Molly and Sadie’s Mobile Pet Spa affords grooming providers for small, medium and enormous dogs within the Plover and Stevens Point space.
PLOVER – A brand new business in central Wisconsin goals to take the stress and anxiousness out of canine grooming appointments.
Molly and Sadie’s Mobile Pet Spa opened Oct. 20, providing grooming providers for small, medium and enormous dogs proper of their house owners’ driveways.
Andy Lynch mentioned in the course of the early days of the pandemic, he and his spouse, Dani, and their three youngsters determined so as to add a canine to their household. When they acquired to the Marathon County Humane Society, they met Molly and Sadie, two dogs who had been bonded and in search of a home collectively. The Lynches went home with two dogs as an alternative of 1.
Molly is a rambunctious and spunky German shepherd who, whereas energetic and loving, additionally will get anxious. Sadie is a blended coonhound who likes to snuggle.
Lynch mentioned he shortly realized discovering a groomer for Molly and Sadie was a nightmare. It was powerful to take a number of hours out of a day and get each dogs loaded right into a automobile, when many native groomers have been booked strong with many different households adopting dogs in the course of the pandemic as properly. Molly’s anxiousness in an surroundings with a variety of extra stimuli at a groomer made the entire expertise more durable on her, he mentioned.
As Lynch started to analysis choices, he noticed the advantages of providing a cellular service that created a relaxing, spa-like expertise for dogs. He traveled to San Antonio and check drove and bought a small bus that was already outfitted for cellular grooming. Lynch mentioned he left his profession within the meals and beverage business in May to totally concentrate on the grooming business.
Lynch mentioned he and his spouse spent a variety of time looking for a reputation for the business, however in the end his spouse urged naming it after their dogs. After all, they had been making a business for households like theirs who’ve older dogs or dogs with anxiousness. They needed to cater to dogs like Molly and Sadie, so Molly and Sadie’s Mobile Pet Spa was born.
So far, Lynch mentioned the group has been very supportive, and Molly and Sadie’s Mobile Pet Spa is reserving every week or two out.
How does it work?
People trying to make an appointment can attain out to Molly and Sadie’s Mobile Pet Spa through electronic mail, telephone, Facebook Messenger or by the corporate’s web site. Lynch mentioned they’ll connect with get extra details about the dogs, like all heath issues or the rest the groomer ought to know. After an appointment is created, Lynch mentioned the corporate’s groomer will arrive, knock on the door and take the leashed canine, or dogs, to the bus that’s parked within the driveway.
The cellular pet spa affords natural bathtub merchandise, low-stress blow dry with a high-velocity pet dryer, brush, nail trim with buff, ear cleansing, pad moisturizing and extra providers for dogs. Lynch mentioned they need to concentrate on providing a singular and completely different spa-like expertise, catering to every canine.
“It shouldn’t be scary,” Lynch mentioned. “It should be fun.”
Lynch mentioned they need to convey luxurious care proper to folks’s driveways.
How far will the cellular pet spa go?
Lynch mentioned the groomer usually stays inside 10 to fifteen miles of the Stevens Point and Plover space.
All appointments, nevertheless, will rely on climate and street situations, Lynch mentioned, as shopper and worker security is the first concern.
What’s subsequent?
Eventually, Lynch needs to broaden additional into central Wisconsin, together with Wisconsin Rapids, Wausau and Amherst.
He additionally envisions ultimately increasing to incorporate extra automobiles and groomers. There are choices to make use of numerous automobiles like busses, vans or trailers and outfit them for grooming providers.
For extra info, go to mollyandsadies.com or discover Molly and Sadie’s Mobile Pet Spa on Facebook or Instagram.
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