Boulder’s pets need grooming. Now.

This is a story about dogs and cats, and about supply and demand. Mostly, demand.

Amy Oostema is a pet groomer in Three Forks. She worked for eight years for Valley View Clinic in Belgrade, then started her own grooming business a year and a half ago. She and her husband bought a cargo trailer, retrofitted it with flooring, insulation, and equipment, and put out a shingle.

Oostema’s new venture blossomed, and she loved being close to home and near her daughter’s day care. Then, a few weeks ago, her friends Samantha and Jeremiah Anderson were visiting. They had recently moved to Boulder, and Samantha suggested a grooming service might do well there, too.