The Calm Groomer

20/12/2024

Happy Christmas 🥳🎉
thank you for all your cliental throughout the year, l've just LOVED grooming your hairy monkeys.
Have a beautiful Christmas and see you all in 2025 Happy New Year •
The Art Shack is back open on the 5th of January. Big love Pen 🥳🎉❤️🐶 #2025

20/12/2024

Yay Pixie you were a beautiful good girl for me as usual. You were my last dog of the Christmas week. Happy holidays
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Happy Christmas

19/12/2024

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Do you know which favourite festive treats are highly toxic or hazardous to our furry friends? ⚠️

If you can’t resist sneaking the dog some scraps from your Christmas dinner, it’s important to be mindful about what is safe for them to have, and what you should avoid sharing 🐶

And whilst there may be parts of your Christmas dinner that are safe to feed in small amounts. Just remember that a small portion for us is a lot for your pet! It's best to stick to your pet's main diet as much as possible, as a sudden change can lead to a tummy ache.

[Visual description: An infographic displaying the safe and unsafe parts of a Christmas dinner for your pets. Safe foods include: boiled carrot and parsnip, broccoli, boiled or steamed greens, carrot or swede mash, lean parts of white meat. Unsafe foods include: gravy, stuffing, anything containing garlic, onion or leek, bones, chocolate, mince pies, panettone and anything containing currants, raisins and sultanas. Foods that are safe in small amounts include: roast potatoes, bacon, sausage and cranberry.]

17/12/2024

Thanks again to MojoVets for there quick and professional service today. my little hairy Monkey Sadly will need an OP in the new year on her little Kneecap 😞.
At Least she’s out of pain for now 🐶❤️

17/12/2024

Well done Rafa what a dog!
Rafa has the hairiest ear canals ever !!
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If there is one horrible job I hate doing as a dog groomer! that is ear plucking.
Thankfully most dogs don't have much hair inside their ears but for a small few some poodles, spaniels, terrier type And really depending on there individual hair growth.
As l've seen so-many different ears over the year's 😂
Why do we have to pluck the hair out ?
Well the hair acts as a plug and harbours the ear wax this needs to flow outwards to not cause ear infections and problems, ear mites will also like to visit or in one case I groomed a dog with maggots in its ears this really wasn't a pleasant experience for me or the poor dog.
So ear plucking it is, l use a small bit of Chalk inside the ear and only pluck what is inside the canal a few hairs at a time this generally plucks ok.
I then clip around the ear hole if the dog needs it and is willing .
It's not a pleasant experience and I try and do it with breaks in between so the dog doesn't get too stressed.
Rafa you were a ⭐️

14/12/2024

What a dog I think Mikey is the calmest dog in town
love dogs,
love the calm groomer❤️🐶

13/12/2024

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13/12/2024

He's back our beloved Yogi. All clipped and looking smart for Christmas time. Happy Christmas and thank you for my Christmas gift🐶❤️

13/12/2024

Ahh beautiful Roxy she had been enjoying the mud! I hand
scissored her body and clipped short her underbelly and went shorter on her legs to help on her muddy walks. I call this an upside down cut she's all fluffy for Christmas and smells delicious.

23/11/2024

When a dog starts to calm down ,start to feel comfortable or starts to trust you they will start to blink and lick their lips. They can also lick their lips if they are scared too but the combination of the two together normally means they are calmer. By lifting the tail and rubbing under the chin this can send messages that all is ok and that they’re strong and able to cope with what’s happening. See how she relaxes and is not as stiff like a statue towards the end. I touch the dog in different place so that their nervous system can re boot and they can be more concise aware of their body. This can be done with T Touch or a brush or just touching and rubbing. ❤️🐶

23/11/2024

Beautiful Candy it was so lovely to meet you. You were so shaky but by the end you were lying down and calm.

🐶Nervous dogs I feel are the most miss understood dogs in this busy world . Each dog that comes to me I treat with respect and space, as I do not know anything about the dog it's back ground or its history.
All dogs are born with one of the five behaviours / caricatures this is to make a pack work together as each trait helps the pack in different ways.
A fearful nervous dog most of the time is born like this and it can get less fearful / nervous with an understanding owner and experience or if not can gets even worse.
Most dogs in rescue homes are fearful caricatures.

I've seen dogs that have had fits of panic attacks and screeching of fear I've seen dogs that freeze with fear and are so slow in moving. So it's really important especially to a reactive or nervous and fearful dog that you take your time and move slowly and quietly around them not giving them much eye contact squinting is a good idea too.
Looking for each next stage of their body language as you go along. Understand dog language is the best way to understand your dog.

21/11/2024

Christmas is around the
corner. ❄️❤️🐶
If you would like an appointment this side of Christmas please do let me know Asap and I can get you booked in . Thank you

15/11/2024

It’s my beautiful hairy monkeys Birthday today!! Yay
it’s been a full on day so a bit late sharing her day ❤️❤️❤️ can’t believe she’s 10 .

15/11/2024

What a dog ! babs is one calm dog here now no spinning no high pitched snaps all chilled and trustful.
Well done babs. Just shows once you give a dog space time patience and understanding and not forgetting a calm environment they just be and enjoy the process as much as they can.❤️🐶