Northwest Grooming Show took place April 21st – 24th, 2016 in Tacoma, Washington. The event showcases anyone who makes a full or part-time living from professional pet care… or is a serious hobbyist. Groomers, mobile groomers, kennel operators and kennel personnel, trainers, day care operators, veterinarians, pet retailers, animal behaviorists, shelter personnel, breeders, handlers, and vet techs come from near and far to take part in this exciting event.
The Northwest Grooming Show is also home to exciting grooming competitions with generous cash awards. The World Cup Grooming Games are held, along with the following breed class competitions: Poodle, Salon Freestyle and Sporting, Wired Coated Breed, All Other Purebreds, and Creative.
Sammi Hill, a pet groomer from right here in Chestermere, won first in Wire Coated Breeds Open Division and first in Group at the Northwest Grooming Show dog grooming contest in Tacoma, Washington.
For her wins, Sammi took home a free contest entry to Groom Expo in Hershey, PA, a trophy, cash and featured coverage in the grooming industry’s most prestigious magazine, Groomer to Groomer. Sammi won with her own Giant Schnauzer named Bumble Bee.
After graduating high school, Sammi managed a boarding kennel and it was there that her passion for dogs grew stronger. She always found herself in the grooming room asking a thousand questions. Always fascinated with grooming, she desperately wanted to pursue a career as a top professional dog groomer.
After much investigation and determination, Sammi was lead to one of the country’s best teachers, Shaina Bernardin CMDG. After several years of apprenticing with Shaunna, Sammi has become one of Canada’s top competitive groomers.
Sammi is now a co-owner of a very busy salon, W.A.G.S wash and groom salon, in Calgary with her mom. As of right now she is sitting in the 4th spot on Groom Team Canada point system for 2017. Sammi went to her first contest 5 years ago and won best overall and from then on she has been hooked.
The grooming contest was sponsored by Groomer to Groomer magazine.
