Sue Zecco

Sue is a Certified Master Groomer, she has been grooming for close to 50 years, starting her former business, the Pampered Pet in Paxton, Massachusetts in 1977. She began grooming competitions in 1985 and has won gold, silver and bronze medals at Intergroom, multiple Best in Show, Best all around Groomer, Best scissored dog, Best Groomed Poodle, and her biggest show, accomplishments, Intergroom’s International Groomer of the year in 1998, and 1999’s, Oster Invitational Tournament’s Grand Champion. Sue is a very proud recipient of many Cardinal Crystal Achievement awards for Groomer of the Year, Judge of the Year and Congeniality. In 2011, Barkleigh Publications begin the Barkleigh Honor Awards. Sue and her business partner, Jay Scruggs, won Best DVD series of the Year,under their grooming platform Super Styling Sessions, and since then have won multiple Barkleigh Honors, for Congeniality, Judge of the year, Speaker of the year and DVD of the year. Sue was also very proud to win the Artero Lifetime Achievement Award. Sue was also one of the first inductees into the Groomer’s Hall of Fame.

Sue has been a member of GroomTeam USA since 1997. She broke all records in 1999 earning more points than anyone in the past years at 113. She participated in the 1999 world team championships in England, earning a silver medal for the team. She was also part of the 2001 world team championships in Calgary Canada, helping the US bring home the gold, and in 2003, she assisted GroomTeam USA to Barcelona Spain for the world team championships as the GroomTeam coordinator. She is a national and international judge, speaker and demonstrator having traveled to great places like Italy, Ireland, Spain, Germany, England, Scotland, Belgium, Argentina, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Greece, Brazil and Canada.

Sue and Jay Scruggs started one day seminars called Super Styling Sessions in 2007, since then, it has grown to an online membership for groomers who have access to an ever-growing library of videos to learn from.

Sue is also a member of the Kenchii/Joyzze Team.

Sue and her husband Ray breed standard poodles under the “Dreamcatcher “ prefix. She also enjoys spending as much time as possible with her two grandchildren, and whatever time she can get with her beautiful quarter horse Ahyoka.