BloomingPaws

Overview

BloomingPaws[1] (formerly Canine Companions) is the only full service pet care facility in Bloomington and Monroe County. It is located at 3409 S. Walnut St.

History

In 1993 Bryan Bailey and Michael Fitzgerald founded Canine Companions. Bailey’s experience as a Master Trainer provided the vision and skills to take dog training and pet care services to a new level of professionalism for the Bloomington area[2]. Local business owner Michael Fitzgerald, one of Bailey’s dog training clients, provided the investment capital.

Over the following decade Canine Companions became a full-service facility offering an array of services that, when added together, provide pets with total wellness. Advances include climate-controlled boarding facilities, professional grooming, supervised, televised Doggie Daycare and comprehensive training programs.

In 2002 an on-site veterinary hospital was added that completed Bailey’s vision of offering “everything under one roof”—making Canine Companions a convenient one-stop for pet’s physical and emotional needs.

In 2010 Bailey moved to Memphis, TN and turned his attention to ProTrain Memphis, a dog boarding and training business he started shortly after his arrival in Memphis. Canine Companions persevered for the next three years without Bailey’s supervision because of the dedication of its staff.

BloomingPaws

In October, 2013 Michael Fitzgerald became the sole owner of Canine Companions. Fitzgerald is now actively involved in the business and in the process of implementing his own vision, which includes over $300,000 of planned capital improvements, new policies and services, a new Board of Directors and a new Master Trainer. The name change to BloomingPaws™ reflects this new beginning.

BloomingPaws houses a full service veterinary clinic and surgery, the largest boarding and doggie daycare facility in Monroe County, a doggie splash pool, full service dog and cat grooming and several dog training programs taught by a certified Master Trainer.