Bubbly Paws Dog Wash and Grooming was just featured in Forbes Magazine. This might be the largest magazine we have ever been featured in and this is so exciting! We love Square and when they came to us about an article they were working on with Forbes that focused on small business, we said yes!
You can read the article by clicking here.
It’s no secret that we LOVE doodles, but they also have some of the hardest coats to try to maintain. At Bubbly Paws, our goal is not just to groom dogs, but also help educate owners on how to care for them outside the store. We have put together our Doodle Puppy Package for $36 and includes all the tools you need at home to maintain your dogs coat. Also included in the package is a 5 minute consultation with one of our expert groomers to get custom advice for your pup!
You can schedule this consultation online by clicking here, or call/text our stores. This package can be added to any full service grooming, or as a separate walk in service.
A big thanks to the Maple Grove Voice for writing a great article on our new Bubbly Paws Dog wash and Grooming location in Maple Grove! The construction is going great and we will be open very soon! Click Here to read the article.
Bubbly Paws is proud to be the presenting sponsor of Paws on Grand which is a huge dog event along Grand Ave in St Paul on Sunday, August 2nd from 11am-3pm. Grab your pooch and make sure to stop over and see us for walk in nail trims and nail grinds from one of our dog groomers with a portion of the proceeds benefiting The Pet Project. While you are at Bubbly Paws, check out our doggie selfie station and our friends from Hero Dog will be there showing off their awesome collars and leashes! For more information on Paws on Grand, click here!
We want to thank all of our wonderful customers for 3 years of business and voting us "Best Groomer" and "Best Customer Service" at our Excelsior and Grand location in St Louis Park. Join us this Saturday from 10-6 for a special celebration! We will have refreshments, custom cupcakes from Sweet Retreat (while they last), and treats for our 4 legged friends! Anyone that stops in will be entered to win a $50 gift card to Bubbly Paws (if you can't make it in, make sure to visit our Facebook Page on Saturday for another chance to win).
All our retail items will be 15% off this Saturday!
Thanks for helping us to become the premier dog spa in the Twin Cities, we could never have achieved this without our great customers!!
(This event is only taking place at our St Louis Park location! We will do something special for our 1 year anniversary for our St Paul store in August).
Twin Cities Live stopped out to Bubbly Paws Dog wash in Saint Paul to get some tips on how to keep your pooch safe this holiday season!
Twin Cities Live stopped out to Bubbly Paws Dog Wash in Saint Paul, MN to catch up on some cold weather dog tips!
Pampered Pooch Playground and Bubbly Paws Dog Wash are excited to take part in the 2013 Twin Cities Pride Festival. Make sure to stop over to our booth for lots of pride related fun including sampling of doggy beer! We will be featuring Stunt Puppy collars and leashes and custom made Fugly Friends that were created just for Pride! Our Peace, Love and Pooches shirts will be on sale! Pampered Pooch Playground is one of the founding members of the Twin Cities Dog Daycare Association who will be sponsoring the Doggy Drag Show. Keith will also be one of the judges in the show!
One of the benefits of being a small, locally owned business is that we can help support our friends and customers when they are involved in something cool. So here goes... Our good friend and professional fitness model, Lori Harder, has been featured on Fox News, ESPN, Oxygen Magazine and others is part of the Twin Cities Dancing With The Celebrities on Saturday, February 22nd. Lori also brings her dog Waffles to Bubbly Paws to get groomed and to our other business, Pampered Pooch Playground for doggy daycare. Rumor has it, Lori has some killer dance moves! To learn more about Lori or to buy tickets, click here. If you go, you will also see Trycia and myself there cheering her on. Oh, and make sure to check out the silent auction items, there is a pretty sweet package from a really cool dog wash :)
Have a good night!
Keith
Trycia and I were in LA this weekend for a mini-winter getaway with some friends of ours! We always knew that LA was dog friendly, but we decided to do a photo montage to prove it! On the top left you will see Waffles who has been groomed at Bubbly Paws before her parents moved to LA. Her parents are good friends of our and we decided to go see how Waffles has adjusted to life in Hollywood and she LOVES it! She even learned how to wear her rockstar sun glasses!!
While we were there we did check out a few dog washes, and have some new ideas..
We are now back in the cold and snow and are happy to be back ;)
Have a good night!
Keith
It is no secret that we LOVE to use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at the dog wash. Seriously, we have so much fun putting pictures up and interacting with our customers on there. I get really annoyed with businesses that don't understand how to use it correctly. I think my biggest problem is when a company put up "Like this picture if ____" or when companies try to sell products. Social media should be fun and interactive! Trycia and I were in Kauai for the past few days and we had a blast there and I was very impressed with how well our hotel responded to social media. As some of you might know I love coffee and I found out that our hotel was importing Settle's Best coffee rather than using the amazing Kona coffee which is gown locally! Why would they order coffee that is mass produced over 2000 miles away and then have to ship it for people to enjoy OK coffee. I asked them this question on their facebook page, and within about 3 hours I had a response saying that they have a coffee cart that brews Kona coffee... But to make it even better, they delivered 2 bags of coffee and coffee mugs direct to our hotel room so we could brew it in our room. I mean seriously, what company does that? I was just so impressed by them. The trip was great and it is always hard to go away when you have 2 small businesses that you worry about. Thankfully we have Lill who is an amazing manager, Jess who is an amazing groomer and out wonderful staff of Cat, Ashley and Kalyn. If you want to read more about our trip, visit the Pampered Pooch Playground Blog.
