D’Tails Pet Salon opens to take care of furry friends

“Dogs leave paw prints on your heart.”

The phrase stenciled on a blue wall, next to a pair of paw prints, at D’Tails Pet Salon may be about owner Shelley Clark’s personal preference for our canine friends but it is just as applicable to about any animal an owner might bring through the doors of Cheney’s newest pet salon.

“One guy called about getting his guinea pig shaved,” Clark said with a shrug. “I guess I could do that.”

Clark draws the line at anything bigger than some of the larger dog breeds, with the focus mainly on traditional pets, something she’s been doing professionally for over 1...