Meet the Groomers

Leah Coyne – Director of Grooming / Salon Manager (Middleton & Cross Plains)

Leah is the Director of Grooming at Tabby & Jack’s and the Salon Manager at both our Middleton and Cross Plains locations. She began grooming in 2011 after graduating from Diamond Cut Grooming School in Ohio and joined our team in 2014. Leah leads with compassion and experience, mentoring grooming managers across all locations. She enjoys grooming all breeds and takes pride in each “before and after” transformation. 

Leah and her husband live on a cute hobby farm with their two kids, four goats, chickens, three cats, a horse, and two dogs—Smokey the Bernese Mountain Dog and Timber the Leonberger. Smokey is a longtime greeter at Tabby & Jack’s and one of our certified shop dogs. If he’s not out front making friends, he’s probably snoozing at home on his couch. Timber is currently in training to become the next great greeter. 

Outside of grooming, Leah loves trail riding with her Welsh pony, Aspen, and spending time with her family and farm animals.

 Freddy Guzman – Fitchburg Salon Manager

Freddy started working with dogs back in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina forced people to abandon their animals. All the ones they could save were shipped to Racine Wisconsin and with the help of Hope Safehouse they were able to find home for all the dogs, cats and even a few snakes and birds.
Around 2012 he moved to Los Angeles and started working at a doggie daycare on Santa Monica Blvd learning all he could about dog behavior and handling. There he realized he wanted to get into the grooming side of dog care and was lucky enough to find a well respected grooming master who was looking for someone to bath/ assist. Her clientele ranged from actors from Marvel movies to athletes and he had the privilege to meet them and groom their dogs.
Around 2017 he decided he wanted to be closer to family so moved back to Wisconsin and started working at Tabby and Jacks.

Krystal Siedschlag – Monona Salon Manager

Krystal is the Monona Salon Manager. She got her start grooming career as a bather/grooming assistant in a boarding facility and completed her training at TJs in 2016. Krystal loves grooming all breeds of dogs and cats. Krystal and her husband share a certified shop dog, Lydia, a French Bulldog, 2 cats Derby and Meatball, and a bearded dragon.

Brianna Stearns – Sun Prairie Salon Manager

Brianna is the Sun Prairie Salon Manager. Bri started working with dogs in a boarding facility and then attended Animal Behavior College, before joining TJ's groom team in 2014. Brianna is loved by her small-dog clients for creating cute, fluffy faces. You can find her wading in a creek or her ice shanty fishing when she's not grooming. Bri is owned by a Havanese mix, Talon, and cats Gilly and Tator.

Ken Lonetree – East Washington Salon Manager

Ken is the East Washington Store Manager. Ken started in Doggy Daycare where he realized that he had to work with animals for the rest of his life. He graduated from the Tabby & Jacks grooming program in 2018 and has been happily styling dogs ever since. He was born and raised in the Madison area and grew up around all sorts of small animals like cats, birds, and gerbils. Professionally he finds nothing more satisfying than a good de-shedding as well as freshening up a cute Terrier. In his free time you can frequently find Ken urban hiking all over Madison with his 6 year old Shiba Inu named “Chief”.

Nicole LaBelle – Stoughton Salon Manager

Nicole started her grooming career in 2013 as a part time job while going to college. She graduated from UW- Steven's Point with a bachelors degree in biology and minor in chemistry. Nicole pursued a career as a zoo keeper after college, but found more of a calling in grooming. She has 3 wonderful kids with her husband Josh and one small spunky chihuahua mix named Scratchy. Nicole is a huge rescue advocate and has fostered or rehabbed many different animals over the last 10 years. She has worked primarily with hospice, disabled, and senior pets. She is currently fostering paralyzed and incontinent cats with misfit felines. Nicole loves all pets, but the seniors have a special place in her heart.