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Lincoln the Yorkshire Terrier looks spiffy after a
grooming session at To Wag For. COURTESY OF
RENEE MARTIN
coats, de-shedding, and blow-drying. “All our
grooming includes a blueberry facial,” says
general manager Megan Conway.
She says most grooming sessions take three
to four hours. “Some dogs require a complete
hand-scissoring,” she says, because clippers
can’t cut more than an inch.
The store sells treats made without chemicals, pet clothes (“We just got in some lovely
polo shirts for the guys and spring dresses for
the ladies,” says Conway), and enrichment
toys such as puzzles that dogs have to solve in
order to get a treat. “It keeps them mentally
stimulated so they don’t destroy your couch,”
says Conway, herself the owner of a beloved
Borgi — a Corgi mixed with a little Border
Collie — named Wren.
There’s also a photo studio, where pets and
their people can dress up for seasonal snaps,
such as one that Belle and Lincoln took for
Christmas, with Conway dressed as “Peppermint Paws.”
To Wag For
8 N. Main St, Bel Air. 410-988-4511.
towagforpets.com
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Jess Steiner, a dog groomer at To Wag For, brushes out Remmy at the salon in Bel Air.
LLOYD FOX
Locally-made treats
To paraphrase an old saying, the way to a
pet’s heart is through its stomach. And several
businesses make handcrafted baked treats
for pets, often developing their first recipes
to help their own pets navigate allergies or
tummy problems.
Kelley Arnold, of Joppa, launched her Doggielicious Donuts K-9 Bakery after an allergy
test revealed all the foods that didn’t agree
with her rescue dog, Axle. “I knew I wanted
something with very limited ingredients,” she
says.
Axle is now gone, but Arnold’s pit bull,
Ford, and French bulldog, Winston, don’t
seem to mind sharing their home with a
doggie doughnut-maker. “I can’t bake without
them [eating] at least several,” she says.
Arnold bakes the doughnuts and cookies
in her home, and sells them at the Bel Air
Farmers Market and other places that are popular with dogs. Flavors include peanut butter
oatmeal, apple cinnamon and blueberry, but
maple bacon may be the most popular, she
says.
Husky-lab mix Mylo, Japanese Chin-Pomeranian mix Suki and Boston terrier Fritz
also had tummy troubles that inspired their
person, Kara Beron, to create custom treats
and launch Kara’s K-9 Waffle Treats.