A new client contacted me recently about her dog whose nail quicks have grown too long.  Her vet told her that she would have to have the nails cut back often over the course of time until the quicks receded, and she was referred to me by a friend ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've shown any photos and I just took a bunch at work recently. So here goes...

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So, we've decided that Rommel is going to be a dinosaur for Halloween this year.  And that will be accomplished with hair.

He already has a mohawk, so we are growing it out all the way down his back to the tip of his tail.  The plan is to eventually cut triangles into the back mohawk like a stegosaurus and make it green.  I've also decided to ( Read more... )

any thoughts on top performance shampoo?
thank you!

It's been a whole whopping 2 1/2 weeks since Rommel's last groom and I am already itching to groom him again.  For those of you that have pets of your own that require grooming, however often do you do it?  It's driving me nuts that he's growing out, but I'm trying to wait until at least 4 weeks.

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Hi there!

I am no longer a professional groomer (I just don't have the stamina or patience to do it as a job).  I am here because I just adopted a poodle a week and a half ago.  He's a gorgeous standard and we are already so in love with him.  I've joined because I don't have a ton of poodle experience (and hadn't even touched one in 2 years) and ( Read more... )

I hadn't seen one of these made for groomers yet, so I went ahead and made one.


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What do you folks typically do when dealing with a dog with bad skin? Rashy, crusty, smelly, etc ( Read more... )

What shoes do you all wear while grooming? I work at a kennel/grooming facility so there is water and hair around me at all times. I currently wear a pair of Hydroslips, which I can barely find anywhere now... they were very dusty on the store's shelf. These I've had for barely two months and they're already scratched up, so I'm looking into ( Read more... )

Can we talk about de-skunk methods ( Read more... )