Top winning stylist in the grooming industry is here to help you improve your pet styling skills! The mission is to increase your bottom line, to share techniques that will not only improve your finish but help speed up the process. From shave downs to show Dogs! In addition Chris will focus on your health, wellbeing, ergonomics, pet handling skills, tools and usage, customer care, and we have the passion to help you succeed.

Christina Pawlosky is a Certified Master Groomer (NDGAA), Certified Feline Master Groomer (CFMG) Pet Tech certified in CPR and Pet First Aid.  She has successfully owned and managed her own grooming salon since 1985.    She has many awards in the grooming and show ring. are unsurpassed:

​Multiple Best All Around Groomer and Best-Groomed Dog in Show winner

World Poodle Groomer 1993 and 1995

International Groomer of the Year in 1994

Cardinal Crystal Achievement Award for Groomer of the year 1993, Congeniality 1994, and Judge of the year 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006.

Two Barkleigh Honors 2011 for Speaker of the Year and 2013 for Judge of the year

Eagle Award from Groom and Board Magazine 1994,

Voted Groomer of the Decade by New England Pet Grooming Professionals 2001

Groom Team Member 1993 -1995

​Christina has also excelled in the show ring as a professional handler; winning Poodle Club of America’s Standard Poodle Variety.  She has also won multiple Best in All Breed Shows and Specialties.   She also handled many different breeds to their Championships.   She was also a breeder of many Champion Poodles and Brussels Griffons.

 She has also served as an AKC Judge at the Western Reserve Poodle Club.

Dave Campanella is an informative and entertaining seminar speaker, contributing trade columnist and genuine grooming enthusiast. He is Best Shot Pet Products sales and marketing director and has over 30 years of pet industry knowledge and experience. He and his wife Tracy co-owned a full-service pet salon and self-wash in Ohio prior to relocating with Best Shot to Kentucky. Together they enjoy exhibiting at grooming shows, being industry ambassadors and showing their Kerry Blue Terriers, Samoyed and Lowland Polish Sheepdog. Dave is also certified to deliver accredited PGC continuing education credits with WPA’s credentialing program.

Kim is a 40 yr  veteran of the grooming Industry. She is a graduate of the N.Y. School of Dog Grooming  Nov.1984, then owned by the famed Sam Kohl.

She is a graduate of the Pensacola Junior College Vet Tech program June 1984. 

She competed in grooming competitions for 26 yrs , garnering some 62 placements including two BIS

Gold medal Poodles Intergroom 1999 

Silver Medal handstrip terriers Intergroom 2001

And the Wahl Artistic Innovations Grand Championship Intergroom 2001

She is a sanctioned judge by the United Show Managers Alliance 

And was nominated for Cardinal Crystal Achievement Awards Grooming Contest Judge of The Year 2007

She has shown Standard Poodles and American Cocker spaniels .

She has three Children Four Grandchildren and three dogs

A Standard Poodle Named Armani 

And two mixed breeds Jack and Mollie

And a spotted saddle horse named Cash

She is a born again Christian 

And loves to teach grooming as well as being a music enthusiast

And a published writer of poetry

Erin (Martin) Huland has been grooming for over 20 years, and has owned her grooming business since 2013. In February of 2020, she began her journey in the competition ring in the pure breed class. Her specialty is in extreme creative grooming, where she is a multi award winning competitor. She has been speaker in the grooming industry since 2020. Erin also puts on several creative grooming webinars per year. Her love of creative grooming inspired her to start The Creative Groomer, a creative grooming supply company, and the first subscription box in the industry geared towards creative groomers. In 2021, she and Mary Oquendo co organized and created the first ever creative grooming online summit. She is a Secretary of the CPPGA (California Professional Pet Groomers Association). She is a member of the North American model dog competition team and is a multi award winning competitor in model dogs.

Dr. Molly started Molly’s Pampered Paws in 2014 working as the solo groomer in a (very) used grooming van. Together, with co-owner and husband Todd, they have built a diversified multi-million-dollar pet industry business consisting of grooming salons, a mobile grooming fleet, as well as boarding, daycare, and training facilities. In addition to helping run the organization, Dr. Molly has a grooming background, Master’s in Business Education-Corporate Training, a Doctorate in Management-Organizational Leadership with a dissertation on Employee Turnover in the Pet Grooming Industry, and teaches Business Applications at a local TN college. Combined with Todd’s 15+ years of leadership experience as a COO, Dr. Molly & Todd work together to combine education, experience, and best practices to help other pet professionals succeed! As a team, they are passionate about coaching and educating the next generation of successful pet industry business owners while helping groomers set boundaries and achieve optimal work/life balance through their podcast The Pawcast: The Business Side of the Pet Industries and coaching services.

