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Our gorgeous little Heidi…comes all the way from Llandudno for her groom & has been for nearly 10 years….at first she came with her big brother & she was the young pup, then Otto got his wings 🌈 & now she is the old hand & brings her new baby sister Minnie. 💕💕
Oh marvelous Miss Meeka, welcome to The Dog Company family ❤️
2024 will mark my little business’s 10th birthday…wow! I mean, seriously…..where has that time gone?!
So I wanted to take this opportunity to thank every single one of my absolutely amazing customers, past & present, from the bottom of my heart for trusting me with your pups for a decade! I do truly consider my job a joy & a privilege & am thankful every day that you continue to choose to trust me with the most precious members of your family. It is never taken for granted.
Wishing you all (those with both two & four legs! 😃)the happiest of years in 2024 & I can’t wait for my 10th year of pampering your gorgeous pooches!
All our love
Vicky & Bodhi-Bear ❤️🐾
There’s nothing I love more than a first “big girl/big boy” cut! ✂️✂️✂️
Little Minnie has been having regular puppy pampers since she was 12 weeks old, when her big sis Heidi comes for her grooms. Today all those visits paid off with a happy, calm & stress free first proper hair cut. Happy puppy = happy groomer!
I mean….that face though……💕💕💕💕
Ps) please excuse the dodgy before pic, I’m a bit out of practice with taking photos & got half way through her pre clip before I remembered to take a pic! 🙈🤣
Little baby Pablo came by to hang out last week & check the place out while his beautiful big sister, Reiver, had her hair done….I think it’s safe to say he had a great time & made very firm friends with our official Dog Company cheerleader, Bodhi-Bear! All part of a gradual, stress free & fun introduction to grooming life. Such a fab, confident chap, I am already in love! Welcome to The Dog Company family little man 🐾💙
🎉🐶Exciting announcement!! 🐶🎉
❗️❗️UPDATE - ALL SPACES NOW FILLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE❗️❗️ Thank you to everyone who has enquired 🙏🏻💓
As many of you know, because of my wonderfully loyal, amazing customer base, I have taken not taken on any new clients for about 8 years.
Sadly, I have had to put a hold on my groomer training services due to family commitments, but the silver lining is that I now have enough space to temporarily open my books again to take on about 10 new regular clients to join The Dog Company family!! ❤️🐶
These would be regular, pre booked grooming slots only, every 6, 8 or 12 weeks (I don’t take one off or “walk in” grooms) & would be for small to medium dogs only. You all know I am a “big dog” lover, however my poor old weared & teared back/shoulder/elbow/wrist have decided against it!
So, if you are currently looking for a new groomer or know someone who is, then please do drop me a message on here or text/call me on the number on my page.
******quick edit - any new clients will be starting from January 2024, I’m already fully booked for the remainder of this year, thank you 🙏🏻*****
✂️✂️🐶A bit about me & my services:🐶✂️✂️
🐾I am a highly experienced groomer with over 14 years in the business. Over that time too, I have also been a groomer trainer, who has individually helped over 200 people reach their own dreams of becoming a dog groomer & setting up their own businesses. 💕I am passionate about promoting a caring, positive, safe grooming experience for every single pup that passes through my salon & have worked hard to pass this ethos on to all my grooming students to take to the next generation of groomers. 💕
🐾I offer a purely one on one service, no crates or cages or noisy puppers waiting to go home or to be groomed. Everything is calm, relaxed & done at your dogs own pace here in my cosy home based salon. Therefore my services are perfect for more timid or nervous pups who don’t do well in busy salon environments or for those who aren’t keen on other doggo’s being around!
🐾I only use the best quality grooming products on your pup, each one specifically selected for your dogs coat & skin type. TropiClean Oatmeal & Blueberry facial scrubs come as standard with all my grooms, as do nail trims (if required) & a complimenting gorgeous scented finishing spray helps that “salon fresh” scent last longer at home!✂️🐶🧴🫧🚿✂️
🐾All ages are welcome at The Dog Company, whether it’s helping a new pup make a positive start of their grooming adventures , right through to the golden oldies who normally appreciate a change of pace & a more quiet grooming environment for their twilight years, all all ages between - all are welcome!
