Alexis

My obsession with animals started when my mom’s chihuahua had more priority over her lap than I did as a kindergartner. I grew up always with a pet in the house, no matter whose house I was in - dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, birds and even the oddball herptile. I have always wanted to work with animals and started leaning toward grooming when my mother and I rescued my (currently 6 year old) Schnauzer. When we brought him back home he was a matted disaster, and we were so new to the area we didn’t know where to find a groomer. That being said, I didn’t want to leave him like that-so I went to Kmart, picked up the most professional-looking clipper I could find, and began grooming him myself. I ended up teaching myself the basics over the years, and started working and educating myself professionally in 2021. by attending grooming school and gaining hands-on professional experience. Today I have three dogs; a 3 year old chihuahua “Nacho”, a 16 year old silky terrier “Jet”, and the aforementioned Schnauzer “Bigote” (spanish for mustache!). I work at Paws & Anchor as a groomer and I enjoy my time here both for the high quality care we give to clients, and for the opportunity to learn new tricks and techniques I wouldn’t’ve been able to learn on my own.