Lovin' Pups Grooming is a cage-free dog and cat grooming salon in San Diego's Normal Heights neighborhood at 3137 Adams Avenue, between West Mountain View Drive and Iowa Street in the 92116 ZIP. The salon operates in an open-floor format visible to the public — no back room — which means owners can watch the grooming process from intake through final brush-out if they choose to stay. Dog walkers servicing the Adams Avenue corridor, including Have A Ball Pet Sitting & Dog Walking, regularly coordinate grooming drop-offs as part of their pet taxi service, bringing dogs in for scheduled appointments during the owner's workday. The grooming team processes dogs through a consistent, routine sequence — bath, dry, brush, cut — designed to acclimate nervous or first-time dogs to each step before escalating to the next. Puppy introductions start with abbreviated sessions that build tolerance gradually, establishing a positive grooming baseline before full-service appointments begin. Cat grooming services handle long-haired breeds that need de-matting and sanitary trims, adding a feline component to the otherwise dog-dominated grooming corridor on Adams Avenue. The salon sits on the same Adams Avenue stretch that hosts the annual Adams Avenue Street Fair each fall, and the Kensington-Normal Heights Branch Library is a short walk east. Groomers who identify skin irregularities during a session — hot spots, unusual lumps, parasite evidence — document the finding for the owner to follow up with a veterinary examination at Kensington Veterinary Hospital: Jordan Victoria L DVM on Adams Avenue. Nail trims, ear cleaning, and flea-and-tick checks are bundled into each full grooming appointment rather than billed as add-ons.