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Melissa Verplank, CMG
White Dog Enterprises
Paragon School of Pet Grooming
Melissa Verplank - CMG, has over 25 years experience in the pet grooming industry. Her mastery of grooming techniques has won her numerous awards on a national & international level earning her the right to become a team member on GroomTeam USA. Later she has been the GroomTeam Coordinator and currently sits on the Board of Groom Team USA. Ms. Verplank is an industry speaker, author, Cardinal Crystal Achievement award winner and contest grooming judge. During her formative years she ran a fleet of mobile grooming units and a busy grooming salon. In 1992, Verplank founded one of the Midwest's largest pet styling schools; The Paragon School of Pet Grooming Inc. in Jenison, Michigan. Ms. Verplank realized the need for quality training and reference materials. To meet that need she created White Dog Enterprises Inc., a business which develops creative learning products for the professional pet stylist. Currently the leading product for this company is the new grooming guide, ‘Notes From the Grooming Table’ with new products on the horizon for 2005. Ms. Verplank resides in West Michigan where she and her husband raise Friesian horses.