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Second Floor Marketing

 I just finished with my last post. I set my laptop down and looked out my big window in front of me. I have an amazing view of the park and coffee shop on the street below me. I saw a puffy messy puppy dragging his mom towards our building. Aw, that puppy needs a haircut. OMFG THAT DOG NEEDS A HAIRCUT!! I ran to my bedroom window, flung it open and shouted to the woman with the dog. "HI! HI! I'm up here! Hi! Do you need your dog groomed??" "Well, yes, I do!" she shouted back up to me. We agreed to meet in the lobby downstairs. She lives in my building, too. I pulled on my sneakers and flew down the stairs, because I was too impatient for the elevator. I slowed down once I hit the door to the lobby. And I was soooo happy to see two beautiful messy dogs that need my help. "Hi! Omg, look at them!" I said as I sat on the floor. The short legged dog waddled up to me and was curious. The long legged dog was bouncing like crazy trying to come give me love. H...

Good Vibrations & Puppy Love

"Ok. I want to put Zellie in a continental trim." Bre called me to talk about how she's ready to put her puppy in a new trim. "How old is she again?" I asked forgetting even though I was there when we picked her up three weeks prior. "Four months old." "Ok, when do you want to do this?" I was getting excited about coming back to grooming after my one year hiatus. "Are you free tonight?" She asked. "HELL YES" I cried out. We decided to meet at our friend Moe's house as she has great space for us to work & play. I arrived at Moe's a little after 7. Bre bounced in the doorway with her big red standard poodle puppy minutes after my arrival. "OMG! She's gotten so tall!" The three of us stood back and admired the legs on this beautiful dog. In my mind, I was already trimming her and setting my patterns. When I lived in Austin, I was always grooming poodle puppies and I convinced one client to let me do ...