Cassondra Renee, founder and CEO of Club Pawsh in Buffalo, New York, is a seasoned groomer with over 10 years of experience in various grooming settings. She has also held corporate roles overseeing hundreds of groomers, where she cultivated a passion for coaching and advising others in the industry to achieve unprecedented success both financially and personally.

Cassondra’s journey of personal growth and healing led her to pivot towards coaching on self-love and empowerment, which she initially struggled to define her target audience for. However, a pivotal moment at a grooming industry conference made her realize the significant need for empowerment and business guidance within the grooming community, leading her to launch The Unlimited Groomer Podcast & Coaching.

With a global audience, Cassondra’s unique blend of grooming expertise and empowerment coaching has garnered praise from influencers and industry professionals alike. Alongside her podcast, she offers mindset and business coaching tailored to the pet industry, operates a monthly membership community, and is available for speaking engagements.

Outside of her professional endeavors, Cassondra is actively involved in WINC, an organization supporting women in business, and enjoys hobbies like dancing, reading, roller skating, and traveling to warm beach destinations with her partner and their six pets.

Jordan is a national and internationally award winning groomer competing in breed, freestyle/runway, model dog, and extreme creative with several placements in all categories. Nominated for Barkleigh honors awards such as “up and coming groomer of the year” and “creative groomer of the year”. After working for several years as a cosmetologist as a cut and color specialist she made the transition from people to dogs(because dogs are so much better!). She now is the owner and operator of “creative shears mobile grooming”. She has a passion for educating other up and coming groomers and wants to share her knowledge and passion with them just as her mentors did with her.

Alyssa Kasiba, renowned internationally for her creative prowess, brings a wealth of experience from a distinguished grooming career in the U.S. A two-time Barkliegh Honors Creative Groomer of the Year and a Pooch Perfect Finalist on ABC, Alyssa extends her influence to the “Global Creative Grooming Board,” enriching the creative community. As the Co-Founder of The Creative Contribution, an emergency supply bag supporting competitors, she passionately contributes to making the world more colorful—one dog at a time

Mindy Dinwiddie, an award winning International Certified Master Groomer, International
Competition Competitor in both model dog and live dog competitions. She traveled to Taiwan as
a member of the USA Model Dog Team. Mindy is an ambassador for Evolution Shears and All
for Groomers. Mindy started her career as an apprentice under another groomer after making
the move from the corporate world, non-grooming related. She opened her own salon in
Litchfield, Michigan in 2010. Mindy, in the pursuit of bettering her grooms and herself, she
started attending Grooming Expos, seminars and private lessons. She strives to better the
grooming community every day. This includes traveling variously throughout the year to help in
the education of others in different topics of grooming. These topics include Asian Fusion, Tools
and Products of the Trade, and her most popular, Caring for Geriatric Dogs. As an advocate
towards bettering the grooming standard, she is also a member of Professional Grooming
Credential Instructor and member of the Master Groomer Council of Best Practices. She is a
staple to the grooming world, helping where needed.

Join me for a run through on how to help your mental health and physical health before you start your day. We will be doing LIVE mild group stretching together to calm your nervous system and prepare you for your day. Have this in your back pocket for when you need to reset. Take techniques away that will help you center yourself in the most stressful work situations. This is an all age friendly activity. 

Are you familiar with the different types of handles and lengths ? Do you know why your favorite shear is really your favorite? Let’s break down the differences in weight distributions, blade length, and hand size to find what will work best for you. We will also cover the tension you should find for your shear and using proper techniques to get your shear to do most of the work for you.

Bichons have been the light of my life since I was a little girl and it is one of my favorite things to talk about. Learn proper structure and how this will change your trim. We will be using a combination of guard combs and scissoring to get this full proof Bichon pet trim that any client will be happy with! And yes, I will show you how to make those ears disappear!

Arm your clients with the proper knowledge to defeat them once and for all ! 

We all want to give the best , most knowledgeable service right? 

If we could just keep white dogs white ..

In this seminar you will be armed with the most up to date research and procedures, as well as , treatments for dealing with tear stains .

The more knowledge we can give our owners the more loyal our clientele !

Defeat the nemesis of Tear stains with this invaluable knowledge presented in this seminar! You won’t want to miss it!

For your health and career longevity

Does your back kill you after a long day of grooming ? Your neck? Your knees? Your wrist? After Three rotator cuff surgeries as well as carpal tunnel surgery , I can certainly tell you what NOT to do. Learning  Body positioning for health while grooming

Will not only make you feel better , but will add life and years to your grooming career ! This information is vital to your health and well being as a groomer.

