Mollyrose, a 6-year-old golden retriever, doesn’t enjoy taking a bath, but her copper-colored coat shone brightly after a recent hour-long grooming session with Mary Oquendo. Oquendo owns and operates Pawsitively Pretty, a mobile grooming salon that has catered to both canine and feline clients in the greater Danbury area since 2002. From clipping claws to trimming fur, Oquendo’s pet salon on wheels provides grooming to cats (who are rarely bathed in deference to their dislike of water) and to dogs of all sizes. She notes that she frequently grooms the largest of breeds, such as the English mastiff and the bull mastiff, which can weigh as much as 130 pounds. Oquendo has been certified by the Pet Industry Joint Action Committee as a canine specialist, and she is also a pet technician and pet first aid instructor. Dogs are securely fastened with a harness to the grooming table where Oquendo carefully dries and buffs their fur with two powerful dryers. read more

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