the link is here:

https://pawpartner.com/dolly-dog-co

A couple reminders:

✨️ Proof of current Rabies must be presented prior to your initial appointment, or during drop off. I realize now, that I was a little lax on this, and have let many signed contracts, agreeing to current vaccines, be enough.

✨️ Between sharing bathing stations, and being able to allow a little more time for your doggos to rest and reset between steps of the grooming process, appointments at Dolly take a little more time than some of you are accustomed to. So far, the dogs I have groomed here have really enjoyed the atmosphere, and extra attention from other Staff members! If you ARE personally on a time crunch, PLEASE let us know ahead of time... there may be a rush fee, or I will try to rearrange appointments IF possible.

✨️ Payment: Venmo is no longer amd option, as I can not collect personal payments. Cash or card, please

✨️ Pricing: Yes, some services are a higher price-point than some of you are used to, but I have been VERY lax on keeping my fees current with the local averages. Larger dogs, and Oodles are where I have really failed myself in pricing. Dolly's fees are also more in-line with actual services provided, such as bath and tidy, full grooms, additional matting, etc.
I truly let a lot slide in the areas that were more work for me, while charging "usual" prices. Please take time to browse Dolly's website, and let me know if you have questions. Also, do look at some of the add-on services, such as premium shampoos and conditioners, facial shampoos, paw butter, breath refresh treatments. They have some truly amazing products that I have fallen in love with!!

Again, THANK YOU for your love, support, and patience during this transition. Along with the chaos of my personal health AND having to move my home by the end of the month, I have been a weeee bit overwhelmed, emotional, and physically exhausted at times. The next couple months are going to be a little wild, bit it WILL smooth out for ALL of us!!!
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All the wishes and prayers have been answered... biopsy results are back and it is NOT cancer!!!! 🙏🏼😭🙏🏼 However, there is high concern that it is PRE cancerous, so my little hitchhiker, Gertrude, will be packing her bags because they want to remove her with urgency. Fairly simple in-and-out surgery which I am hoping to schedule the first part of March, after I get moved.

✨️✨️ The move to Dolly Dog has not been the smoothest on the technological front. Dolly just switched their client platform, and it has had its own glitches, but I am having to manually enter all existing appointments, which is a slightly tedious process. Until I get caught up on that some, we have not activated online booking for me on Dolly's end. I am going to turn booking off on the Dapper Dog side so I can get caught up sooner.

A few other procedure changes to note:

✨️ All payments must be cash or card. I know many of you have been used to Venmo, but I can't take personal payment.

✨️ All dogs require proof of current Rabies vaccination. We have discovered that the new Dolly customer service portal has a toggle to click that says vaccinations are current, but not a date of vaccination or means to upload them. We are able to verify through your vet, you can bring a hard copy, or show an email from your vet.
Without Rabies verification, we can not provide grooming service.

I greatly appreciate your continued patience as we all muddle through these changes, and technological glitches. Even with the relief of the biopsy results, I still have several upcoming medical appointments and procedures, and have to be moved out of my current rental by the end of the month. To say it softly, I have been more than a little overwhelmed and my tank is empty.

I will be working on getting all currently scheduled appointments put into the Dolly Dog system, as they scheduling links on their end are currently being updated. If you can please get registered in the Dolly Dog Client Portal, that would be helpful. As I get appointments put in, many of you will start receiving confirmation messages, and invitations to complete registration and profiles! The technology side might be a little "figure it out as we go", but I will be set up at Dolly, and ready to go Monday morning! ✨️🐶✨️

✨️✨️Dolly Dog Customer Registration Portal:

Savvy Customer Registration

Good morning, Dapper Family... first, letting y'all know that I am still waiting on biopsy results. I have felt all the love and prayers, am in good spirits, and truly believe good news is coming! 🫶🏼

It is a bittersweet realization that yesterday was my last day as Dapper Dog, but the move to Dolly Dog is in process!!! I am working on figuring out the fastest and easiest way to get all my current clients notified.

✨️ The first step is that I need all of you to use the link below to get registered in the Dolly client portal, and create profiles for each of your doggos. I already created mine, and it is easy peasy!!!

✨️ For now, I will be leaving my current scheduling system active, while we work on getting their new booking system fully active, and all my appointments transferred. PLEASE get those scheduled now, as I will likely be adding to my current clientele...
Book your appointment online here: https://book.heygoldie.com/Dapper-Dog-Grooming

✨️ Many of you have looked at the Dolly Website and have had questions regarding which pricing category your doggos fall into. I am learning all of that with you!! I know there will be considerable increases for some clients, and am understand that
will be an adjustment. Truth is, I have always been WAY behind local average on far too many clients. Not a way to run a business, and a huge part of why I have elected to step out of ownership. My profit and loss statements are REAL ugly and, unfortunately, businesses can't successfully operate on love. Dolly's prices are more than fair in today's local grooming market.

✨️ Dolly Dog is located at 2109 E 12th Street, in the Beverly Shopping Plaza. It is in the strip of stores extended off of The Dollar Tree, and across from Tacos Mexico. I can't wait for you to see the salon, y'all... it is EVERYTHING that I would have wanted if I had designed it myself!! 🤩

✨️ Use the below link to get those client profiles set up as soon as possible... do not worry about booking within this platform, yet... I will let you know when that part is active!! ✨️

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Again, I thank you for the support and patience you have shown for almost NINE YEARS, especially in these extraordinarily chaotic past few weeks. This is going to be an AMAZING new chapter for my career, you, our Dapper Dolly Doggos, and crucial in allowing me find some much-needed balance between work, home, and taking care of myself.
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