WHY I DO IT
Animals are my passion, making them look good is my art
EXPERIENCE
I have a Bachelor of Science, majoring in animal behaviour and have been grooming dogs for over 12 years. I have grooming experience in all breeds and sizes of dog. I’ve also worked in and managed doggy daycares of various scale.
ANIMAL LOVER
I am a passionate animal lover, some even call me an activist! I have owned a range of animals including my current fur family of 2 cats, and our beloved fun filled Retradoodle (thats a golden retriever X poodle); Falco and a big goofy rescue rotti X lab named Ranger
I was very lucky growing up to be surrounded by animals and pets including rabbits, mice, cats, calves, a horse and of course dogs. As a true animal lover, I knew I always wanted to work with animals in some way, even as a child.
Straight after finishing school at Otumoetai college, I went off to Waikato university, with the first dog of my own, a beagle named Ivy and studied Animal Behaviour under a Bachelor of Science. Straight out of Uni I went on to work with dogs. Over the years I have learnt so much through hands on experience with dogs in day care and grooming environments.
As any good dog groomer will tell you, you have to work your way from the bottom up, so I spent many a day’s washing and drying dogs, which quickly progressed to brushing, and finally being taught the ins and outs by several different professional groomers in a hands on manner. A day up-skilling with a NZ master groomer and hundreds of grooms later, here I am. I pride myself in communicating with the owners to get an understanding of the desired outcome of a groom.
I aim to always listen to my customers, giving their dogs the groom required where I can, and keep grooming times down so dogs aren’t here longer than they need to be.
