Personalized Service With a Smile

It’s different here. We are small “Mom & Pop” shop. Staying small allows us to provide a more personalized and consistent service, build relationships with our canine clients, and be consistent. While we are modern in terms of equipment and technology, we offer old-school service by answering our phone, booking appointments by phone, and reminding clients about their appointment with a phone call. You won’t get annoying emails or texts from us, and if you have questions, we are happy to speak with you. You will be speaking with the people who will be working with your dog. We keep extensive notes on the style, products used, allergies and / or medical conditions, and the grooming history of your dog.

Reasonable Rates & Discounts

We want your dog to look and feel great all of the time, so we encourage regular grooming with our frequent grooming discounts. If you get your dog groomed every 6 weeks, we’re going to give you 10% off of our already reasonable rates. If you get your dog groomed every 4 weeks, we’ll give you 15% off. We will charge you fairly for our time and we will be consistent. We aren’t going to sell you products or services that you don’t need.

Experienced & Professional

Owned by Scott & Angela Gilbert, Thoughtful Paws opened its doors in 2001. We believe in hard work, integrity, and honesty.

We have been working with dogs since 1995.  In addition to our professional experience, we are passionate about training, having competed in a variety of dog sports with our own dogs.  Our interest in training and behavior is definitely a benefit in our work with dogs, particularly in helping dogs to overcome anxiety about grooming.

We lost our most recent dog “Chianti” to heart disease in 2019. Chianti, an American Staffordshire Terrier had performance Titles in Obedience,Tracking, Rally O, Canine Dressage, and DockDogs as well as her Canine Good Neighbour. You can read about Chianti’s adventures here. We will someday get another dog, who will have large shoes to fill.