Hello Puppy Grooming

10/19/2026

Make it make sense

They want us to work but for people like me that have to have proper tools to work have made the quality horrible and some products increased over $25 in the last couple years

Yesterday while grooming, one of my most used blades got knocked off the table

Happened countless times before but back then they were all metal, not half plastic

LITERALLY EVERYTHING is now higher priced then ever before and the lowest quality

4 different cases of snacks i buy for the girl’s school lunches this month had bags of stale chips, opened chips, fruit roll ups completely stuck to the wrapper

And then there’s the whole try to push out of your mind everything they feed us now is poison

We need to find our voice, take back our country, as the decline is happening so fast you can’t even keep up

08/24/2026

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These are the hardest posts

Recently we said goodbye to our sweet boy, Maestro, who had been a member of the Hello Puppy Pack since 2021.

Which was a huge hit as last year his sister, Savanna, crossed the rainbow bridge as well at 24 years old

With most of my clients, it is more than a groomer/client relationship as so many of you have stepped up for me and helped me during some of my hardest times

So when he started showing signs of distress, his mama turned to me as I have came to her house once a month for six years and was the only person she trusted to watch her dogs when she would go out of town, she would even prefer them to be with me over family as Savanna definitely made you work!

I still remember the first time she called me looking for a groomer, and if I said, I wasn’t completely intimidated, I would be lying

So when she brought them in, I spent over three hours grooming, Savanna trying to get her perfect only to find out she was 18 years old!!!

I felt terrible that I took so long on a senior as I would never do that, but I just wanted her to be perfect and she was so beautiful that i had no idea of her age.

Thankfully, though it was a success and a beautiful friendship was born

Her mama has been a true blessing in my life, and I could never thank her for all that she has done for my children and I

My heart goes out to her as she struggles through this hard time of losing both of her babies, after never ever having a dog cross over the rainbow bridge, to then have two of them within a year

Hug your babies extra tight today as you just never know 

Goodbye sweet boy, find your sister and watch out for your sweet mother

08/24/2026

They're beautiful. They're intelligent. They're spunky.

And that's why you should NEVER buy one.

Many decades ago, I bought a betta. And I kept him in a plastic little hexagon the size of a Starbucks grande.
Thinking about it now, I feel so much remorse.

We believed what we were told.

"Ah, they live in puddles. They don't need any space. And they just breathe the air."

Nobody tried to tell us they should be in warm water. No heaters or pumps sold with the "betta kits." No 5 gallon minimum.

"Here's a vase. Perfect for your desk."

Shelves stocked with lonesome, often sick, fish. And we bought and treated them like tchotchkes.

It pains me every time I'm in a pet supply store or the local supermarket. Those tiny cups with nearly lifeless bodies.

But I won't buy them.
Buying is not rescue.
It dooms another to take their place.

So -- don't buy -- ever. Complain to managers when you see sick fish. Rescue/adopt when you can. And please educate your friends, who still believe all the lies we were told.

08/22/2026

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08/22/2026