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Showing posts with label Mark the Dog Guy. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Meet Mark The Dog Guy: He Gives Shelter Dogs Free Haircuts So They’ll Get Adopted


Mark The Dog Guy has dedicated his life to helping out shelter dogs in need of homes.

He offers his services to local dog shelters, giving dogs with matted, dirty fur free haircuts to improve their chances of getting adopted.

Almost all of the dogs he works on quickly move on to a new home.

“I come home uplifted every day,’” Mark told metro.co.uk. “I develop a bond with the animals which is just amazing.”

It all began when Mark ended his job as a consultant.

His girlfriend recommended that rather than going back to a ‘soulless’ job, Mark should do something he really loved.

He decided that something would be giving dogs a helping hand. Mark and his girlfriend had recently adopted two pit bulls from a shelter through Susie’s Senior Dogs, and so he was moved to do the jobs that many shelter staff simply don’t have the time for: grooming all the new additions.

Mark went to grooming school at the American Academy of Pet Grooming to learn more and develop his skills, where he was allowed to get to work from day one.

It was there that Mark learned about how much of an impact matted fur can have.

‘The first dog I ever worked on was Ernie,’ Mark told us. ‘My hands turned black from the dirt that was caked on Ernie as I brushed him out.

‘I had to re-apply the shampoo three times to get the dirt off of him, but he came out adorable.
‘It was really then I thought that the shelter dogs could probably use a cut too.’

Towards the end of grooming school, Mark reached out to Animal Care Centers of New York (ACC) to find out if he’d be able to help out.

They offered him the position of groomer on a trial basis.

And soon, Mark became Mark The Dog Guy. Since then he’s given lots of dogs incredible transformations, relieving the discomfort from matted fur and making them ready for adoption.

Mark wants to use his grooming skills to make sure great dogs don’t get overlooked because of their appearance.

“All dogs need homes, whether they are from a pet store, a breeder, or a shelter.
These animals have soooooooooo much love to give and just want to give and receive love.”

One of Mark’s best success stories was little Falko, a black poodle.
“Falko had just come into the shelter and [matted fur] terribly over his body,” Mark told us.

“I didn’t have a lot of time to finish him and I wasn’t happy with the cut, [but] Adoptions at ACC were going to take him to an adoption event that day.
The funny thing was that post-cut, Falko never made it to the adoptions van.

As they were taking him to the adoptions van, someone walking in said “Wow, a poodle. I want that dog!” and Falko was adopted even before his first event.
I think it was then that the ACC really recognized how I could help the dogs get adopted.”

See more of Mark’s dog transformations over on the Mark theDog Guy Facebook. 


Mark The Dog Guy (Picture: Susie’s Senior Dogs)



One of Mark’s clients pre-groom. (Picture: Mark The Dog Guy)




 Mid-groom. (Picture: Mark The Dog Guy)



Post-groom. (Picture: Mark The Dog Guy)



Ernie the dog before and after. (Picture: Mark The Dog Guy)

  

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A brown poodle before. (Picture: Mark The Dog Guy)



That same brown poodle after. (Picture: Mark The Dog Guy)


  
And this dog is blown away by the results. (Picture: Mark the Dog Guy)



This dog looks very happy with his trim. (Picture: Mark The Dog Guy)

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