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I was just listening to a phone in on radio Lancashire, an elderly lady was asking about dog grooming, she has a mobile groomer with a fully equipped van he takes the dog to the van and does the whole session in the van. I don't know the breed but she said he's big. She was told that she should not do this as it's not essential, I think the answer is wrong as for some breeds grooming is essential for health issues, she clearly could not do this herself. Thoughts?
 
My freind is a, dog groomer. All groomers have been told to shut down, she's devastated, she had just got the business up and running and now has no income. Luckily she has a good client list.
 
When humans are having cancer treatment delayed in the face of a public health crisis, the dog is going to have to forgo its professional hair cut I’m afraid. Brush the dog as regularly as you can, carefully clip any mats out. If the dog is totally untouchable then work on this as safely as possible. Unfortunately animals are going to suffer but human welfare has to take priority and even that is being compromised.
 
Good points and I had totally forgotten local rescue closed the grooming parlour! I can do my little dog myself, I'm not very good at it but she doesn't mind looking rather odd!
 
As a more general point, I do not know why people get dogs/breeds with hard to manage coats, when they are not prepared to groom them or train them from a young age to stand at peace when they are being brushed? I know someone with a dog who is allowed to get into a right state because there are a very small number of groomers in the town with huge waiting lists. Obviously if people are elderly or inform that's a different matter, but there are plenty of breeds with low maintenance coats, if people can't be arsed getting a brush out.
 
My friend has just closed her grooming business. I'm gutted for her but hopefully she can get back up and running after the crisis is over. My spaniel was booked in for next week. Might have a go with the horse trimmers at some point...or maybe not!!! Wonder if there's a YouTube video ...
 
My sister is a dog groomer, it is her only form of income but she has had to shut down. As has been said, there are far more pressing matters at the moment.
 
I am a dog groomer. I work from home in my converted garage. I have closed and all the local dog groomers are closed.
We are not essential (as much as we like to think we are haha!). Staying open would be encouraging people to make non-essential trips.

I am offering grooming advice on my social media for my clients to follow. I am posting tutorials and tips daily and I had a client message me yesterday in a bit of a panic because her dog gets long and matted and he was due this week so I talked her through some things she could do and have said I will ensure she gets priority when I can re-open.

Fully looking forward to all the shave downs I think I’ll be doing when this is all over...
 
CorvusCorax said:
As a more general point, I do not know why people get dogs/breeds with hard to manage coats, when they are not prepared to groom them or train them from a young age to stand at peace when they are being brushed? I know someone with a dog who is allowed to get into a right state because there are a very small number of groomers in the town with huge waiting lists. Obviously if people are elderly or inform that's a different matter, but there are plenty of breeds with low maintenance coats, if people can't be arsed getting a brush out.
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A huge part of my job sadly involves shaving off matted dogs. A lot of people think that by buying a non-shedding breed they are making life easier for themselves, when in reality, they actually require a lot of coat care. Trouble is, people know they can just leave it for months and then a groomer will sort it out.

I had a Shih Tzu in last week that broke my heart. Her elderly owner had died and she had been taken in by a family who messaged me straight away to book her in. She was a mess. So matted that she had huge balls hanging off her and she couldn’t see. Her runny eyes had gone like concrete on her face and smelt absolutely rank. She was only 2 and she looked so sad. I had to shave her right down and she was such a sweetie. I honestly think she knew I was helping her. When I finished she looked like a different dog and was bouncing around my salon playing ball while we waited for her owners. They were absolutely overwhelmed by the transformation and booked her in for her next cut there and then, so hopefully this lovely dog will now be kept on top of.
 
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As a more general point, I do not know why people get dogs/breeds with hard to manage coats, when they are not prepared to groom them or train them from a young age to stand at peace when they are being brushed? I know someone with a dog who is allowed to get into a right state because there are a very small number of groomers in the town with huge waiting lists. Obviously if people are elderly or inform that's a different matter, but there are plenty of breeds with low maintenance coats, if people can't be arsed getting a brush out.
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Yup. I love the spaniels dearly, and they are very well behaved and compliant when it comes to grooming, but having to properly line comb ears and skirts every day would drive me batty if I had to do it all the time. I can tolerate it for a holiday, then gladly hand them back and be unbearably smug about my self-cleaning, impossible-to-matt spitzy things.

I think a lot of people underestimate coat maintenance when they are considering certain types of dogs, and/or don't have good technique and are just brushing topcoat without combing down to the skin.
 
My little working cocker is a mucky beast and I’m too lazy for the whole grooming thing.

This is what clippers are for!
In light of CV19 I can confirm clipping wriggling dogs is harder than it looks but it’s a bit like horses, a bad clip only lasts a few days. At least I’m developing my skill set ?
 
Ted was due this Friday so I've timed everything very badly ?‍♀️ he's going to look a state, but I can do his between eye cuts to maintain sight at least!
 
So the time came today for Daisy’s haircut. All done and she was very well behaved (I know, I know, she should be). Didn’t make too bad a job of it. So quite pleased ?
 
just to throw the ungroomed dogs among the pigeons if delivery drivers can deliver (and they are I've had a constant stream of things from amazon and ma now bankrupt) they why shouldn't a MOBILE dog groomer carry on. social distancing would be easy enough to organise. Thoughts?
 
I'm happy to say that my dog groomer has decided to start again, and Lily is going on Monday.

She is a one lady business working from her own premises at home, and I'm going to pay electronically, and leave L in the cage in her anteroom with collar and lead off.

SO happy, as her coat was getting very long and tatty, and she was getting far too warm.

Fiona
 
Fiona said:
I'm happy to say that my dog groomer has decided to start again, and Lily is going on Monday.

She is a one lady business working from her own premises at home, and I'm going to pay electronically, and leave L in the cage in her anteroom with collar and lead off.

SO happy, as her coat was getting very long and tatty, and she was getting far too warm.

Fiona
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Wish mine would ?
 
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