Thank you for a taking a moment to read this post & look forward to hearing from you & meeting your beautiful fur-babies! ❤️🐶🐶❤️
Yet again, this lady puts how I feel perfectly into words. 💕
Day after day, year after year, in my line of work I am privileged to witness how dogs can change people’s lives, even save people’s lives. I’ve seen them give lost people a purpose, give lonely people unwavering companionship & melt the hardest of hearts into letting love into their lives. I am lucky enough to have had my life irrevocably changed through the love of my beautiful boys. They remind me every day to just live in the moment & that utter joy can be found in the smallest things. They have made me smile when I have just wanted to crumble, they have forced me to get up & get on when I have just wanted to curl up & hide from the world, they have brought me countless precious moments, endless happy times & I thank the powers that be every day that I have been privileged enough to be their doggy-mum & to be able work with & care for these amazing little souls every day (even the naughty ones 😆)
My favourite saying is “everyone thinks they have the best dog in the world & everyone is right!” We all have the best dogs in the world!
🐾❤️Happy International Dog Day folks!❤️🐾
Happy International Day of the Dog!
I never ever wanted dogs. We grew up ‘cat people’ and dogs just seemed to be too much to me. Too smelly, too wet and muddy, too needy. Cats kind of made you feel inferior, they were aloof, cool and independent and I liked that back then (that’s who I was ‘trying to be’😬).
My husband is very much a dog person, and after a few years rescuing puppies and kittens abroad (long story) and getting a small glimmer of what it could be like, I finally gave in and we got Dave.
Guys, WHAT WAS I WAITING FOR. Dave was followed by Brian (my insistence) because it very quickly became clear to me that having a dog was going to change everything. And some of those things needed to change….
Now my once picture-perfect house probably smells on wet days, and I couldn’t be happier about that. My floor is always a little muddy as the boys patter in and out to the garden - I never look down - except when it’s floor cleaning day. We can no longer have nice white sheets on our bed because you guessed it, the dogs are always on it with us.
It took a while but getting dogs made me realise that some things were being prioritised wrongly.
Too busy? Not a thing - the dogs need cuddled, when they need cuddled.
Stressed out? Call the dogs and bury your face in their sweet little heads and your stress will dissipate rapidly.
Stuck in a perfectionist cycle? That will soon get knocked out of the park with a muddy mate around.
Feeling low? Pick up the lead and let Mother Nature heal you.
Yes they bark at anything with four legs on TV, and our lovely postwomen (who now carries treats). Yes you will never eat in private ever again. Yes they need a lot of looking after (which changes your perspective from ‘inward’ to ‘outward’ and automatically gets you out of your own way) and yes they are costly, time-consuming and will absolutely break your heart into smithereens when it’s their time to go.
But they teach you so much, these little furry friends. They teach you acceptance, utter ‘in the moment-ness’ and how to joy-seek. They love you like no one else can and they adore you for the simple fact that you are you.
It is soul-nurturing, life-giving friendship, without words.
And it will heal parts of you you didn’t know were broken.
And when they are called to the big rainbow bridge in the sky, they will remind you, in their own way, that you must not stop loving like this ever again.
It is a tap that cannot be turned off once it is on.
There is not a day that goes by where I don't give thanks for my dogs. And if I pass one on the street, I am instantly delighted and in a better mood.
They were sent to us, to teach us ‘how’.
Of this I have no doubt.
Happy Day of the dog y’all.
Give them a cuddle from me.
Donna x
My book ‘loss’ contains a poem called ‘rainbow bridge’ which may help with grieving your pet, my love to all ❤️
X
Having to make the decision to say goodbye to our beloved pets is the nightmare we all dread, but sadly it is a decision that most of us will have to make at some point. I know for me & Paul, making that decision was the most difficult & heartbreaking process of our lives. However the last gift we can give them is to free them from their pain, and help them pass into the next life with peace, calm, love & dignity. The day I found Anita at Eternal Paws I think my guardian angel (aka my lovely mum ❤️) led me to her. She helped us through those final difficult months when Pedros mobility was starting to seriously decline & helped us understand when the time was right for him. And when that time came, she came to our home & helped our beautiful Pedro to pass so very calmly, peacefully, almost beautifully, to rainbow bridge - he was totally calm, relaxed, happy at home surrounded by his family & love. Anita & James showed such total compassion & caring for us & for Pedro & made what was the most devastating day of our lives that little bit more bareable.
