IT 'S A DOG'S LIFE

Hi! My name is Allie Vargo & I am a Co-Owner/Pet Stylist Here At It's a Dog's Life

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I have been working with animals since I was 10 years old when my mother bought me my 1st horse named Penny.  I currently am a proud mother of my standard poodle known as Nitro, a Saint Berdoodle named Willow, a cat named Springer, my wild child Penny, and my fish called Biggie & Tupac.  I also live with 2 German Shorthairs Pointers known as Dutch & Sadie, a Bassett Hound named Fred, another horse named BEBE, Miss Kitty, and a bunch of geese.  You can say I love animals. WIth this, while in highschool & throughout college, I worked at Southampton Veterinary Clinic seasonally as a kennel assistant/bather. While at college, I volunteered at East Carolina Veterinay Clinic as a veterinary assistant.  After I graduated from East Carolina University with my B.S. in Biology & Business Minor, I intended on furthering my education with a Degree in Veterinary Medicine.  However, due to personal reasons, I decided that I was going to wait a year.  I ended up getting hired with Petsmart as a bather, in which they sent me to their grooming academy to teach me the different hairstyles of each breed of dog.  I fell in love with pet styling and ended up sticking with it.  Soon after getting hired, I bought me my first puppy named Nitro.  You can usually see him sporting new and crazy hair styles.  With this, I grew to want more out of it.  I wanted to be able to pamper the pets the way I wanted to.  At Petsmart, I felt like I couldn't do that.  Thanks to my mother, Jill Vargo, of Southside Gas Service, INC., she gladly let April Cutchins and I borrow the money to help us with this new adventure.......