The corner shop on 13th
Nell opened Tubwell in 2014 in a 1920s corner shop in Sellwood, after ten years as a vet tech. It’s still one room of tables, a room of tubs and a small room just for cats.
Twelve years on the doorframe
The building was a shoe repair for forty years. Nell painted the walls herself, bought one table, and borrowed a dryer from the clinic she’d just left.
Every time something changed, somebody marked it on the back-room doorframe in pencil, the way you’d mark a kid growing. The frame has been painted around ever since.
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First coat of paint, August 2014
Who’s on the table
Four groomers, three tables, five days a week. This is the rota on the back wall. Ask for someone by name when you book.
Nell H.
Grooming since 2012 · Opened Tubwell in 2014
Tomás R.
Grooming since 2016 · At Tubwell since 2018
June P.
Grooming since 2017 · At Tubwell since 2019
Ruth
Grooming since 1999 · At Tubwell since 2021
Three rooms and a counter
The plan that hangs by the front door. Dogs, cats and muddy dogs each get their own room, so nobody has to share the noise.
Tuesday, 8:40, before the first dryer goes on
Come by, or drop us a line
Grooming
Tue – Sat · 8 – 5
Drop-off 8 – 10
Self-wash
Tue – Fri · 10 – 7
Sat – Sun · 9 – 5
Cats
Tue & Thu mornings
Nails
Walk in · 1 – 4
Getting here
Free street parking on 13th and on Tenino.
A five-minute loading spot by the side door for drop-offs.
Buses on 13th stop at the corner. Bike rack out front.
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Thanks. Here’s what happens next
We read messages between grooms and reply the same day, Tuesday to Saturday. Notes left on Sunday or Monday get an answer Tuesday morning.
