Our Team

Ben

Ben is a man of many talents. Not only is he one of the managers of Amherst Dog Wash, on his days off from the shop he is also an baker at the River Valley Co-op bakery. He is a graduate of the Bancroft Small Animal Massage program and has extensive animal experience. He has volunteered at a number of animal shelters including Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society. Ben has also volunteered at veterinary hospitals in the Putney, VT and Great Barrington areas and is excited to use his animal experience in his new venture. He has a rescued lab/poodle mix named Mya, Luna Australian labadoodle and 2 miniature donkeys named Oliver and Mocha. His hobbies include kayaking, hiking, hanging out with friends, and walking dogs.

Teah

Teah has been a groomer for 7 years. She started at Petco and has worked at other salons since. She loves all things creative & she really finds joy in the work she does. Teah has a hairless sphynx cat named Mimi. She finds it funny to be around fury dogs all day & go home to a hairless animal. She lover her jobs & takes pride in her work & she can’t wait to meet your pup!

Bethany

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Cathy

has always been interested in cutting and styling hair, whether that be that of two legged or four legged friends! She started as a hairdresser in the mid 70’s when everyone wanted a curly perm or a Dorothy Hamill haircut, and then moved over to the computer programming field for over 30 years. While a busy programmer, she followed her passion for dogs and teaching by opening her own dog grooming school in Orange.  Despite retiring from programming and running her own grooming school, she keeps busy breeding, showing her three Portuguese water dogs!

 After marrying and having 3 children I got my first Portuguese water dog choosing this breed because they are non- shedding and hypoallergenic  and one of my sons had severe asthma. When I had the dog groomed several times I realized I could probably do a better job myself.   I did and decided to go to grooming school.