Nose 2 Tail

This is how we do it! Sassy certainly likes he blow dry - well she likes the whole process.

I really love it when cats totally relax and enjoy their grooming session. The fact that I can build trust with them and they allow me to do noisy, wet and probably a little scary things to them and majority of them totally relax, doesn't get lost on me. A cat's natural instinct is to fight or flight- I like when it ends up looking like this.

Yep, cat's definitely don't like being bathed... #mythbusted

The transformation in the boy is incredible. On his first visit to me he was terrified of the dryer and I had to do everything from a distance, very slowly. And he was swiping at me constantly. I didn't know if he was going to be ok with regular grooming. Over the course of his following visits he has calmed down, but he would still never sit on my lap. I always had to dry him on the table. Today was his 7th visit and he climbed down off the table and chose to sit on my lap ❤️ I much prefer grooming cats on my lap as I can read/feel their body language and anticipate what they are thinking so much better. Their subtle changes, slight tense ups, I know what they are going to do and can change my approach to suit. I'm proud of Oreo, he has come such a long way!

Just another day in the beauty salon for cats, chilling out with this cutie.

When grooming is this stressful...

Rhodie decided to sing along with the blow dryer 😆

14 year old Holly came in sedated for her first groom, at the recommendation of her vet.. I didn't know and informed her owner that I do not groom cats under sedation. Now Holly comes in on an 8 week schedule, she is like this video for 95% of the groom. The other 5% is probably why the vet suggested sedation. Once I know cats and their responses and behaviours I can groom them accordingly. Holly's owner is so happy with her regular grooming as Holly seems happier and she isn't getting any hairballs anymore!!

Another day, anothercat chilling out while they are being groomed...

This having a bath thing isn't that bad...

Yep... cat's don't like being bathed 🙄

Charms is a big boy, but as sweet as his name. And now has a lot less hair to share with everyone!!

Leila at the start of her groom out today. This is a small amount of the hair that came out 😬 Sound up to hear her purring!

Lilly's mum was advised that grooming would be too stressful for her and that she should be sedated for it.... I hope they see this video. I do not groom any cats under sedation. The benefits to grooming your cat are huge - check out the hair in the last picture - that is only about half of what came out. Where would all this hair have ended up? Around the house - either from shedding or from hairballs!

Here's a look at Muppet while she has her groom. She's such a sweet girl.

This grooming thing really isn't that bad... in fact I quite like it 😎

This boy started out very unsure of what was happening... then Zuko ended up like this 😍

I won Coco over 😎 She was a little hissy and defensive when she firat came in. But once we got started and I showed her I wasn't trying to hurt her, it all went well.

Mum was a little concerned about how Leia would go with her groom as she can be a nervous girl... but she has been shedding SO MUCH hair! What do you think her response was when I showed her these videos?

I don't think Leo minded his groom today... 😎