PITTSFIELD TWP., MI — Pet owners can look forward to a new boutique just outside Ann Arbor.
Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming, a national pet store franchise based in Orlando, is opening a location next week in Ann Arbor, Victoria MacKellar, owner of the forthcoming store, said Monday, Oct. 13.
“It is a true grooming-with-love concept,” MacKellar, 45, said. “It puts the pet and the pet parent first, where many other grooming salons and pet boutiques (are) just another place to bring your dog.”
The Ann Arbor location, 3157 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, will offer one-on-one pet grooming services, all-natural and single-ingredient treats, toys and seasonal cookies, according to MacKellar, of Northville.
She said the store is catered to all types of pets.
“There’s nothing better than when a dog is done being groomed and mom and dad are there to pick it up and the big reveal comes,” MacKellar said. “All pets need pampering, loving and care.”
She said she wanted to open the store to provide an elevated grooming experience.
“We wanted to give pet parents somewhere that they can take their pet that they trust, that they’re being left in the absolute best care,” MacKellar said.
Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming opened its first Michigan location in December in Northville. She wanted Ann Arbor to have the second location because “the level of service and quality that we provide is going to be absolutely perfect for the clientele in Ann Arbor.”
“As we’re transitioning, more people are having children later in life or their pets are their children, so we just figured the demographics here would be perfect to provide that level of service for them,” MacKellar said.
Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming opened its first store in Florida in 2007 and has opened in over 300 locations across the United States by 2023, according to the chain.
The pet store in Ann Arbor will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
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