My name is William Lewis Holroyd. Before Ive started dog grooming, My journey into the pet care industry started when I was in highschool. When I was a freshman, my mom started working with Almost Home Foundation, which is a pet adoption service. From when I was a freshman to being a senior our family had fostered over 150+ dogs in our household. I would also participate on the weekends for the foundation as a dog handler for the adoption event. I would have a certain amount of dogs with me and would showcase and give them information about the dogs to anyone who was interested is adopting them. After high school, I went to college at SIUC to study Radio & Television. After I graduated, I realized that the industry was not something i wanted to be in and decided to move back to Chicago to figure out what i wanted to pursue. While I was working a a restaurant in the kitchen, I found out about Rover and started doing dog walking and dog sitting as a side hustle. I realized how much I enjoyed doing dog walking and dog sitting, so I then decided to go full time with it. I had my own dog walking and dog sitting business from 2018-2022. By 2022, I lost interest in the business and wanted to switch careers but still wanted to figure out a career in the pet industry. I then found out about dog grooming on youtube and realized this is what I wanted to do. I started at Pups Pet Club and went into their apprenticeship program. After graduating I became the lead groomer of the salon after a year of being full time. Then in late 2024, I joined the second location of the number one rated dog grooming salon in Chicago called Dashing Dog which I’m still apart of.