For your health and career longevity

Does your back kill you after a long day of grooming ? Your neck? Your knees? Your wrist? After Three rotator cuff surgeries as well as carpal tunnel surgery , I can certainly tell you what NOT to do. Learning  Body positioning for health while grooming 

Will not only make you feel better , but will add life and years to your grooming career ! This information is vital to your health and well being as a groomer

Are you or your team burnt out or too exhausted to enjoy time off? Do you struggle finding and
KEEPING team members that not only provide quality but that also contribute to a positive
culture?! Are you an employee and haven’t been able to find somewhere that feels like your
“grooming home”? This is the course for you! The foundation for this course is built on the
scientific research of Dr. Molly from pet groomers, for pet groomers! Turnover and burnout continue to remain an issue throughout the entire grooming industry, and employees are tired of job-hopping, constantly looking for the right ‘fit’. This course identifies the factors that continue to contribute to employee dissatisfaction, quality of working life (or lack thereof), and actual turnover. In this two-part class, attendees will learn how to recognize and reduce the causes of job dissatisfaction and burnout while implementing and improving positive solutions and working culture into their business and work/life. This course will not only help business owners and managers reduce burnout and build a highly satisfied, productive, and committed team! Not only for the business owner, groomers will also learn and understand what burnout is, why work/life balance is important, how to set boundaries and stick to them, how to suggest changes to management, and how to take charge in the interview process to see if the employer has the right culture for you!

Looking to start, expand, or diversify your mobile grooming business? This is the course for you! This course delivers a well-rounded education on all things mobile grooming- the good, the bad, the unavoidable, and the amazing! Mobile grooming salons are unlike any other salon type and come with substantial benefits for customers and pets! However, these customer benefits are not without cost to the groomers providing them. This course will teach you what to expect and how to prepare for life as a mobile groomer and/or how to successfully expand your mobile grooming team. This course goes over unexpected issues and how to prepare for them ahead of time, best practices, pricing, team building strategies, setting boundaries, as well as useful tactics for marketing/networking, selecting the right unit(s), and efficiency. Key Takeaways: Pricing for Success; Preparation; Best Practices; Team Building; Improved Efficiency & Routing

Not enough bucks for barks left at the end of the month? Stressed about the upgrades you need and can’t afford? Not paying yourself first? This is the course for you! This course focuses on the financial side of the pet grooming business- whether you are a solo groomer or have an entire team! The material from this course will benefit groomers at every level, from the employee to the multi-salon owner. This course will teach the foundation for setting realistic budgets, unexpected expenses, creating an emergency fund, appropriately paying and providing benefits (yes-even to yourself!), pricing, and how to create your plan to financial freedom for your business and your personal life! Key Takeaways: Thorough Budgeting; Realistic Goal Setting; Preparation for the Unexpected; Benefits and Pricing for Success

Are you overworked and under-charging?! Pricing that fits your personal and business needs is one of the most critical components of a successful business model. Understanding the different components that go into setting, raising, and implementing a successful pricing model can be overwhelming, this course can help! Pricing For Success takes you step-by-step how to evaluate both personal and business expenses, budgets, and bottom lines to calculate pricing that will not
only help you meet goals and cover expenses, but plan for the future and avoid burnout. Underpricing is not only a huge inconvenience, but hinders the growth of your business, can attract undesirable customers, and be a huge factor in overworking. Correct pricing for your
business model helps you meet financial needs, goals, and create a better work/life balance! This course is designed for all current and/or future business owners/managers that want a better understanding on how to price for success! Key Takeaways: Increased Profit Margins; Reduced Stress; Lower Burnout; Improved Work/Life Balance & Quality of Working Life; Thorough Budgets; Realistic Goal Setting

Are you dreaming of a business far from your reality? A business that you not only own, but actually enjoy going to every day and is extremely profitable. Oh yeah, and did we mention this business also has the best clients, pets, and doesn’t leave you physically exhausted and mentally drained at the end of the day?! If so…this is the course for you! Are you burnt out? Overworked?
Undercharging? Feel like you’re missing out on those mystical “dream clients” you keep hearing others speak about? If you answered yes to any of these…this is the course for you! The truth is, too many groomers don’t realize that they simply own their job and not their business. The Own Your Business, Not Your Job summit is designed for any groomer who owns, or is planning to own, their own business. Whether you are a solo groomer or want to build a team, you will learn the keys to operating a successful business you are not only proud of, but that allows you to plan
for happier, healthier (and wealthier) career longevity on YOUR terms. This course is designed to show you how to re-brand or create the business of your dreams from the real-life experiences and successes of the diversified pet industry professionals Dr. Molly & Todd Rowland of the Pawcast! Topics discussed may include, but are not limited to, boundary setting, work/life
balance, business finances and budgeting, pricing models, SOPs, goal setting, client interaction, positive and productive habit formation, branding yourself and your business, and includes time for questions and discussion!

Key Takeaways: Boundary & Goal Setting; Business Finances & Budgeting; Pricing; Work/Life
Balance; Habit Formation; Branding Yourself & Your Business; SOPs; Client Interactions;
Profitability