So if you run a small business, there is your social media lesson for the day... Go to Kauai, and learn how to facebook!
Have a great night!
Keith
This past Saturday was one of my favorite dog events of the year... Linden Hills Woofstock! Everyone always asks why it is my favorite event, and it is because we live in the Linden Hills area and it is our way of giving back to the community in which we live! Both our businesses have so much in common with those of Linden Hills Businesses (we are small, local, community minded and try hard to be as green as possible). For the past 4 years Pampered Pooch Playground has been a presenting sponsor, and Bubbly Paws has been a sponsor for the past 2 years. All the products that we had for sale were either made by a local company or a green product! People that stopped out got to have fun in the Photo Booth and sample the doggy beer. Jessica, our groomer at Bubbly Paws left the booth for a few minutes to grab something to eat, and her fan club must have stopped out! In a 10 minute period, about 3 people were talking about how much they love her grooming style, and how we groom dogs at Bubbly Paws. I really enjoyed getting this type of feedback! We never wanted to groom a bunch of dogs each day, but focus more on the quality of the groom and the stress free setting!
Have a great day!
Keith
This past Sunday night Trycia and I took our staff out to celebrate our 1 year anniversary of being open. I really believe that it is our amazing staff that makes Bubbly Paws Dog Wash such a success and we could never do it without them. So to celebrate being open 1 year, we headed to Northeast Minneapolis to Psycho Suzi's. We picked this place for a variety of reasons but the main reason was that they have a very dog friendly patio right on the river! We counted 7 dogs that were dining or drinking with their owners. Thanks again to our wonderful crew for such a great past year!
Keith
This past weekend I worked at the Dog Wash both days and had so much fun. Saturday night we had our Bubble Bath Party for Small Dog Rescue and there was an amazing turnout and raised money for a great rescue. Then Sunday was busy all day long with lots of self-service baths, full-service baths and grooming. I nicknamed today "black dog day", because it seemed like almost every dog that came in for a bath was black. Crazy I tell you!! Roxy even made an appearance both days at the dog wash and enjoyed greeting everyone!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Keith
What a year! It has been so much fun for Trycia and myself to watch Bubbly Paws Dog Wash take off and become what it is today! Over the last 8 months since we opened, we have met some really great customers!
Today, the dog wash was closed, but that does not mean that we were not there. Sometimes it is easier to do projects when we are closed... So Trycia and I spent a few hours there today cleaning and updating a few things. We want to keep this place looking like it is brand new, and do everything we can to make it happen. This weekend we were also dog-sitting Max, who is the Bubbly Paws poster dog. We brought him and Roxy to help with some projects (the mostly ate bones).
Hope everyone had a great new years and we look forward to serving you in 2012. We can't thank everyone enough!!
Keith
We love to use the FURminator on Roxy as it really helps with her shedding..... Did you know it works wonders on short haired dogs as well? The FURminator brush, shampoo and conditioner are available as an upgrade to any of our grooming or bath packages.
Below are the hours for the Self-Service dog wash (our grooming hours may vary from these).
Christmas Eve - 10am-5pm
Christmas Day - Closed
New Years Eve - 10am-5pm
New Years Day - Closed
### Remember the last self-service bath starts 1 hour before closing ###
This past weekend, Trycia's family was in town and they brought their black lab, Roman. We took him to Bubbly Paws and made a video to show how easy it is to wash a dog! Roman loved being a rock star!
Our dog wash employees are allowed to bring their dogs to work with them and we feel like they are all part of the Bubbly Paws family. You will often see Maddie hanging out and playing with her collection of toys while her mom, Sarah works the front desk. Maddie is just a puppy and is getting huge! Today she was rockin' her new Stunt Puppy Collar. Did you know that Stunt Puppy is a Minneapolis based company and one of the owners is a good friend of ours?
Have a good night!
Keith
I can honestly say, I LOVE being a business owner and talking with customers. Today Bubbly Paws Dog Wash was buzzing with customers, Cyndi our dog groomer was working hard and everything was running very smooth and everyone was in the mood to chat. Nala the Wheaton came in for a bath and was so behaved while she was getting her bath. Way to go Nala!
Hope everyone has a great night!
Keith
One of our favorite rescue dogs came in to visit the Bubbly Paws Dog Spa. Cyndi our groomer did a great job making Ahnung look her best! Ahnung is going to be be featured on KARE 11 today talking about our fundraising that Bubbly Paws Dog Wash will be doing starting April 1st. We will let everyone know all the details very soon! Ahnung and her mom were really happy with how her Spa and Grooming day went and she mentioned Bubbly Paws Dog Wash on her blog.
Have a great day!
Keith