Dirty Paws

The last of my babies.
Thank you everyone for the last 6 years of business and this page.
If you would like to still follow me, Goliath and a 50 year old camper acrossed this country.😄 Please do.
Hop on over to my new adventure page
Thetraveling spots. Here's the link to make it a little easier.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565411367925&mibextid=ZbWKwL

So everyone keeps asking me who to go to.
Being a groomer. That means I have to refer someone I would take my dogs to.
Without bashing anyone else.
I did go looking, posted for recommendations and asking for myself.
My dogs would stay out of TR.
The stories you hear as a groomer. No thanks.
I found Charlotte from Buddy and friends for grooming and I recommend the mutt hut for boarding.
Both are very caring and willing to go the extra mile for your dogs. I would feel very comfortable leaving my dogs in their hands.
I have even recommend them both as I was still a running business and I couldn't get a dog in.
I hope this helps.
If they see this. You're welcome to introduce yourselves on my feed ❤️

With the end coming near, I just wanted to do a remembrance to how it all began.
It's been a wild ride. That's for sure!
I started it back in 2015. The gate to walk in my grooming room is the gate from the original shop.
I left a situation and left that business behind. Still the same name.
I just knew I would open it again one day, though.
Four years later, and I did. I was working in a bad situation and losing dogs, so I decided to just go for it again.
I demolished a building to remodel it and the building fell, though. I hurry to find a new one.
To only find out my partner wanted out and I was too far in to let go. So I kept going alone.
The thing is... I have been driving past my building for four years when I worked at the other shop and always thought. These big windows would make a perfect grooming shop. And it did !❤️
So I called my landlord to see if he would rent it by chance, and he was amazing, so I quickly got to work fixing.
I found out real quick. I was running out of money so my options were.
Get a loan or get another job.
So, another job it was. Until I was at 7.
One being taking care of my grandpa for the last 2 years of his life. Something I would never take back.
I would work Tuesday and Thursdays 30-hour shifts between 4 jobs. It started at 4:30 am on a farm and didn't end until the next day after my shift at said farm again.
It was at about 95 hours a week.
I would just give all my jobs my schedule, and they would fill in where they needed me. Most of the time, I was living in my truck even though I had a house.
It was easier to sleep, get food, not miss work or do all the driving.
I did this for about a year. As the business got stronger, I would leave a job. Not fewer hours, just one less jobs one by one. Haha! Until I was at my business full-time. Plus, some. Haha
Now fast forward....We have been in this 6 years.
A lot has happened in the last 6 years and a lot has changed. I definitely wouldn't take any of it back.
I can't believe what we have built together. Never in my wildest dreams would I think it would be as amazing as it was.
Thank you for everything.
Your caring, your support and your kindness.
I couldn't be more blessed to have you as my customers/ family.
I hope your dogs had as much fun as I did with them. ❤️
To new chapters.
Oh, and a little secret? My kid still drives around my old truck 🥰

I am a big believer in giving credit where credit is do.
Mishicot auto is amazing.
I came to him for a custom exhaust because he still bends pipe, and my leaf spring was upside-down and broken.
He did exactly what I asked him to do. Which is huge for the camper I gave him. He could have upsold me a lot of extra parts. He didn't. He was just enough caring if it needed attention, to tell me know so I was safe. (Plus, he knew others were working on it after)
He didn't overcharge me. As a matter of fact, it was way less than I was expecting. I was really worried about the cost and what I was asking him to do.
I left that experience wanting to cry because I didn't pay a million dollars, and the difficult job I was asking, was done the way it should be.
Thank you so much for the relief of a girl going to a mechanic in a difficult situation.
Plus, the front desk lady was sweet as pie.

This is my new saying when people want to meet my" body guard" on the road. Haha

If you want to watch the hot mess express. You're welcome on my new page. Let's see what we get into. 😂 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565411367925&mibextid=ZbWKwL

TheTraveling Spots

Not always closing a business is a sad thing. Sometimes it just means, we have more dreams then just that one.
Leaving my customers is sad tho.
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