About Us

Premier Paws opened our retail store front August 2005. It is locally owned in Knoxville by Tesa and Eddie. Tesa has a boston terrier mix, Baxter. Eddie has two Airedales, one Westie, and one Kerry Blue Terrier. Tikki, Rocco, Artie and Ringo make up Eddie's canine family.

Jessie, our lead Master Groomer, has been with Premier Paws since December 2005. Jessie has helped shape and grow our grooming department and is also very knowledgeable of nutrional needs for your dog or cat. Jessie has a Pomeranian, Emma, and a Doberman, Coach.

Erica has joined our team at Premier Paws as our second groomer in 2008. She is an animal lover and also shows Tennessee Walking Horses.

Chris has worked at Premier Paws for a little over two years and brings strong customer service skills and retail knowledge to our store. Chris has one cat, Pierpont, and two dogs, Rustyn and Lacy.

Kim also joined our Premier Paws team in 2008. Kim runs Apple Valley Riding Stables and Hart her Bernese Mountain Dog works in the evenings.

Shannon joined our team also in 2008. Shannon is our bather for Jessie and Erica.

We strive at Premier Paws to give our customers the best possible solutions to their pet's health and well being.