None of us want to think about the end of our babies lives, (in the words of the late great Paul O’Grady - “you don’t think about the hangover when you’re at the party…🥰”) but if you do ever have to face that heartbreaking decision, I wholeheartedly, totally & utterly recommend Anita & James at Eternal Paws. They are exceptional people offering an exceptional service, and let’s face it, our babies deserve nothing but the exceptional.
🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️
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My heart is broken into a million pieces….today we said goodbye to our beautiful Peddy Bear ….. he passed to Rainbow Bridge peacefully at home, surrounded by love. I’m sure soon I will find the words to properly express how much he was loved, how much he changed my life, how special he was (although anyone who ever met him will know that) & how, even though it’s only been a few hours, I already miss him so much it actually hurts & I’m not sure anything will ever fill the huge Peddy shaped hole in my heart - but for now sleep tight my gorgeous, sweet, crazy, happy boy, I love you all the moon & stars, forever & I will carry you right slap bang in the centre of my heart for the rest of my days until we meet again at Rainbow Bridge….🌈💔🐾
So sorry guys, my work phone has died on me, taking with it all my contacts, so if you need to get hold of me, if you could message me on here for now, that would be great. Hoping to get it fixed tomorrow morning, fingers, toes & paws crossed everyone!🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
BEST news EVER!!!!! ❤️🐾
Tell us something we dog parents don’t already know……🐾🥰
And you only need to spend 30 minutes with one of the furry mutts to reap the benefits...
Such very sad news to wake up to this morning. Sleep tight Mr O’Grady, thank you in behalf of all the pups you have helped & advocated for when they didn’t have a voice, I’m sure you’re being welcomed by them all to Raindow Bridge like the super star that you are……💔🌈🐾
As we all prepare to say goodbye to 2022, I’d like to take the opportunity to say a massive THANK YOU to all my lovely customers & students for continuing to support The Dog Company this past year and wishing you all a very Happy New Year! Here’s to 2023, whatever it has in store - as long as we have our amazing pups by our side, we got this!
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We love a Christmas transformation here at The Dog Company - meet Charlie, who had his first “big boy” clip earlier this week. I mean, does anything get any cuter than this…..really?! 😍 Happy first Christmas Charlie-Bear! 💙
Sleep tight Your Majesty, thank you for your loyal service
We are now fully booked for our groomer training courses until autumn 2023!
Thank you to everyone who has expressed an interest in training over the past year - I truly wish I had the time & resource to train everyone who enquires but if you want to be put on the short list for the Autumn 2023 course, please do get in touch!
Remember, we are one of the very few groomer training providers that provide ONE ON ONE training, with a highly experienced tutor with a proven track record of helping over 150 people over the past 13 years to get started with their grooming adventures. We pride ourselves on providing the benefit of this experience in a relaxed, homely environment at an affordable price, focusing on our core training values of:
🐾QUALITY
🐾CARE
🐾EXPERIENCE
🐾AFFORDABILITY
🐾PRACTICALITY
🐾❤️Happy International Dog Day!❤️🐾
For International Day of the Dog
THE LOVE OF A DOG
If I were to be tasked
with teaching a loveless world
how to love
I would for sure show them
the love of a dog.
Because the love of a dog
is a commitment
a decision
it is undying
unwaveringly-enduring
and loyal
to the very core of it.
The love of a dog
is wholeheartedly-forgiving
it is soul-nurturing in its purity
and utterly life-affirming.
If I were to be tasked
with teaching a loveless world
how to love
I would for sure show them
the love of a dog.
If you do not know this love
my friend
I urge you
compel you
to seek it out.
Donna Ashworth
From ‘LOVE’ : Love: Poems to bolster every heart that ever beat https://amzn.eu/d/0SGnqCX
Art by Elena Kozyutenko
237 Chester Road, Whitby
Ellesmere Port
CH662LJ
| Tuesday | 10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Wednesday | 10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Thursday | 10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Friday | 10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Saturday | 10:30am - 4pm |
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