A whole day of preparation yesterday followed by a 5.15am start today to drive to Swansea to compete in a grooming competition to make sure that we are always at our absolute best for you, our wonderful customers!
Matt competed for the first time in the Beginner class with gorgeous little Dottie for a handstrip.
I took a Bichon lent to me by a fellow groomer for the Asian Fusion Class and Morris the awesome Cesky Terrier for the Purebreed class.
Ben took one of his Poodles Boss for the Asian class.
We came home with
🥈 Purebreed for Katie
🥉 Beginners for Matt
No placing this time for Ben but he should be immensely proud of himself and we are so proud. His groom was absolutely stunning!
We are actually still dropping dogs off back home to their wonderful owners who let us use them and we’ll be back in the salon for 9am tomorrow to pamper even more pooches!
We just love what we do! ❤️✂️
08/06/2024
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Something is happening… 🙏🏻
07/06/2024
Julie Harris Professional Grooming No More Fleas Shampoo.
Tough enough to help kill fleas, gentle enough to use on the tiniest of puppies 🥹
GROOMERS
The shampoo has proven to be really effective on fleas, if a dog has fleas then a ring of Julie’s No More Fleas shampoo around the neck before any water is added will trap the fleas as they run to the head once you add water.
Create a rich lather and leave on the coat working through for an exposure time of at least 5 minutes. The shampoo has deep cleaning surfactants and can be used on all dogs!
The best news? It’s on sale! £10 off the 5L professional size and an extra 10% off with code DOGSROCK10
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07/06/2024
How cute is baby Connie! 🥹
Matt loves when we have puppies booked in. They get allll the lovings 🥰
We have some appointments available next week. Get in touch to get booked in 👇🏻
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Mention the D-Day Landings of World War II and most people will have an image of brave soldiers battling across the Normandy beaches under heavy fire from the Germans but brave dogs played vital roles alongside our soldiers.
These loyal companions served as messengers, sentinels, and search and rescue dogs. Their keen senses helped detect mines and enemy positions ensuring the safety and success of the troops.
Pictured here is Bing, a German Shepherd Dog who was parachuted into Normandy with the Allies on D-Day.
Bing (who was originally called Brian) went on to sniff out many land mines and was later parachuted into Western Germany. After the war Bing was awarded the Dicken Medal, the UK's highest honour for animals in war.
Today, we honour the courage and dedication of all involved in the D-Day Landings, those with both two legs and four ❤️
06/06/2024
Have you seen it yet!?
Dogs Rock’s very own pride march 🌈
Created by the very talented Mr Knowles Signs 🎨
05/06/2024
Dog of the day! Bobby 🤍
Appointments available next week!
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Who remembers Camilla the chicken who Ben and Alex found abandoned at a service station on the motorway on their way to their holiday in Cornwall?
Well if you do, here she is living her best life with Alex and her family and her new chicken friends 🥰
Alex and her family didn’t have any chickens before Camilla and they’ve done everything they can to accommodate her.
She spent most of last week with Chalkland Vets due to a stuck egg but after a couple of worrying moments, she lives to cluck another day!
I think we can all agree that she is a very lucky chicken 🥰
All hail Queen Camilla Duchess of Cornwall 🐓❤️
03/06/2024
Steve is signed up for beginners agility!
Will we see any of you there?
🐾 JUNE GROUP DOG TRAINING CLASSES 🐾
All classes are held at our privately owned venue with secure fencing and open spaces including exercise area (SN16 9RJ)
All classes held by a qualified & accredited award winning dog trainer who uses positive reinforcement 🐶
Puppy Class
Topics we cover:
* Socialisation & play
* Recall
* Loose lead walking
* Tricks and fun games
* Toy play
* Manners around food & people
* Proprioception, agility and body awareness
* And more!
Pups get some treats on their first lesson and a graduation rosette at the end of the course.
Members will have access to our private members group with discounts, puppy help handouts, first aid info and more.
Beginners Agility
A fun session introducing dogs to the foundations, games and equipment around agility.
All abilities welcome and we can accommodate for distance handlers too. Great to keep busy dogs happy!
We’ve had such a lovely day in the sunshine with good food, friends and family.
We will be sitting down to answer messages later and book appointments for next week so if anyone would like to grab a last minute appointment, let us know in the comments and we’ll be in touch later.
