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Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Pets get a clean start at bath time

By Lana Berkowitz of The Houston Cronicle, January 31, 2008

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It's best to let professionals handle scissors and clippers. Grooming pros also will brush the dog's teeth and express the anal glands, said Julie Dow, general manager of Happy Tails Dog Spa on Waugh Drive.

Dow says if pet owners can afford a dog, they should be able to afford to have a groomer professionally bathe it, generally not more than once a month.

"The best thing is to let the professionals handle it. Then your dog won't be pouty and mad at you," Dow said. "We do a whole lot better job than most people do, and the dog is happy to leave from here and is that much more excited to see their owner.

"So when they get picked up, it's like: 'Thank God, my parent came back to get me.'"

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When one man wanted to open a day care center for dogs,
he chose the advantages of a chain rather than starting from scratch

By Sandra Bretting of The Houston Cronicle, August 12, 2007

When Don Puryear searched for a place to board his two Yorkies a few years ago, none of the options appealed to him.

The 41-year-old River Oaks resident, who owned a court reporting agency at the time, did not want to board his dogs at a standard kennel.

"I knew that they would spend most, if not all, of their time in a crate, and my family couldn't take them in," Puryear said. "That's when I got the idea for this business."

That idea became the Happy Tails Dog Spa, which he opened in River Oaks in March 2006.

But instead of starting from scratch, he decided to open a franchised shop. Happy Tails is the flagship for parent company Dogtopia, in Tysons Corner, Va. The chain has five operating spas in various states, and nine spas under construction.

Puryear weighed the benefits of going independent, but for him, the benefits of being a franchisee outweighed any negatives.

"The company offers a training manual and classes, plus we could see what kind of equipment we had to have," he said.

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