Rebecca Nilson-Owens. I began working for Linda Law and Canine Clippers in 2003. Since I worked solely at her farm and home office, some distance away, I knew her other employees only via the telephone. Although I live on a small horse farm with a variety of furred and feathered friends, my only experience of pet grooming came through viewing the movie “Best in Show”. Over the years I’ve gotten to know and love Linda and her family and I respect and appreciate her wisdom about people and her knowledge and expertise in handling and grooming animals.

When Linda asked me to write profiles for her groomers, I initially regarded the project as a straight forward ‘question and answer’ series of interviews. I thought the groomers would educate me more about their techniques and skills in this field and, since I live among so many, less about the emotional aspects of working with animals. Instead, I found the experience of ‘interviewing’ this intelligent and highly intuitive group of groomers to be a very humbling experience. I found their understanding and respect for their animal clients awe-inspiring. Each had an eloquent and unique way of communicating love for both work and clients. I can’t thank them enough for their time and trust in telling me about themselves and their work and in educating me about some of the most deserving, and loyal participants in our lives: our pets.