Bear Necessities Dog Grooming Course

Mayra Grajales is an International Certified Master Groomer with IPG (International Professional Groomers) and a National Certified Master Groomer with NDGAA (National Dog Groomers Association of America). She was born in Puerto Rico and raised between there and South Florida, where she now resides. Mayra has been professionally grooming since 2001 and has been showing dogs since 2004. She has also bred several generations of FCI Champion Pomeranians. In 2014, Mayra traveled to Alborada Terriers in Barcelona, Spain to train with renowned breeder, Judge Jesus Pastor in grooming West Highland White Terriers.

In Puerto Rico, she owned a successful grooming shop and later house call grooming business for many years servicing clients all over the island. She now continues to run her house call grooming business Almana Dog Stylz in the South Florida area.

Mayra is passionate about education in the dog grooming industry. She has worked as an instructor at Pet’s Playground Grooming School in Pompano Beach, FL and has taught several seminars in Puerto Rico and South Florida to share her knowledge with others (in English and Spanish!) She loves to continue her own education as well and regularly takes seminars and private lessons with several of the world’s top groomers.