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Grooming With Heart in the City of Lakes
We are a small Minneapolis studio with a big soft spot for animals other salons will not touch.
We are a small Minneapolis studio with a big soft spot for animals other salons will not touch.
Paws, Claws and Tusks started with a simple frustration: too many Twin Cities pet parents were being turned away. The cat person whose Persian was matted. The doodle owner quoted a shave-down. The neighbor with a pot-belly pig and nowhere to take him. We thought a great groomer should be able to say yes to all of them.
So we built a studio around calm handling and real coat knowledge. We are Fear-Free trained, we work at the animal's pace, and we are just as comfortable scissoring a Bichon as we are buffing a boar's tusks. What ties it together is respect: for the coat, for the animal, and for your time and your wallet.
Book With UsA rushed groom is a stressful groom. We build in breaks and treats, and we stop when an animal needs us to. Every time.
We match the technique to the coat and never take a shortcut that hurts it, like shaving a double coat to fix shedding.
Our calculator gives you a real number before you book, and we confirm it in person. No surprise line items at pickup.
Nervous rescues, senior pets, cats, hairless breeds, and farm friends. If it has a coat and a patient person, we will care for it.
We groom for the actual weather outside, not a generic calendar. Here is how the seasons shape our chair.
Warm paw soaks, fur trimmed between the toes, and paw balm to guard against road salt and ice melt. Moisturizing baths for dry indoor-heat skin.
The big undercoat blowout season. Huskies, goldens, and Berners shed the whole winter coat at once, so we deep de-shed and force-dry.
Lake season means muddy pups and trapped moisture. We do shorter trims and thorough drying, and we never shave a double coat that insulates against heat.
Coats come back in and it is time to reset before the cold. A clean slate and a healthy coat going into another Minnesota winter.
We would love to meet your pet, whatever shape it comes in. Book online or stop by the North Loop studio.