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Kayli Lawler doing what she loves, making dogs beautiful one pooch at a time. (Lebanon Voice/Harrison Thorp)

WEST LEBANON - For Kayli Lawler of Lebanon, grooming dogs isn't just a job, it's therapy.

"Whenever I'm grooming dogs there comes a point when it just makes me so relaxed," she says as she blow dries Princess, a border collie/malamute mix, after her bath inside Lawler's mobile dog-grooming van.

Lawler grew up in Wilmington, Mass., attended Lowell (Mass.) High School and a local community college and hadn't settled on a career when her mom suggested she try dog grooming.

"I knew I loved being around dogs, so I decided to do it," she said.

After 300 hours of instruction and training at a Stoneham, Mass., dog grooming school, Lawler, who now lives on Center Road with her husband and parents, says she was ready to start her own business, "For Dog's Sake Mobile Dog Grooming."

To give her business an extra boost, she added the mobile dog-grooming van so she can deliver all her services at her clients' homes.

The special van allows dog grooming to go mobile. (Courtesy photo)

"It's all about convenience," Lawler, 26, said on Friday as she showed off all the bells and whistles inside the van, which is totally retrofitted to accommodate dog grooming, right down to a special drying room for pooches.

Lawler keeps the van toasty warm as she washes the dogs in a large set tub then dries them on a special grooming table.

As part of the groom she also does teeth, ears, nails and expression of anal glands in some smaller breeds that require it, she says.

To top it off, dogs get a bandanna or bow after they're done.

Lawler charges $50-$55 for a complete grooming for a small dog and $60-$65 for most mid-sized pooches. She can't do cats because she is allergic, but she will work with ferrets, guinea pigs and bunnies.

Lawler is hoping to someday soon be able to buy a house with her husband here in Lebanon, but for now she's happy just doing what she's doing.

And you can tell that as she works with Princess.

"I try to keep them calm, let them know I enjoy their company, talk to them," she says.

"I'm doing what I love," she says. "And I get to be around dogs; dogs make me happy every day."

To check out her Facebook page click here.

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