About Us – The Wizard of Paws Pet Salon, LLC

Our Approach

Our pets are family these days, The Wizard of Paws staff understands that and wants each pet to enjoy their spa day with individualized care. Our naturally derived products make our spa packages excellent for your pets overall health and well being. Our spa care is more than a few suds and water, it's a relaxing experience!

Our Story

Grooming goes beyond just making your pet pretty, it's part of maintaining the health and well-being of your pet. By maintaining a regular grooming schedule we are able to prevent or find skin and coat issues before they become a serious problem. Many times unhealthy skin and coat are signs of a serious underlying health issue, that if caught early can be treated easily by your veterinarian.

With that in mind The Wizard of Paws staff works with you to build a loving relationship with your pet to become part of their health care team. We are constantly learning and attending trade seminars and classes to stay ahead of the current techniques, styles and health information to offer the best that our pet profession has to offer.

Meet the Team

Sheila Cole

Owner and Senior Pet stylist

Sheila Cole is a 2008 graduate of the PetsMart grooming academy and a certified cat groomer. She is also a member of the International Pet Groomers Association (IPG) and pet CPR certified. While she loves all dogs and cats, big fluffy ones hold a special place in her heart.

Sheila's passion for animals started at an early age caring for all the family pets and often bringing home "foundlings." She started and ran her own club as a kid to raise money for the local animal shelter by selling homemade dog treats and collars. That evolved into working at an Animal Emergency Vet hospital and volunteering at the local wildlife rehabilitation center. Her goal had always been to be a veterinarian, but somewhere along that path she stumbled into the pet stylist profession and hasn't looked back since.

Will Cole

Owner & Operations Manager

The man behind the curtain. Morale officer and helps keep the business running smoothly.

Will and Sheila Cole married in 2007 while he was in the US Navy and she was just finishing up high school. He has been her number one supporter in her developing career as a Pet stylist, encouraging her when others would say "it's not a real job." With a great mind for solving technical problems Will enjoys his primary job at Optimum Energy as a project engineer and uses that mind to help improve the environment of the salon.

Casandra Thornton

Pet Stylist

Casandra has 14 years of grooming experience and joined our team the winter of 2021. She is a kind and hilarious individual who brings that warmth and joy to her work. She is pet CPR certified and is working on her professional pet stylist certifications.

She is a mother, a wife and an amazing employee! We're not quite sure how she manages it all, but are so happy to have her as part of the team.

Brittany Kanto

Grooming Manager

Brittany has about 14 years of grooming experience and is a very skilled pet stylist who specializes in hand stripping and carding of terriers and sporting trims. She also competes in grooming competitions which showcases her knowledge and experience in traditional as well as day to day salon styles. She is the proud owner of two dogs, a cat and a hedgehog.

Shannon Petty

Pet Stylist

Shannon has been grooming since about 2018. She is a very talented groomer who also loves showing her American cocker spaniels.

In her free time she likes working on her garden and spending time with her family.

Agathe Lopez

Assistant Manager

Agathe is originally from France, but has lived in the PNW for longer at this point. She is an avid animal lover, and has set her whole young life to be with animals in any way she can.

She is a woman of many talents whether it be prepping a cow for the Dairy ambassadors, trimming nails here at the salon, wrangling dogs for daycares or helping out as a vet assistant for Mercy vet, she's your lady! She has quite the passion for French bulldogs and if you visit, you will see her canine counterpart Lockett helping out at the salon.

Kendra Fuerstenberg

Pet Stylist

Kendra has been a pet stylist for 7 years and is a certified canine esthetician. Her passion is for all animals, but there is always a special place in her heart for terriers. Kendra has an eye for perfection, and will always give your pet the best of care.

Tong Chen

Pet Stylist

Tong has about 12 years of grooming experience. She loves her big floofs, like chow chows, Pomeranians and Leonbergers. She also is a cat groomer and is working on her professional master cat groomer certification. She is pet CPR certified.

Her and her husband hope to move to Japan someday, but for my sake I hope that's many years in the future as she is a one of a kind person and groomer.

Courtney Hensley

Pet Stylist

Courtney has about six years of grooming experience and her special love is grooming poodles and puppies. She also loves creative grooming, so if you're looking to add some extra color to your dog's groom, she's the one for you! Courtney is a very kind soul and loves her family very much. On her free days she loves taking her three dogs on adventures to the park or pumpkin patch.

Come and see us in Klahanie today!

Please stop by our shop in Klahanie, give us a call at 425-392-0349 or send us a message to get on the schedule.

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