Dog Grooming
Jill Florio
Latest Articles
If you can accept cats in your salon, you will always have an edge over most groomers who are afraid of felines.
De-stress Your Dog Grooming Salon
While you can't control everything in the salon (no matter how much you try!) you can budget a bit of your time and effort to making the stress less of an issue. Here are some ideas to engage your senses.
Retain Grooming Clients - Review of Online Pet Partnership Course
After enrolling in this course, I think all prospective and newbie pet owners should be required to work through and complete this program. Or even old hands at animal ownership! An excellent introduction to Pet Whispering.
Mixing Houseplants and Pets in Your Salon
With all the dogs in and out of the place, I have to be careful which houseplants are within reach, or can be pulled down by curious dogs for chewing. Here's what plants to use and avoid, and a review of the SuiteU Houseplants For Beginner's course.
Retain Your Bathers - Teach Employees to Enhance their Financial Self Esteem
If you can keep a bather long enough, he or she will even start to be requested by clients. You've probably heard something like this..."Please have Sarah wash and brush out Jake; she always does such a good job." How to help retain these great employees.
Decorate Your Shop on a Budget - Trash to Treasures Salvage Style Review
Many grooming salons run under tight budgetary conditions. Using a sense of creativity and a knowledge of Salvage Style, one can cheaply design a welcoming parlor anywhere, at any time.
Eating on the Grooming Job - A Review of the Low Carb Lifestyle
Groomers often find eating a bit of a problem on the job. Whether you work alone or in a bustling salon, there is always a time crunch. For groomers following the low-carb diet plan, or those just looking for a steady energy boost thru the day, the SuiteU low-carb course offers ...
Make an Emergency Travel Grooming Kit
Even if you are just road tripping in a car, it pays to have a little 'grooming emergency kit' tucked away somewhere. These are the minimum essentials...
Grooming from the Road - the RV Lifestyle
I just bought an RV, turning me from a 'wannabe' to a 'newbie'. I'm doing all the research about the lifestyle, and am thinking of dog grooming on the road, while I travel, to help pay expenses. Traveling Groomer? Why not?
Gentle grooming - brushing scared dogs
A reader asks about tricks for taking care of badly matted fur for a dog terrified of the whole idea.