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mokenamessenger.com news<br />
the mokena messenger | May 9, 2019 | 3<br />
Deep passion for pooches<br />
inspires Mokena pet stylist<br />
T.J. Kremer III, Editor<br />
Different styles for dog grooming adorn the wall at<br />
Bone-ita Pet Styling.<br />
The dog days of summer<br />
may still be months away,<br />
but a new spot in Mokena<br />
can let pooches get a head<br />
start on their summer hairstyles.<br />
Bone-ita — located at<br />
11600 Francis Road, Unit<br />
C3, in Mokena — held its<br />
grand opening and open<br />
house April 28, where<br />
community members and<br />
their canine companions<br />
got a look at the pet-styling<br />
shop and were served<br />
some treats.<br />
Kristin Anaya, owner of<br />
Bone-ita, got started in the<br />
dog-grooming profession<br />
straight out of high school<br />
and has continued with her<br />
passion for nearly the past<br />
20 years.<br />
“A lot of my friends<br />
were going off to college,<br />
and I wasn’t sure what I<br />
wanted to do,” Anaya said.<br />
“I’ve always loved animals.<br />
I thought about possibly<br />
being a vet tech, but<br />
I just didn’t think I could<br />
deal with the sad stuff.<br />
So, I heard of a grooming<br />
school in Homer Glen,<br />
which was close to home,<br />
so I went there.”<br />
Since then, Anaya has<br />
worked with other pet<br />
groomers, most recently<br />
in Frankfort at Hair of the<br />
Dog, and even competed<br />
in dog-grooming shows,<br />
at which she specialized in<br />
miniature poodle styling.<br />
“People ask me all the<br />
time, ‘If you didn’t groom,<br />
what would you do?’” Anaya<br />
said. “I truthfully don’t<br />
know. It’s my passion. I<br />
love it. I can’t see myself<br />
doing anything else, ever.”<br />
For more information,<br />
visit facebook.com/bone<br />
itapetstyling.<br />
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Saturday, June 1, 2019<br />
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Bone-ita Pet Styling owner Kristen Anaya works on giving this pooch a trim May 1.<br />
Photos by T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media<br />
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