SNEAK PEEK
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Irina “Pina” Pinkusevich realized her passion as a Pet Stylist while working part-time as a bather after immigrating from The Ukraine in 1989. In the earlier part of her career she worked as a Pet Stylist at some of the most high-end grooming salons in New York. Pina entered the world of Competitive Grooming in 2006 and went on to win countless awards including Best In Show, Best All Around Groomer, the Lynne Carver Award for the most Best All Around Groomer wins (twice), and the Liz Paul Memorial Award for the most Best in Show wins. Other notable wins were the Winner’s Circle Jackpot 2011 and The World Dog Show’s World Champion Award. Pina was also a member of GroomTeam USA from 2008 through 2013 and competed in the World Championships for the United States in 2009, 2011, and 2013 helping the U.S. team bring home a Silver & two Golds.
Along with being a world-renowned groomer, Pina is also a national & international judge, instructor, and speaker. She was awarded the Cardinal Crystal Award for Judge of the Year as well as the Barkleigh Honors Award for Up & Coming Speaker of the Year in 2014. Pina is a National Certified Master Groomer (NCMG) with the National Dog Groomers of America and is also a Certifier for their company. In 2021, she launched her company Niira to bring high quality affordable grooming tools to the industry.
Dedicated to improving the industry, Pina offers dog grooming education through private lessons in and around Ft. Lauderdale, FL and also travels the world to instruct at various in-person conferences and seminars as well as online webinars and is an integral part of Artero’s Jornadas events.
Pina is also associated with Kiyara Poodles, a top breeder of miniature poodles in the United States owned by Michael Lamb & Bill Jividen Jr. She is also associated with Kerryfield Kennels, top breeders of Kerry Blue Terriers owned by Virginia Harding and Krizma Kennels owned by Lois Grier. With these kennels, Irina has bred & co-owned numerous champion Poodles & Kerry Blue Terriers.
Karolina Grembecka –
Awesome webinar!! So many tips and tricks and explained so well!! Going to try this out on my favorite poodle client I’m grooming tomorrow 😍🤩
Megan Hall –
Great webinar! Learned a lot.
Ron –
Great informative webinar! Easy to understand and perfect in detail. Hope Pina will do more in the future.
Sonya Mizell –
Loved it!
Easy to follow and understand..
Gave me a boost of confidence in my poodle grooms and I learned a couple of new tricks!
Cannot wait to do more groom haus webinars!
Liz –
Fabulous explanations. Such great camera work filming these seminars too.
Eva –
Excellent! This seminar was packed with information. A beginner, I will have to watch it many times to be able to pick up a maximum. Which will be a pleasure since the presentation is very nice and down to earth. Can’t wait for the next one on poodles… 🙂 Thank you, Eva
susan coliton –
Excellent presentation picked up several new hints
Melinda Hull –
Badass per usual <3
Jackie smith –
Awesome as always. Learned how to handle the dreaded flopknot lol !
Stephanie LaFever –
I enjoyed this mini seminar very much! I will definitely be subscribing to more of them in the future! Any tips for topknots are always good because time is money ???? ????
Connie –
Picked up some nice tips, look forward to more in the future.
Pina does a great job of explaining and showing her tips
Krysti McArthur –
Really enjoyed this short but sweet webinar! Picked up some great tips and fixes to some of the issues I’ve been having with my topknots! Thank you!