Local Dog Salon Strikes Again
A Cut Above Grooming Salon in Castro Valley recently traveled to two grooming expos. The first one was August 22-26th called Superzoo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shop owner Nathan Austin, who now competes along side some of the counties top groomers in the open class, brought home a third place in a huge poodle class of 22 dogs. His wife and fellow shop owner Kathlena Austin who competes in the intermediate class came home with a first place victory with English Cocker Spaniel, Swayze.
Groomer Kat Greaney came home with a first place win in a large entry all other purebred class with her Bichon Frise’, Lumiere. Groomer Lindsey Pinson stepped into the ring for a challenging class in the model dog, where competitors of all levels groom a fake dog. She came home with a first prize!
Next stop was the groomers traveled all the way to Hershey, Pennsylvania where they attended one of the counties largest and oldest grooming competitions, where the biggest and best groomers compete. Shop Owner Nathan was also honored to be nominated for best up and coming groomer of the year, only 5 groomers a year are even nominated for this prestigious award.
While they were in Hershey they also competed. Nathan came home with a second place and a group second in the Wire Coat class with Scottish Terrier, Red. He also received an honorable mention with Kerry Blue Terrier, Hercules in a tough open level all other purebred class. Along side Nathan, Kathlena competed in the intermediate division of Wire class taking home a first place with Scottish Terrier, Josie.
Groomer Kat Greaney got an entry second place in the all other purebred class with Bichon Frise’, Cricket. Then stepped into the entry sporting ring for the first time with English Cocker Spaniel, Enzo, receiving a third place victory. Groomer Lindsey Pinson was invited to rescue roundup invitational after her win in Pasenda last February.
The groomers joined together to groom rescued dogs who desperately needed makeovers with hopes to make them more adoptable. Lindsey was paired with a sweet but shy Mini Bernadoodle named Nellie. Nellie was so scared but Lindsey won her over with her love and kindness removing all her matts and giving her much relief. Even though making Nellie feel better and helping her get a home with a member of the audience was the biggest award, Lindsey also got a third place to top it off.
