Dressed in a dog-patterned zip-up shirt, groomer Denise Culham removed her scissors from her waistband, and wisps of poodle hair fell to the floor.
It was time for Cookie’s haircut.
Em-barking on a new adventure
Culham, a groomer at Groomingdales East, 2830 E. Grand River Ave., started grooming when she was in high school, working as a bather.
“I like making them look nice,” Culham said. “I used to say that I’m doomed to be a groomer.”
Culham said she tried to escape grooming by going into the Navy and working security jobs, but grooming seemed to be the only job she liked doing. Culham eventually joined Petco, but soon left after having bad experiences with corporate-run grooming. She started working at Groomingdales
East about a year ago and brought over some of the customers from Petco.
Lansing resident Sandy Armbruster, an MSU alumna, used to take her dog Dunkin to Petco when
Culham was there, but switched over as soon as Culham did.
“She has a way with animals,” Armbruster said. “She’s very good at what she does.”
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