This Local Couple Turned Their Love of Dogs into the Family Business

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When Josh and Mehdi walk down the street, people stop and take take notice. Yeah, they’re a cute couple, but it’s one of their dogs who gets all the attention. With her pops of pink hair and chic cut, their standard poodle Snow is a showstopper. It’s good advertising for their business, Dogue Spa in West Hollywood. ⁠

 

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“I knew grooming and he knew business,” explains Josh, 30, an award-winning pet stylist. “We put the business together three years ago.” Dogue Spa is known for its clever cuts and creative color, so much so that Josh and Snow were recruited to be on an Amazon reality show called The Pack. ⁠

But Josh and Mehdi spend most of their time nurturing their own pack. “We live together and work together,” says Mehdi, 35. “It’s been five years.”⁠

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