Our Story

My name is Tanya Frank and I started my journey with dogs at sixteen years old. My parents had a toy poodle named Gina who I absolutely hated taking to the groomer because I always felt she was “shaved” and given a mustache. After many encounters with animals in my younger years, I came to the conclusion that I would never be able to cope with the emotions that come with working as a medical doctor of veterinary medicine (my first dream), so I asked Gina’s groomer for a job. I started my career as a bather and amazingly enough the owner taught me how to hand scissor Gina. Unfortunately, she sold her salon after a year of me learning under her. After countless phone calls I finally found someone else who offered their time to teach me the skills to become a dog groomer. At 23 years old, I aspired to open my own salon. Over the last 35 year I have met so many wonderful dogs and people that have become family to me. For unforeseen reasons it is time for me to slow down a bit.

Two years ago, I adopted a sweet little girl from a local shelter. I named her Taboo and later nicknamed her Boo Bear. At only nine weeks old she completely captured my heart from day one. She fit right into our family. Taboo’s first weekend with us was a nonstop adventure! She met her sister and immediately they bonded. She went boating and even swimming. We couldn’t keep her out of the water after that day. A few weeks later, we started puppy class and swim lessons. She loves to jump in the water and I thought for sure she would be a future dock diver. Unfortunately that day never came.