Dog Groomers Operations and Resources Blog

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A Groomers Guide to Healthy Snacking

When your clipper battery starts dying, you recharge it. But the workhorse behind your clippers often gets overlooked - the groomer! It’s just as important to keep your body fueled as it is the tools in your arsenal, if not more.

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Increasing your prices

So how should price increases be approached and communicated to your clients? Let’s have a look at best practice.

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The Ethics of Matting

So how should price increases be approached and communicated to your clients? Let’s have a look at best practice.

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Pet Grooming and Hair Splinters

Not only are hair splinters painful (you will normally feel them before you see them), but they can result in infection which can then trigger an immune response from the body.

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Caged vs Cage-Free Salons

Many salons are promoting ‘cage free’ spaces for dogs. Other businesses actively promote caged spaces. Here is a look at some of the pros and cons for both.

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Dog Groomers WHS

How safely are you working? You might be able to scissor the most magnificent mushroom head known to man, but if you are not working safely then there is no point.

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Grooming Dogs that are having Chemotherapy

When grooming these dogs, it's important to take extra precautions because chemotherapy can weaken a dog's immune system and make them more susceptible to infections and other health issues.

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Compassion Fatigue

There are many reasons why people become dog groomers. Money, flexibility, opportunity, environment, but there is one thing most will ultimately have in common: they want to help dogs.

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Work Life Balance

“It must be so much fun playing with dogs all day!” - said everyone who isn’t in the industry.

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Managing difficult staff

You may not solve the problem today, but the door will be well and truly open to creating a pathway to resolution.

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Matted Dogs - Educating Clients + Charging Appropriately

We’ve all been there – when a client arrives for their groom and either doesn’t understand that their dog is matted, or doesn’t understand why it costs them more money.

The common question “why are you charging me more if you’re going to shave it off anyway?”

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Dog Grooming Competitions

Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, participating in grooming competitions can offer a wide range of benefits

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