A Dogs Life Grooming

04/08/2024

Click here and accept my invitation on Temu app! 🎁

23/05/2023

The lovely Rosie and the big softie Watson 💕🐶🐩 very well behaved beautiful fur-babies 🙂

23/05/2022

Get you're furry friend winter ready 🌨🐶

09/11/2021

24/03/2021

30/11/2020

🛑🛑Warning 🛑🛑

❌ PLEASE LET THEM BE ❌
The vast majority of these rawhide products and treats come from China.
Their journey starts with the hides being soaked in a toxic sodium sulphide to remove the hair and fat. More chemicals are used in order to split the hide into layers which is then washed with hydrogen peroxide to give the white "pure" look and remove the rancid smell.
Now comes the pretty festive colours and the glue to form cute shapes.
They regularly cause intestinal blockages and choking. The chews go slippery when wet and are near impossible to get hold of to save a choking dog.
Please be safe with your dogs!

24/11/2020

Appointments still available before Christmas holidays 🎄🐕🎄🐕🎄🐕🎄🐕🎄🐕🎄🐕🎄🐕
Nows the time to get your furiends in to be clean, comfortable, cool and fresh in time for our super busy and super hot🌡 Summer 🌞 and Christmas season🎄🙂
Feel free to call or text for more information or bookings 🙂 0488 222 850 Vanessa

06/11/2020

De-shedding time 💕 such a rewarding task!

07/09/2020

2 new clients Hunter and Teddie ❤ waiting for their mumma. Clearly not stressed about being in a pen, the door wide open 🙂

02/09/2020

Beautiful old timer 'George' such a wonderful little dog ❤ such a gentleman and didnt move a muscle on the table. Absolutely perfect 💕

27/08/2020

Hello all the fur parents out there 🐶 Its finally time to get those 'winter woolies' ready for the warmer weather thats just around the corner 🌞 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞For bookings and enquiries please contact either
June 9525 1990 or
Vanessa 0488 222 850
Great rates, experienced groomer, calm, safe environment. Warm bath and blow dry in a temperature controlled room to make losing their woolies jumpers a pleasant experience.

16/02/2020

How devastating 💔

Most of you are aware that we lost our sweet Isa last night. We had to make the hardest decision and our hearts are extremely heartbroken. Not only did we lose an amazing dog but we lost a part of our family.

This is the culprit that took our sweet girls life last night and it happened so fast. Isa got into a container of Ice Breakers gum and consumed about half the container. We rushed her to the emergency vet. Upon arrival she was having a grand mal seizure and her liver was already failing. The prognosis was not good.

I am posting this in hopes that this information can save one of your fur babies and make you aware. Ice Breakers gum has xylitol in it as most other gums do as well. It is extremely poisonous to animals. We knew it was poison and rushed her in. All it took was 1 hour. 1hr to turn our healthy dog into a dog fighting for her life.

Please keep gum out of reach from your four legged babies.

Credits : Kris N Cori Clark

14/02/2020

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DOODLES! (And others)

The perfect photo to show how matting happens at the base (or at the skin). So many doodle owners are saddened to hear the only thing I can do with their pups coat is a shave because they thought brushing the top coat was enough. By looking at this dog, you may not see the knots and you may not feel them as you would a knot on the ends of the fur but once it starts its very difficult/ impossible to brush/COMB out... Not to mention it would be cruel to put the dog through. A quick once over will not work for these guys if you want them in a fuzzy coat. You really need to sit down with a metal comb and make sure you can get it through the entire body a couple times a week.

Often times I feel like owners don't believe groomers when they say the dogs has to be clipped. I always hear "I know he/she is matted, but leave as much as you can"... this photo shows, the only way to get UNDER the matting is nothing left.
I promise you, I'd rather not clip your baby naked either! I also don't want to hurt my reputation when the clients go around complaining about how the last groomer "scalped" their dog....But doodles are easily one of the highest maintenance dogs in reference to their coats. The combination of the soft coat of a golden, or aussie, or newf, or wheaten, or whatever they are mixing poodles with these days is a coat that is SO prone to matting. And even more so are the new "double doodles" that i like to call "double maintenance".

I even find some doodles on a regular schedule still need to be clipped once or twice a year (maybe not shaved, but maybe teddy bear length for a fresh start) because after all of the brushing and de-matting, the damaged coat seems to become even MORE likely to matt.
If you like a fluffy pup, you probably need to consider no more than 3-5 week intervals between grooming AND set aside time for regular COMBING at home. A doodle grooming STARTS at $125 (with my service) so make sure you’ve set aside that budget.

Please know, if you bathe your doodle you really need to blow dry and brush out right after. MOISTURE of any kind; be it a bath, rain, swimming, snow etc are all going to amplify matting. And if you know your dog is already matted-- bathing is only going to make it worse! Brush out BEFORE the bath.

AND!!!!! "breeders" who say they can't/shouldnt be clipped and OR not to give them a hair cut until they are 1 year are out of their minds and setting you up for a SAD SAD SAD day when you finally take your pup to the groomer.

*this photo was originally shared by Paola Perez.

12/02/2020

Hi all 🙂 this is my new page for my business 'A Dogs Life Grooming' Please share and help promote my small local business 🐶