We have space for full grooms, nail trims and teeth cleaning available most days next week 🙌🏻
Enjoy the rest of your sunny Sunday! ☀️
Katie & Matt xx
01/06/2024
🦷 Just one of our amazing teeth cleaning results from this week 🦷
Did you know that most dogs (around 80%!) suffer from some form of dental disease by the time they are 3 years old 😱
If you’re not brushing your dogs teeth, who is? Let us take care of it for you!
As well as removing large build ups of plaque and tartar, we can also prevent this from happening with maintenance teeth cleaning along side regular grooming.
Have you looked in your dogs mouth lately? If their teeth look like the before photo here, get in touch! 👇🏻
Deep cleans start at £45
Maintenance cleans start at £15
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£10 off Julie Harris Professional Grooming flea and tick shampoo AND an extra 10% with our code DOGSROCK10🪳
This shampoo is tough enough to repel fleas and ticks, but gentle enough to be used regularly.
Contains tea tree oil to deter fleas and aloe vera to soothe if a dog has been itching as well as pro vitamin B5 to keep the coat nourished.
Salon use indicates 9 times out of 10 fleas are suffocated when used, but we cannot make a kill claim, so our word will have to do. I have tried it and they definitely didn’t survive 🪦
There is no dilution required and this shampoo has a pleasant herbal 'green' fragrance and it’s vegetarian to boot!
We LOVE it for these warmer months and we know you will too 😊
What are you waiting for!? Stock up today!
01/06/2024
Good morning! What a beautiful day ☀️
We have some appointments availabile for next week if your dogs are getting a bit hot.
We ended our day and our May with this beautiful little Bengal named Astrid for a kitten introduction.
Matt definitely wanted to take her home in his pocket! 🥹
Astrid was one of 70 Bengals rescued from Runcorn and now joins rescue dog Gunna and fellow feline Rune in Wonderful Wiltshire with her equally wonderful pawrents 🥰
You can read more about the Runcorn Bengal Heist here! 👇🏻
I groomed Bella and Matilda for years and then I had to reduce my client base and I had to stop. It has been a long time since I’ve seen them but they definitely remember!
Especially Bella Boo the Cockapoo, she is just the sweetest girl and gave me so much love today 🥰
Can you guess how old she is?
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Who remembers Camilla the chicken who Ben and Alex found abandoned at a service station on the motorway on their way to their holiday in Cornwall?
Well if you do, here she is living her best life with Alex and her family and her new chicken friends 🥰
Alex and her family didn’t have any chickens before Camilla and they’ve done everything they can to accommodate her.
She spent most of last week with Chalkland Vets due to a stuck egg but after a couple of worrying moments, she lives to cluck another day!
I think we can all agree that she is a very lucky chicken 🥰
All hail Queen Camilla Duchess of Cornwall 🐓❤️
📢 SOUND ON 📢
Today we were apparently holding auditions for Britain’s Got Talent!
When one started they all wanted to join in. We were given quite the serenade by Roe, Archie, Steve and Nigel 🎶😂
By far my favourite purchase so far this year is our Dimagroove nail file.
Filing nails is more comfortable for the dogs than cutting them with nail clippers, it allows us to round the nails eliminating sharp edges which can harm owners and children and even the dogs themselves if they’re scratchy, it also allows us to get the nails shorter and encourages the quicks to recede.
I have used many nail files over the years but this piece of kit is a game changer. Absolutely worth the price tag!
Nail filing is an available extra to add on to any booking, just ask us when making the booking or add it to your online booking under ‘products’ 😊
📍 26 New Road, Chippenham, SN15 1HS
📲 07543 610798
📧 [email protected]
💻 www.dogsrockltd.co.uk
To book online: https://app.toplinedogs.co.uk/public/online-bookings?salon=NDdhYzA2MTQtNGM4Zi00YzkzLTNmNzEtMDhkOWM2ZTMwZGMy
Floof be gone! 🙌🏻
It has taken a bit of work to get little Ralph to this point but just look at how well he is standing for his first hair cut 🥹
Some dogs are more accepting than others when it come to grooming, but we won’t put our clippers on them until we think they’re ready.
Rushing it can ruining the grooming experience for your dog for life and when you have a dog with a high maintenance coat where grooming is such a huge part of their lives it is so important to get it right!
Good boy Ralph. Proud of you little man! 🧡
📍 26 New Road, Chippenham, SN15 1HS
📲 07543 610798
📧 [email protected]
💻 www.dogsrockltd.co.uk
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Everybody meet Loki 🤩
Loki has been coming to Dogs Rock since 2020 when he was a teeny tiny puppy. Loki had to go for grooming elsewhere whilst I was out of action last year and when he returned he was really not a happy bunny and we had to send him home unfinished on his first visit back to us.
