Pet stylists often work in confined spaces. The nature of our work means the humidity level is high (I’m looking at you dogs that shake the bathwater everywhere!), and our jobs are strenuous. These three things can add to an uncomfortable work environment when the temperatures soar.
There you are, bathing a dog you are about to groom. As part of your routine, you lift its ear so you can flush it with your favorite ear cleaner and find the area around the ear canal red, hot, and very irritated looking. The dog is clearly unhappy that you are even looking at it. What should you do next?
“Don’t forget to cut his nails this time” – I don’t know of a comment better designed to get the back hackles up on a good groomer. What, you don’t think I cut them last time?
Groomers joke that a 7F blade is the best dematting tool and that one-liner is based in truth when presented with large areas of tangled coat, but having the skill set and tools to work out small areas of matted fur without injuring the pet is a must.
Stainless steel grooming tubs are wonderfully useful, sturdy, and easy to keep clean. With just moments of effort at the end of each day, you can keep your stainless steel tub looking it's beautiful best.
Incorporating time-tested grooming tips like these can save you time, energy, and maybe even frustration as you navigate your busy workday. Here are a few random grooming tips to try. They may help you groom more quickly and efficiently!
As pet care professionals, we must use our senses and knowledge to note changes in the animals we care for and inform their owners of our observations. It may not help the pet in every instance, but often it will. Learn to trust your intuition. It is seldom wrong.
When it is time to wash puppies, it is nice to have the option to use products designed with their specific skin and coat care needs in mind.
Many groomers not only don’t understand how their shampoo and conditioner actually work, but do not know how to properly care for and dispense them day to day.
I’d like to help remedy this by sharing some important facts, a few tips and some handy guidelines to follow. After all, you don’t know what you don’t know!
I'd like to buy a drink for the person who first introduced guide (also known as snap-on) combs to the pet grooming industry. These inexpensive tools give groomers a far wider range of options for leaving coats longer on the pets we groom.