Welcome to Prickly Dog Grooming Academy Pet Grooming

At Prickly Dog Grooming Academy, we provide a full range of grooming services for your furry friends. Our experienced groomer and mentor Sarah Rauccio: she's always had a passion for animals. She grew up in Alabama where she had horses, dogs and you name it. She began working at small and large animal vets office in Connecticut where she had moved to out of high school. That's whjrer her grooming career took off ; she attended The Connecticut School of Dog Grooming in 2006. After completing her certification she went to work at Happy Tails where in 2011 she bought and continued to learn and grow in her craft. Within a year og grooming she started to compete and won first place. Later in life she moved here to AZ and started a salon/mentorship. In her free time she loves spending time with her family, pets and on the back of a horse.