Sparkles Premier Dog Grooming Salon

20/08/2024

✨Sparkles will be closed from Monday 19th August for 1 week for Annual Leave✨

09/07/2024

31/03/2024

Happy Easter everyone x🐣🐰💐x

27/03/2024

Thank you for visiting Sparkles.
I am really sorry but I am unable to take on any new clients at the moment as I am
fully booked until September 2024.
If I do get any cancellations I will post on here for existing customers only. 💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕

31/12/2023

Happy New Year to all family friends and furbabies 💕🐾 Have a great night and stay safe, love to you all xx💕🐾🍾🥂

21/12/2023

🎁 🎄And that’s a wrap for another year🎄🎁

🎅 I’m off to take a well earned break but first I'd just like to say a massive thank you to all my furry friends and their parents who have helped to keep me very busy this year. So sad for all our furry friends we’ve lost along the way I miss you all🌈.
Apologies to all the newbies I have been unable to take on😢
Once again thank you to all my regular customers who keep my small business going. I love you all and I truly appreciate your custom🙏🏼xx

Another thank you for all my lovely cards presents and money. I feel truly appreciated 🥰
🎉 I will be back next year to do it all again 😁 but for now I wish you all a very 🎅🏼🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎅🏼
💜Lots of Love💜
✨Lynda Sparkles✨

31/10/2023

Happy Halloween 💕🐾

17/07/2023

30/05/2023

Thank you for visiting Sparkles.
I am unable to take on any new clients at the moment as I am
fully booked until February 2024
If I do get any cancellations I will post on here. 💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕

21/04/2023

09/04/2023

Happy Easter to you all ✨Lynda Sparkles✨

31/12/2022

Happy New Year Everyone 💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕

18/09/2022

Dear All

Following the extremely sad news of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

On Monday 19th September, Sparkles Premier Dog Grooming will be closed, in respect and honour of Her Majesty and to commemorate her long reign and the Queen’s 70 years of loyal service.

Business will resume as normal on Tuesday 20th September

06/09/2022

Thinking about getting a Doodle, Cockapoo or any Poodle mix? Have you been told they "don't need grooming until 1yrs old" or "coat maintenance is easy"?
*PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING piece written by a groomer..in the pic that's known as a pelted coat /Pelting. A dog’s fur gets so matted & tangled it will come off in one piece. It's outs tension on the skin, can damage the skin causing horrible infections and sometimes renders the dog helpless,unable to move and it can then cause fatality
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Poodle crosses (cockapoos, doodles, maltipoos etc.) are not "easy breeds" to maintain. The photo attached (shared from another groomer) shows how matting forms at the skin. By looking at this dog's top coat, you may not see the knots and you may not feel them as you would a knot on the ends of the fur but under that fluffy top layer this is going on. Once it starts its very difficult/ impossible to brush out... and even if you could it would be cruel to put the dog through it. Maintenance at home has to be more than a quick once over for these dogs if you want to keep them in that fluffy coat which was probably one of the reasons you chose a poodle cross in the first place. You really need to sit down with a brush and then a metal comb and make sure you can get it through the entire body at least 2 to 3 times a week.

I often feel like owners don't believe groomers when they say their dog has to be clipped very short. I always hear "I know he/she is matted, but leave as much as you can". You cannot clip through matting, you can only clip under it. As this photo shows, clipping under the matting means taking the coat back to the skin.
I promise you, your groomer really doesn't want to do this but they won't hurt your dog by putting it through dematting, they also don't want to hurt their reputation when the clients go around complaining about how the last groomer "scalped" their dog but there really is not any alternative. Instead of being angry with your groomer if they clip your dog very short please respect their commitment to do what is in your dog's best interest, accept responsibility for not having brushed your dog properly at home, and work with your groomer because, together, you can prevent this happening again. All groomers will be very happy to demonstrate a technique called line brushing which will help make your grooming at home more effective. Just ask! We all want owners to know how to do this

Poodle crosses are easily one of the highest maintenance dogs in reference to their coats. The combination of the soft coat they are mixing poodles with these days is a coat that is extremely prone to matting.

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 brushing AND combing at home.

Please know, if you bathe your poodle cross you really need to blow dry and brush out right after. Moisture, be it a bath, rain, swimming, snow etc are all going to make matting worse. If you know your dog is already matted-- bathing is only going to make it worse! Brush out before the bath.

Lastly "breeders" who say these dogs can't or shouldnt be clipped and not to give them a hair cut until they are one year old are misleading potential owners in order to sell$$$$ puppies and setting them up for a sad day when they finally take their pup to the groomer!!!

If this hasn't put you off buying one please schedule your puppy's first groom immediately after they've had their vaccinations and then be prepared to do the maintenance at home between regular professional grooms.

01/07/2022

Poppy💜has been visiting ✨Sparkles✨for her beauty appointments since I started grooming. Today she bought her little sister Daisy💜 for her 1st Puppy Pamper and lots of cuddles I’m so Lucky to be part of their lives😍LOVE my job 💜

17/04/2022

Happy Easter to all my Furbabies and their Parents ✨Lynda Sparkles✨
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03/04/2022

Artist: Elspeth Rose Design

24/12/2021

🎁 🎄And that’s a wrap for another year🎄🎁

🎅 Im off to take a well earned break but first I'd just like to say a massive thank you to all my furry friends and their parents who have helped to keep me ticking over every day after what has been a challenging couple of years for small businesses. I really would have nothing without you and I truly appreciate your custom🙏🏼

Another thank you for all my lovely cards presents and money. I feel truly appreciated 🥰

🎉 I will be back next year to do it all again 😁
🍾 but for now I wish you all a very 🥂

🎅🏼🎄🤶🏼 MERRY CHRISTMAS 🤶🏼🎄🎅🏼
💙💕 Lots of Love from 💕💙
✨Lynda Sparkles✨

11/12/2021

Bella 💜 popped in for her Christmas Beauty appointment. She’s already very pretty but loves being ✨Sparkled✨

11/12/2021

These 2 little puppies came for their 1st Big Girl Grooms. Cuteness overload🥰🥰
Sindy and Winnie have been Xmas ✨Sparkled✨

21/11/2021

Due to a number of last minute cancellations/no shows and the impact it has on my income (without sufficient notice I am unable to offer the appointment to anyone else). I have sadly found it necessary to change my cancellation policy with immediate effect 😔

07/11/2021

A selection of beautiful Furbabies all recent visitors to ✨Sparkles✨ Thank you for sharing your Furbabies with me 🥰✨Lynda Sparkles✨

13/08/2021

Absolutely love grooming this little girl❤️I’ve groomed her from being a puppy so she knows the grooming routine as well as I do. She picks her feet up without me asking and even turns round when I’ve done one side. So very clever 💕 The advantages of starting them young🐶 Luna’s been ✨Sparkled✨

22/07/2021

Polite notice:
At the moment I am only able to accommodate existing clients.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you to all my existing customers for keeping me so busy✨Lynda Sparkles✨🐾🐶🐾xx

25/06/2021

This gorgeous little girl came for her 1st Puppy Pamper today ❤️my job!
Bellas been ✨Puppy Sparkled✨

22/06/2021

Bella💜 had her regular pamper today. Bellas been ✨Sparkled✨