MEET OUR GROOMERS

Owned by two women (Emma and Sarah), and their dogs (Max, Hoagie, Cricket, Juniper, Pepper and Walnut). Murphy's Paw is a locally-owned small business that you can count on for excellent pet-grooming services.

Sarah Vernon

Sarah has been grooming since 2007 . When she is not at the grooming salon you can most likely find her out with her camera or tending to her four dogs and horse. Sarah shows Standard Poodles in AKC conformation, and competes with them in Rally, FastCAT, and NASDA as well. Sarah has a keen eye for detail, and is a superb problem solver. This skill has made her quite used to hearing Emma and the rest of the staff utter the sentence "Hey Sarah, can you come look at this?".

Sarah is not currently accepting new clients.

*Occasional exceptions may be made for poodles. Sarah is capable of complex hand scissored poodle trims including show grooming, the availability and pricing for these types of grooms is determined case by case.

Juniper’s Instagram

Cricket’s

Pepper and Walnut’s

Emma Olsen Spratt

Emma has been an animal lover her whole life. Having grown up with both pet and working dogs in her home, as well as fish, gerbils, snakes, turtles, and guinea pigs. She started working with animals in 2007, when she worked in the kennels at the Greenhill Humane Society. At this time she developed an interest in, and studied canine behavior and psychology. In 2011, she dove head first into her grooming career. Over the years she has consistently attended expos and seminars to continuously expand her knowledge of canine physiology, behavior, and the grooming industry. She has a soft spot for senior and disabled pets, having provided hospice foster care for two terminally ill senior dogs.

Emma is not currently accepting new clients.

*exceptions may be made for comfort grooms on terminally ill, or extremely geriatric dogs. Please be aware that this service requires special scheduling, and starts at a higher price point.

Anna

Anna started her grooming career in 2015. She enjoys doing creative and unique grooms, and loves a good terrier.

Anna keeps her home in full halloween decor year round, which she shares with a dog, cat, 2 snakes, and an axolotl (if you don’t know what those, look it up, they are very cute). She also enjoys road trips, naps, concerts, and hanging out with friends and family.

Anna’s Grooming Instagram

Anna is accepting new clients!

Chanah (Hana)

Chanah joined our crew in Feb of 2022. A second generation Los Angeleno, that left the the sprawling concrete in search of trees. She found them in Oregon and hasn’t looked back.

Chanah got her start in an LA salon specializing in Asian style grooming, and has kept that flare. If you want your dog to stand out from the crowd, she’s the groomer for you. If you can’t picture asian fusion grooming, google it right now to see if it’s for you!

She would also like to personally apologize for any and all awkward/uncomfortable interactions you may have with her. If Chanah planted a seed every time she cringed after a conversation, she would have singled handedly replanted the amazon rainforest twice over.

Chanah’s grooming Instagram

Chanah is accepting a small number of new clients.

Aimee

Aimee Started her grooming journey in 2017 up in Alaska, and has shelter experience as well.

She may be small, but she’s a tough cookie. She’s not afraid to be brutally honest, and is vocal about making a dogs comfort her top priority.

When she’s not at the shop you’ll probably find her enjoying our comparatively mild winters with her Corgi, Molly.

Aimee’s grooming Instagram

Aimee is occasionally able to take new clients on a very limited basis.

Camille

Camille was born and raised in Oregon, where her passion for dogs began at an early age. Her love for Poodles in particular started in 2012 when she got her first one, and began grooming him herself, eventually expanding to friends’ dogs and discovering her passion for grooming.

Camille first joined Murphy’s Paw in 2020 to train professionally, later moving away in 2023, but has recently returned.

Camille shares her life with her husband and their five Standard Poodles, Miniature Poodle, and a German Wirehaired Pointer. When she’s not grooming, she can be found at dog shows, hiking, spending time outdoors, or doing just about anything that involves dogs.

Camille is accepting new clients!

Beth

Beth grew up on a hobby farm in Montana surrounded by dogs, cats, hamsters, chickens, geese, goats, angora rabbits and sheep whom she helped shear, and eventually learned to spin their wool into yarn to crochet, weave, and knit with.

She started volunteering at an animal shelter when she was 11 and as an adult spent 7 years working as a shelter manager where she developed an interest in training which led to her working as a dog trainer as well.

She got her first Standard Poodle in 2021 who tricked her into learning to groom so that he could go play Show Dog, which they learned to love together along with Trick training, Rally, Agility and Scentwork.

Beth enjoys working with senior dogs, and those who benefit from a particularly gentle approach to their grooming needs.

Beth is accepting new clients!

David Fritz

David is our bather extraordinaire. You might see him sneaking in and out on his lunch breaks, but he saves the chit-chat for your dog. He is also our resident cat whisperer.

Freyja Spratt

Freyja is currently interning at Murphy's Paw, as she develops her grooming abilities. While she has yet to use a pair of scissors, she has proven very skilled at finding dogs, in even the most complicated picture books.

Update: unfortunately Freyja’s internship has come to an end after she informed her mother that she “doesn’t like dogs” and “cats are the best”.