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If your dog needs a little “sprucing up,” this is the place to go! Donna Lynne [Flesch] Worstall, the owner and her expert crew exhibit an immense love for all the animals and this extends to the care and personal attention given to their furry clients. With over 20 years of experience, DRnnD DnG hHr DVVLVWDnWV/VWDII DrH FRnfident that once you have been to Digger Dogs, you and your dog won’t want to go anywhere else. When you fetch your SHW, yRu’OO EH H[WrHPHOy VDWLVfiHG wLWh WhH results. Each “fur-kid” that comes into their shop is treated as if it were their own! “Where your dogs feel like they’re home!”
Former president of The Bristol Borough Business Association (BBBA), Richard P. sallejo brings his Lexus and Bentley to Digger Dogs. Yes, they are his PLnLDWurH SLnVFhHr SHWV! 5LFh FRnfirPHG, “They are great dog groomers and they care about every dog that comes in.”
The store front is conveniently located on friendly Mill Street operated by welcoming, total dog people who go above and beyond providing great customer service. “The grooming experience should be a fun one” for everyone.
So, grab a sandwich, walk down to the river with a book and go shop, all while they snip, clip, wash and dry! Then pick up your pup.
“I love this place” is heard as the pets leave with their owners. Digger Dogs earned Best of Bucks in 2009 and they’ve recently been voted the best Dog droomer in Buck’s Happening List for 2013.
The owner, Donna, is the middle child in her family, born in Trenton, N.J. but she has been residing in Bristol Borough for the last 15 years. Her older sister, Janet Leigh MacDonald was the proprietor of the Rapture Hair Studio on Mill Street and she enticed Donna into the borough.
What is your favorite thing about Bristol? “Meeting my husband. He had his Dale James Woodwork shop right next door.”
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Donna’s husband, Dale Robert Worstall is an accomplished woodworker and he just completed the creative lettering for her new Digger Dogs sign. Dale had done some carpentry work at the Blue Dog Lounge that had been located in the former Stocks building. Some of the pictures no longer used in the tavern now grace the walls. This Mill Street shop location was originally Charlie and Elsie Richman’s window treatment, curtain and drapery store. Now “the shop is full of dogs at all times.”
Her original store window with the dog preening in a mirror, created by the late Army veteran Cpl. Anthony Napoli, is part of the decorations in the front of her shop now.
Many people buy a dog, love it, feed it, walk it and water it and yet they never really even give a thought to grooming their pet. Digger Dogs is a full service dog grooming shop providing the safest grooming equipment and a most experienced staff in a play-friendly environment.
Donna’s daughter, Brandi Lynn Shaw, an avid animal lover, started shampooing dogs as a teenager for a family friend and it was she who encouraged her entrepreneurial spirited mom, a Tri-City Barber Institute graduate, to start the dog grooming business. Brandi’s pet was the original Digger Dog. The resident Digger Dog is the 6-year-old hybrid smooth fox terrier/cattle dog mix rescue pet, the catch RI BrLVWRO’V AnLPDO &RnWrRO RIfiFHr, BLOO Palmer.
Brandi is the groomer, webmaster and operations assistant/consultant responsible for getting Digger Dogs into the cyber world and implementing all of their online presence.
Donna’s son, Charles Richard has also worked with his mom and he is preparing to open a Digger Dogs in North Carolina.
droomer/operations manager, Ingrid Elizabeth Faber’s degree is in business administration and she worked in marketing, branding and manufacturing. Ingrid has been responsible for helping Donna build her business as well as with marketing/ advertising since 1993. She attended various grooming seminars, behavior classes, HDrnHG D 3HW )LrVW ALG / 5HVSRnVH FHrWLfiFDtion and is a dog trainer with lpportunity Barks Animal Behavior & Training.
Bristol resident, groomer/shop manager Misty Nieves is “really a hard worker.” She helps run the day-to-day operations of the shop and always makes time to hug the dogs!
Sarah Erickson is a groomer and brings a new meaning to the term “pet stylist.” She’s been working at Digger Dogs for over three years and has skillfully groomed almost every breed imaginable in almost every fashion trend available. She makes them “paw”fect!
“Dog whisperer” Tommy Barbetta is the bather extraordinaire. He conjures the most unique, most effective shampoos for the animal’s skin issues, using his vast array of products to alleviate any condition. His wife, June, hand cuts stitches, and irons a variety of holiday bandanas. “lnly the best for Digger Dogs!”
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