Qualifications

• Building trust with every dog
• Fear-free handling techniques
• Has professional grooming experience
• Loves building trust with nervous or challenging dogs
• Comfortable with all breed cuts
• Values quality over quantity
• Is dependable, positive, and team-oriented
• Takes pride in their craftsmanship
• Understands that every interaction contributes to the client’s experience

Benefits

• Individualized grooming plans
• Holistic skin & coat care
• Continuing education
• Teamwork over competition
• Creating an environment where both dogs and employees thrive
• Wants to continue growing professionally
• ✔ Commission-based pay (do less, make more
• ✔ Four 10-hour workdays
• ✔ Three-days off every week
• ✔ Only have to work 1 Saturday a month!
• ✔ Paid Time Off
• ✔ Holiday bonuses
• ✔ Continuing education opportunities
• ✔ 30% Employee discounts
• ✔ Opportunity for career growth
• Pay: Commission + tips (based on experience)
• Full-Time
• Four 10-hour shifts
• Pay: $60,000.00 – $90,000.00 per year
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Paid training

Responsibilities

• It’s about helping anxious dogs feel safe
• Groom dogs safely and compassionately
• Build lasting relationships with clients and their pets
• Educate owners on coat maintenance, nutrition, and skin health
• Recommend products and services that genuinely benefit each dog
• Maintain detailed grooming notes for future visits
• Work alongside a supportive team that helps one another succeed
• Continue learning through ongoing education and mentorship

Job description

Experienced Full-Time Dog Groomer

Mountain Dog Lounge | Heber City, UT

More Than Grooming. A Career With Purpose.

At Mountain Dog Lounge, we believe grooming is about so much more than creating a beautiful haircut.

It’s about earning trust.

It’s about reading body language.

It’s about helping anxious dogs feel safe.

It’s about educating owners and creating lifelong relationships.

If you believe every dog deserves patience, compassion, and individualized care, we’d love to meet you.

For the past eight years, Mountain Dog Lounge has built a reputation for providing exceptional grooming through a holistic, low-stress approach that focuses on each dog’s mind, body, and soul.

We’re looking for an experienced groomer who shares that philosophy and wants to become part of a supportive, growth-minded team.

What Makes Mountain Dog Lounge Different?

We aren’t a high-volume salon focused on rushing dogs through.

We take pride in:
• Building trust with every dog
• Fear-free handling techniques
• Individualized grooming plans
• Holistic skin & coat care
• Continuing education
• Teamwork over competition
• Creating an environment where both dogs and employees thrive

Our mission is simple:

Leave every dog better than we found them.

What You’ll Be Doing
• Groom dogs safely and compassionately
• Build lasting relationships with clients and their pets
• Educate owners on coat maintenance, nutrition, and skin health
• Recommend products and services that genuinely benefit each dog
• Maintain detailed grooming notes for future visits
• Work alongside a supportive team that helps one another succeed
• Continue learning through ongoing education and mentorship

We’re Looking For Someone Who…
• Has professional grooming experience
• Loves building trust with nervous or challenging dogs
• Comfortable with all breed cuts
• Values quality over quantity
• Is dependable, positive, and team-oriented
• Takes pride in their craftsmanship
• Wants to continue growing professionally
• Understands that every interaction contributes to the client’s experience

Benefits

✔ Commission-based pay (do less, make more

✔ Tips

✔ Four 10-hour workdays

✔ Three-days off every week

✔ Only have to work 1 Saturday a month!

✔ Paid Time Off

✔ Holiday bonuses

✔ Continuing education opportunities

✔ 30% Employee discounts

✔ Supportive team culture

✔ Beautiful modern salon

✔ Receptionist (no calls/checking out clients)

✔ Bathers to help when needed

✔ Opportunity for career growth

✔ Work somewhere that truly values your ideas and contributions

About Mountain Dog Lounge

Mountain Dog Lounge is a locally owned grooming, training, nutrition, and wellness center in Heber City, Utah.

Our philosophy is built around caring for the whole dog, mind, body, and soul. From holistic skin treatments and nutrition education to patient handling and individualized grooming plans, we strive to make every visit a positive experience.

We’re passionate about raising the standard of pet care while building meaningful relationships with both dogs and their families.

Compensation

Pay: Commission + tips (based on experience)

Full-Time

Four 10-hour shifts

Weekend rotation as needed

Ready to Join Our Team?

If you’re looking for more than just another grooming job, if you’re looking for a place where you can grow, make an impact, and be surrounded by people who genuinely care, we’d love to hear from you.

Please submit your resume, portfolio (if available), and tell us what inspired you to become a groomer.

Come help us change the way dogs experience grooming.

Pay: $60,000.00 – $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Paid training

Experience:
• Dog grooming: 4 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person