I was born in Utah, but adopted and moved to where my family was already living in Saudi Arabia. I was there until I was 12, then my family moved to Utah. In the last 20 years of marriage, I've lived in Orem, Midvale, Lehi, and now, hopefully our forever home, Santaquin. In my past life before kids I was a surgical technologist and love all things medical, but decided I needed to be home with my kids during these early years while they still like me. I have 3 beautiful kids and love spending all my free time with them. I'm an animal lover and pet owner. I can't think of any time in my life where I didn't have a dog or two. When trying to figure out what kind of job I could do from home, it just made sense to do dog grooming! I currently have 3 dogs: Mabel, Pearl, and Daphne; and 1 cat: Luna.
I'm a fairly new groomer. I worked as a bather many years ago, and then recently worked at Petco for almost a year. I went to the Utah School of Pet Grooming in SLC in 2022. I started grooming out of my home in August 2024. I may not be the fastest groomer, but hopefully my attention to detail will make up for that. I can promise that I will try my best and hope I can make you and your fur baby happy.
My goal when I started this business was to have something to help out my family financially, but do it part time, a couple days a week when the kids were in school. Then, in September, I met with a wonderful Kristie Woods, owner of Woods Paw Spa in Summit Ridge Santaquin. She told me she was moving and was thrilled that I might be able to take on some of her clientele and also bring Mychael over to the shop. I cannot be more grateful for her and the opportunity she gave Mychael and I. I went from 2-3 dogs a week to 16ish a week. It was never in the game plan, but here we are. I LOVE having Mychael with me and love meeting all the wonderful people in our community.
I hope as we transition to this new phase you will continue to be patient with us as we both learn and grow.
Originally from Minnesota, I have lived in Utah from 25 years. I have lived here in Santaquin with my husband and 4 children for 8 years now. We have 3 dogs, including two very large Leonberger's and a miniature dachshund. Although I don't love the hair everywhere, life would not be the same without any of them.
I am a fairly new to the grooming game, and I have loved having Melissa to mentor me as I learn new skills and continue to perfect the ones I have learned. I have always loved dogs, and I really try to make each dog feel as comfortable as possible. The goal will always be to have the dog leaving happy while looking and smelling good, and hopefully he/she will also be more comfortable with the process at the next appointment.
I don't have the best pictures. These are mostly of my own dogs.
Dog grooming services available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and one or two Saturdays a month
1148 S 100 W Santaquin UT 84655
Phone: 385-999-0571
Email: washesandwagsgrooming@gmail.com