Our Authors
Meet the people behind the guides and articles on OurPetGroomer. Our team combines professional grooming expertise with data from 84,000+ grooming businesses.
Raymond Dasilva
Founder
I'm Raymond — a software engineer, husband, father, and the guy behind OurPetGroomer.com. I built this platform because finding a good groomer for our dog shouldn't require a PhD in Google searching. I spent months collecting data on every groomer I could find — Google listings, state business registrations, industry directories — and built a platform that organizes all of it in one place. No pay-to-play rankings, no fake reviews, just the actual businesses operating in your city. When I'm not writing code or obsessing over search rankings, you'll find me watching F1 (Verstappen era is real), gaming when the kids are asleep, or at our local dog park pretending my dog has any recall training whatsoever. I'm a man of faith, and I genuinely believe that if you're going to build something, build it right — which is why OPG lists every groomer we can find, not just the ones who pay us. 84,000+ groomers across 4,796 cities. That's not a marketing number — that's the actual database I built, one groomer at a time.
OPG Editorial Team
Content & Research
The OPG Editorial Team combines insights from professional groomers, veterinary advisors, and pet care researchers to create accurate, helpful grooming guides.
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