About Karen’s K-9 Korner
Karen’s K-9 Korner is a full service dog grooming salon. Every pet will receive an individualized bath, drying, and style according to their breed, coat type, and condition. Our grooming services will include your pets bath, haircut, nails, and ear cleaning.
Our goal is to make every dog beautiful. All dogs will receive a haircut according to their breed and owners wishes. We take pride in attention to detail and provide our pets with a safe open and clean environment. Your dog’s comfort and safety is our top priority. Our professional groomers and their over four decades of experience have built us a longstanding reputation in our community. Karen’s K-9 Korner has been proudly serving the Loveland area for over 30 years.
Karen
Karen Fitzpatrick founded Karen’s K-9 Korner in 1984. Her life’s passion was promoting beauty and elegance in every dog she groomed. Karen also enjoyed competitive grooming and spent many years traveling and entering competitions all over the country. Her years of competing soon guided her down a new path as a handler. She began showing Portuguese Water Dogs, and owned three beautiful finished Champion Porties. Sadly, Karen passed away from breast cancer in 2011. Karen worked closely with every groomer that has worked at her shop. She kept incredibly high standards and expected only the very best from every employee. Although Karen is no longer with us, her talent and artistry lives on. Her style, love, and passion and can be seen in every dog we groom.
Anita
Anita began working for Karen in 1990. She started out as Karen’s assistant. After a few weeks of bathing and brushing, Karen quickly recognized Anita’s natural talent and love of the dogs. Karen began working one on one with Anita and training her in the same style. Anita worked side by side with Karen for close the twenty years before Karen’s passing in 2011. Karen and Anita were close friends, and Karen was incredibly proud of Anita’s talent and loyalty. Karen placed her confidence in Anita and knew that there would be no one more suited to continue her legacy and passion. Anita purchased the salon in the fall of 2011 and has maintained its standard of excellence.
Katie
Katie began her grooming career when she was 15 years old. She started working at a local grooming salon as a bather/brusher but quickly realized she has a true love and passion for this world. Upon graduating high school, she quickly enrolled in Dayton Academy of Dog Grooming and finished with a Masters in All Breed Grooming in 2001. Katie started working for Karen in 2004. Katie has also worked with various companies within the grooming industry in sales and advertising, and has traveled nationwide promoting health and wellness, as well as owner education. She has a joy of teaching and is our instructor for all new hires.
Hannah
Hannah is the newest member our team! Hannah began working at Karen’s K-9 in January 2015. She has worked at other salons as a bather, but wanted to fully learn the art of grooming. Hannah has true talent and is our “Rising Star”. Her enthusiasm, energy and drive is contagious. She loves her job and even more, she loves everything she is learning. Hannah plans on competing within the next year and we can’t wait to see her thrive and launch her career!