The building at 137 Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown has been home to a pet grooming business for the better part of 15 years.
Entrepreneur Zachary Moon has ensured that the location remains home to a pet grooming into the foreseeable future, even after the business that called it home since 2011 — Little Friends Pet Grooming — has closed.
Moon assumed operations and ownership of the business in March, taking over from Jen Procaccino, who had owned Little Friends. He renamed the business Jurassic Bark.
The hand-off went smoothly, with Procaccino staying on board as a member of the Jurassic Bark staff. Thanks to Procaccino, some of Little Friends’ customers have now become Jurassic Bark customers.
“It’s been going well,” says Moon, 35. “I got to take over some of her clients, and you know, this is Bordentown, so there are always people walking their dogs around. So some of them are coming in, saying hi, seeing that it’s a new business and coming to try us out.”
Moon says he has been around pets his whole life, and always knew that the pet grooming business was the career path for him. He spent years working at a groomer at Petsmart, but says he always wanted to open up a place of his own.
“When the opportunity came up and Jen talked to me about starting up a business here, I said, ‘Absolutely.’”
Jurassic Bark offers full body clipping service, trim-up service, bath service and nail-trimming service. A full-service appointment takes around two hours. Most services are by appointment only, with the exception of dog nail trims. All cat services require appointments as well.
Moon says that he wants Jurassic Bark to provide a “clean, open environment, a relaxing spa place to bring your pet.”
A Burlington resident, Moon grew up in Hamilton Township, attending Langtree Elementary School, Crockett Middle School and Steinert High. Dad Scott worked in corrections, and mom Stacey is a librarian at the Hamilton Township Public Library.
Moon says customers have asked him if the salon’s new name is a reference to the TV show Futurama, which has a well-known episode called “Jurassic Bark.”
He tells them no, that he came up with it independently of the show. “The named popped into my head and I went for it,” he says.
Jurassic Bark, 137 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown. Phone: (609) 667-6455. Hours: Tuesday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Web: facebook.com/jurassicbarknj.
