09/11/2025
I want to take a minute to say congratulations to Miss Daisy.
Daisy (and her family) have been working with me for a little over 6 months now. They came to me because Daisy had/has lots of fear around the grooming process, and had reached a point where grooming was extremely difficult.
By utilizing short, frequent appointments where we focused on creating more positive experiences with the grooming process, we were able to start rebuilding more tolerance for the grooming process.
The past two months we moved away from multiple appointments /week to once a week, to every few weeks slowly building up the time she was with me in my salon.
And now we have reached full groom status.
What a full groom looks like for Daisy :
🫧No bath/blow dry
her guardian bathes her at home the day or two before.
🫧 A short haircut
so minimal brushing and combining required
🫧 A time limit
Daisy can only handle about an hour so we get done what we can, and add another appointment if required.
🫧 Play breaks
she is an extremely happy, lovey pup who adores floor hands on play time to decompress.
🫧 ALL the snacks
Daisy is extremely food motivated so we keep her rate of reinforcement as high as she needs it.
🫧 Happy visits between grooms
This allows us to help her understand that not every appointment is a hard one, and helps keep up our relationship and her trust in me.
Daisy may never have that 'perfect salon makeover' haircut, but, she will be healthy, happy and mat free.
It is important to note that although it took quite a bit of work to get us here, the work isn't over.
It's easy once we reach our goal, to go "awesome, work is done " but lots of maintenance is required and we will likely have to take a few steps back occasionally to help maintain.
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For more information on my Confident Canine Sessions you can check out my website (northernnoses.com/confident-canine) or shoot me an email at [email protected].
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