Meet your groomer.
Spenser Koenig is known by friends and family to have always been empathetic to people and animals alike. She is an advocate for the rights and welfare of humans and animals alike, and strives to spread awareness and positive change.
She feels strongly that making the grooming experience enjoyable for dogs is just a small but essential way that we can improve the lives of our furry best friends.
Spenser chose to start All Good Dogs as a way to have a positive impact in the grooming industry as well as help to fund her lifelong dream of changing the lives of abused and abandoned animals of all kinds. All of the proceeds from All Good Dogs will be put toward the animal rescue and sanctuary that her and her partners started in 2021.
Click the logo link below to learn more about Treat Them R+ght Animal Rescue and Spenser’s love and dedication to the betterment of animal welfare.
Master Groomer Behavior Specialists take a training approach to behavioral problems on the grooming table. A dog who is uncomfortable with something isn’t trying to give us a hard time. They are simply having a hard time with what we are asking of them.
We’ll look at your dog as an individual and modify our procedures to suit their needs instead of asking them to bite off more than they can chew just so we can “get it done.” In doing so, we’ll teach them that it isn’t so bad, and that they really can relax and enjoy it.
Our mission is to change the grooming industry for the good of all dogs.
There are many different myths out there about the grooming industry:
That it must be unpleasant. That all dogs hate getting their nails trimmed. That being a groomer is “just playing with puppies all day.” Or that it’s like a magical spa day for your pet.
The reality is, grooming doesn’t have to be unpleasant, but a lot of times, it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. There are many sharp tools in the groomer toolbox, and if a dog is overly scared or excited, their safety is at risk around those tools. This is not to say that your groomer doesn’t care for your dog, but rather that for years the grooming industry has had a “just get it done” agenda pushed upon it. The idea that if we just finish the groom, add another restraint, or more hands to help hold the dog in place, that the dog will eventually understand that we aren’t trying to hurt them, so there is no need to be scared.
Unfortunately, animal behavioral studies have proven that this isn’t how learning works. We understand that a toddler might need some patience, maybe a lollipop, or a special airplane shaped chair to make their first haircut experience not so scary. If they cry and try to desperately climb out of their chair to get away, we don’t strap them down and have one person hold their head tightly while another cuts their hair. Well that would be just.. inhumane. And that toddler would never want to go back for a haircut ever again, and understandably so.
This might sound dramatic, but science has shown that dogs experience fear just as we do. That their sympathetic nervous systems react the same as ours do, activating fight, flight, or freeze responses when presented with stress. Dogs can learn, just as you learned, that taking a bath, getting your nails trimmed, or getting a haircut, isn’t scary at all. In fact, it can actually be quite therapeutic. But tell that to the toddler that got strapped down that first time.