meet the team

Stephanie (OWner and groomer)

Stephanie has spent the last 10 years devoting a large portion of her time to local shelters in Manitowoc County. From bottle feeding kittens and puppies, to fostering nursing mothers with puppies, to caring for kittens with ring worm, to grooming our local shelter dogs; she has a huge passion for helping animals in need and providing them with the most gentle humane care possible.

She worked at Petco as a dog trainer and companion animal specialist. After having her son, she began grooming at Pet Nirvana. Early Childhood was no longer Stephanie’s passion, rather, she wanted to pursue a life long career helping animals. She turned that dream into a reality when she purchased Pet Nirvana, which is now know as Lucky Paws Pet Boutique.

She specializes in the more difficult cases whether it be more aggressive dogs or just pets that are scared of human touch and need to learn to trust humans – it warms her heart being able to see their transition. She has also recently started taking care of senior hospice dogs.

calub (LEAD DOG HANDLER)

Calub has worked as a dog handler for several years. He has been working our doggy daycare since September 2023. He thrives with all dogs big and small. He has extra special patience for the dogs needing a little extra help with socialization and behavioral issues. Calubs bubbly personality helps to keep the dogs energy levels positive in our daycare environment.

ARIEL (GROOMER)

Ariel has 2 pups, Mara (blonde) and Jane (black). Jane is the girl who sparked her desire to become a dog trainer. Her fiancé and Ariel adopted her in 2018 from a shelter in Colorado. While working through her extreme reactivity towards other dogs she realized how much she loved learning everything about behavior.

She has been working with shelter dogs on a volunteer basis since 2007,Ariel is a graduate of Animal Behavior College, a Certified Family Dog Mediator, and completed The Michael Shikashio Aggression in Dogs Master Course.

She know how challenging it can be to live with a dog that has behaviors that limit your freedom and make you feel on edge, so this year she decided to start Mischief Management with the goal to help people build stronger and more peaceful relationships with their dogs. Her persistent personality welcomes a good challenge! Ariel has been grooming with us since 2023.

amy (GROOMER)

Amy has loved animals and surrounded herself with them all her life. She was the child growing up who brought everything home and asked if she could keep it. While growing to love all animals she especially gravitated towards dogs. She immersed herself in everything that involved them, including volunteering as soon as she could at her local animal shelter. She also worked at multiple doggy daycares before eventually turning her passion into a career when she went on to pursue veterinary technology. In 2020, she began her grooming journey at Paragon School of Pet Grooming. She learned many new skills and grew as a dog groomer while attending school and graduated in October 2020. She joined the Lucky Paws team in March of 2023 and loves working with clients of the “fluffy” variety and if you can’t catch her there you can catch her hanging out with her best friend Roo.

Jolynn (FRONT END ASSOCIATE)

Jolynn has been an active member of our team since January 2022. You can typically find Jolynn’s smiling face behind the front desk, doing laundry, or cleaning the shop. Jolynn has always had a love for animals. She currently has 2 cats and 2 dogs. When one of our frequent boarding dogs owner passed away Jolynn happily stepped up to give Leo a home!

jeremy (mANAGER AND GROOMER)

Jeremy made the move to Lucky Paws in 2020, after leaving H&H. He said it was the best decision he made in a long time.

He’s the front desk coordinator and groomer-in-training.

Don’t let that big beard fool you, Jeremy is an absolute sweet heart. He loves working with animals (even the tough ones) and is proud to be a part of the Lucky Paws family.