Our Story

Established in 2022 when Purple Paws Grooming ( Andrea ) and Sam’s K9 Beauty Room ( Sam ) joined forces, Cariad Dog Groomers was formed. Our ethos focuses on providing a relaxing, calming, experience for every pet and they are treated as if they are one of our own and welcomed into the cariad family.

I Sam have been a qualified groomer for 28 years first gaining my qualification in 1996. Before going into full time grooming i worked in a dog boarding hotel/kennels where i also got the opportunity to work and learn about hydrotherapy and also did some grooming along the way.

I left the kennels to go and work in a grooming salon full time where my passion for grooming grew.

A few years later i opened my own little salon back in the midlands which is wher i came to meet Andrea. Andrea joined my salon while doing her City and Guilds Qualification in Dog Grooming in 2018 doing one day a week to gain more knowledge about grooming whilst she was still working as a qualified nurse three days a week as a practice nurse. After qualifying she joined my salon full time as a self employed dog groomer. In 2019 we both updated our grooming Qualifications and took the ICMG Certified Professional Grooming qualification and both passed. We both also attend training Emmipet training so are able to offer teeth cleaning for your pets.

Covid then hit !!

We went back to work after the first lockdown and adapted to a new way of working when Andrea broke the news she was moving to Wales. I was broken to hear the news and going to be loosing a valued member of the team in my salon.

I promised to visit Andrea in Wales as soon as covid restrictions were lifted which i did with my partner and dogs and we fell in love with wales.

It had always been a dream of mine and my partners to relocate to the seaside so wasted no time and sold up and moved to Newcastle Emlyn.

Andrea was renting a table at Stanwells Grooming Emporium in Aberystwyth and i also managed to get offered a table to rent in the salon. Then in February 2022 the owners of Stanwells decidied that as they were moving away from the area it was too far to commute even once a week they asked us if we would like to but Stanwells.

We took over in April 2022 as business parnters and renamed the salon Cariad Dog Groomers.

I Sam have four of my own dogs , three Poodles and an English Bull Terrier ( which you may get to meet when they come to the Salon ). I previously used to breed and show Persian and Ragdoll cats.

Andrea has three dogs of her own a poodle, cockapoo and terrier cross along with three cats, two are short haired and one is a Ragdoll.

We look forward to welcoming you and your pets to the Cariad Family.