Whilst we are not ‘holistic’ or ‘consent based’ groomers, and will never market ourselves as such because we do ask dogs to step outside of their comfort zones often, we are kind and compassionate groomers and we do listen to our dogs.
Loki let me know at the last visit that he was very unsettled and unhappy and we listened. We knew it just wasn’t his day.
Today he came back to try again and with a bit of bribery with the lickimat and liver paste, Alex’s spaniel whispering and Ben’s gentle touch, we completed his groom and he was the same old Loki that I’ve always known and loved ❤️
Proud of you little man! 👏🏻
📍 26 New Road, Chippenham, SN15 1HS
📲 07543 610798
📧 [email protected]
💻 www.dogsrockltd.co.uk
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Cockapoo puppy Merlin is with us this morning for his first big boy groom.
Look how good he is being! Merlin came for puppy introductions here which are so so important to lay the foundations for stress free grooming for your dog ❤️
Have a puppy? Haven’t booked them in to a groomers yet? Give us a call or pop us a message. We see puppies from 12 weeks of age 🐶
📍 26 New Road, Chippenham, SN15 1HS
📲 07543 610798
📧 [email protected]
💻 www.dogsrockltd.co.uk
To book online: https://app.toplinedogs.co.uk/public/online-bookings?salon=NDdhYzA2MTQtNGM4Zi00YzkzLTNmNzEtMDhkOWM2ZTMwZGMy
Hi, thanks for visiting my page. I’m Katie, Competitive Dog Stylist, Dog Groomer and Owner of K9 Style by Katie.
My grooming journey started in 2018 when I found myself unemployed at 31 years old for the first time since I was 13. I had recently suffered the loss of a person very close to me under very sudden and tragic circumstances and as a result I began to suffer with my mental health (it’s 2020 and I think it’s an important thing to talk about!). I was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and found it absolutely impossible to hold down my highly stressful office job. Focusing on any one thing for too long was just too much to ask and as a result I was (very nicely!) asked to resign.
Becoming an unemployed single mother to my then 11 year old daughter was never part of the plan and it seemed to me like the end of world at the time. I had been in full time employment for as long as I could remember and work was so much of who I was, the prospect of not having that was scary to say the least, never mind not knowing how I was going to pay my bills.
I put a call out to friends for work on Facebook. I was willing to do anything just to tide me over when an old friend said that she needed some help in her salon. Having grown up with dogs, having a father who was a dog handler in the forces, and having spent some years working with local dog rescues, I jumped at the opportunity to earn some money whilst being surrounded by dogs.
The first dog I ever groomed was an enormous old Newfoundland named Freddie. Unfortunately he died last year but I knew within 10 minutes of starting to groom him that there was nothing else in the world I would rather do and that is how K9 Style by Katie came to be.
It was pretty full on after that day and with the encouragement and support of my dear friend, I spent all of the money I had left on some clippers and scissors and I hit the ground running and was turning out grooms on my own within the week and I’ve never looked back.
I continued working in my friends salon under her guidance but began renting a table in her salon on a self employed basis after a month or so which allowed me to begin building my own client base allowing me to eventually go on to open my very own salon in June of 2019 in Foxham which is where you can find me now.
I also went on to gain my level 3 Diploma in Dog Grooming and Canine First Aid in August 2019 studying with Heavenlyz Animal & Grooming Training completing the course in a record time of just 12 weeks.
I have always been a perfectionist and I’m incredibly competitive so I started competing in dog grooming competition across the country when I had been grooming for less than a year. At my first competition I placed 3rd in an open class competing against other groomers with years and years worth of experience (all while grooming a dog that I had never groomed before!) and I well and truly caught the competition bug!
So far I have placed in four out of the six competitions that I have entered including taking 1st place at PATS Groom Off at Sandown Racecourse in February this year and I am entered up for more competitions this year so watch this space...!
I have big dreams and I truly believe I have found my forever career. I am thankful for every single client who puts their trust in me to groom their beloved friend. It was once said that if you find a job you love, you never work another day in your life and I can confirm that to be absolutely true. My salon is my sanctuary and your dogs are my therapy. Without you and and without them, and without the love and support of all the people I have met along this journey so far, I honestly do not know where I would be.
