Lune Dog Grooming

30/08/2024

Beautiful Maggie 🐶❤️

28/08/2024

Fab work from saffron on her first day of her fast track course! 🐶❤️

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27/08/2024

Happy 21st birthday to Saffron.
So proud to watch you growing into such a lovely young woman.
Enjoy your celebrations 🥂

26/08/2024

Bank holiday beach play has tired these two out! 🐶🐶❤️
Hope you’ve all enjoyed your bank holiday

16/08/2024

Written by Julia Baxter but sharing for education. The number of merle cockers I'm seeing is terrifying for the breed 😔

I thought I’d just clarify a few points regarding breeding, buying and registering of Merle dogs. The following are facts.

Breeds of dog that can be registered with the Kennel Club with the colour Merle:

Australian Shepherd
Beauceron
Bergamasco
Border Collie
Dachshund (colour known as Dapple)
Great Dane
Pyrenean sheepdog (long haired)
Collie (Rough)
Collie (smooth)
Shetland Sheepdog
Corgi (Cardigan Welsh)

The Kennel Club states :

“If your puppy is of a breed not mentioned and is merle, we regret that it will not be possible to register it. You must not register it as another colour.”

Cocker Spaniel is not on the list therefore it is not possible to register a cocker spaniel as Merle.

If you have been sold a Merle cocker with Kennel Club certificates than this has been fraudulent.

Some breeders have got around this by advertising “Merle” litters but registering them as “Roan”. This is again fraudulent.

Merle markings are present at birth whereas Roan markings tend to show through later.

Having a Non KC Merle cocker spaniel doesn’t make it legitimate. It isn’t possible to have a Merle cocker spaniel without it being a crossbreed. I believe that Collies and Dachshunds are generally the breeds being used to cross with cockers. If this is the case you have a cocker cross.

There is no such thing as a Merle cocker.

You can have a Merle cocker cross, just as you can have a Sprocker, Cockerpoo, labradoodle etc

If this is what you intended to buy and you are happy with your choice then that’s absolutely 100% fine. The reason for this post is to make people aware that there are unscrupulous breeders who hoodwink people into buying something that doesn’t exist.

How is Merle inherited?

“This type of coat is caused by a variation of a particular gene. Each dog has two copies of every gene; one that they inherit from their mother and one they inherit from their father.
The merle gene variant is dominant, which means that a dog only needs one copy, inherited from either of their parents, to have a Merle coat.”

Health concerns.

The Kennel Club will not register puppies out of two Merle parents.

“Dogs that have two copies of the merle gene variant, inherited from both of their parents, have an increased risk of problems with their eyes and ears, causing blindness and/or deafness.”

I hope this has clarified things a bit and that people will take time to read the information. There really is a bit more going on then “pretty colouring” and “rare markings”. Make sure you don’t get conned!!

For those that have regrettedly fallen into the trap, your dog will, I’m sure be a healthy and happy pet/worker!! Breeding from these dogs is not advised.

Photos show Merle on the left - Roan on the right.

07/08/2024

Happy 1st birthday beautiful Burt 🐶❤️

01/08/2024

This is definitely the mucky end of owning pets- diarrhoea is never pleasant (for the dog or the cleaner-upper!). But please remember to give your dogs bottom a good clean because fly strike is horrible!
Rinse your dogs bottom with warm water to loosen and poo which is stuck to the hair or bottom- remember to wash the tail too and the inside of their legs. A small amount of neat dog shampoo to wash the affected area and rinse thoroughly. Any stubborn bits of poo either gently brush or I’m afraid you need to use your fingers to dislodge (please wear gloves!!)
Not pleasant ….but your pooch will thank you for it. 🐶❤️ 🧤 💩

We worry about heatstroke, and rightly so! Temperatures like we are seeing this week are dangerous for many pets.

Fly strike is another potential summer hazard. A dog with diarrhoea, especially if hairy can get a dirty bottom! And that’s how the process begins. Maggots can burrow through skin and make a pet so seriously ill. So check those bottoms and keep them clean!

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31/07/2024

We have raised £240 so far with your generous donations. With just over a week to go we would love to donate even more to this amazing local charity https://www.justgiving.com/team/petersweeney?utm_medium=team&utm_content=team%2Fpetersweeney&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=pfp-share&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3XBej3Wk48J9bmExl9XtpQQ7b2PurEvDZj4WyJhevtr2Ffq2RohabsDoA_aem__pXO5uHmKl1dmhFB3hEaDA

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31/07/2024

Bentley showing us his pearly white teefs 🐶❤️ 🦷

30/07/2024

Help Eleanor Manning raise money to support CancerCare North Lancashire & South Cumbria

28/07/2024

Bobby saying does my bum look big in this? 😂🐶❤️

28/07/2024

Oh Loui - such a cutie 🐶❤️

27/07/2024

A handstrip for Myfi this week. 🐶❤️

27/07/2024

Beautiful Amber is off on her jollies….have a great holiday 🐶❤️

21/07/2024

Trying out some new scissor tips from last weekends training on Maggie’s face. What do you think? 🐶❤️

20/07/2024

Rosie was so pleased to see us this week she tried to jump out of the car window to get to us!! (The car was safely parked & stationary at the time!!) 🐶❤️

19/07/2024

If you like fairies, sprites, elves and all things magical, this is for you. You have two hours to create beautiful fairy gardens and creatures of...

19/07/2024

Oh my goodness! How cute does Fudge look in her Disney bow courtesy of fullerfrills. 🐶❤️

18/07/2024

A quick shout out for this amazing young woman! After a tricky day this week she got this fantastic review! Well done Saffron- you are going to fly through your next lot of training! ❤️

Took our cockapoo for her first groom at LuneDog Grooming today ( not her first groom she's 5 ) . She was groomed by Saffron, we are so happy with her groom. She looks and smells amazing . Saffron did exactly what we asked her to do . Poppy is a bit of a softie and quite nervous but Saffron assured us she she coped really well. Would definitely recommend.

18/07/2024

Love Marshall’s ears!! 🐶❤️

16/07/2024

At the weekend we travelled over to Glossop for a training day with two amazing groomers. Allison Sebastian - over from the USA and a bichon specialist and Lisa Hart, one of the UKs top Asian Fusion groomers.
A long, tiring day but learnt lots of new tips which we can bring into our daily grooms at the salon. 🎓

14/07/2024

Fingers & Paws crossed!

09/07/2024

A huge well done and thank you to Emma who came for work experience with us last week. She also volunteers with us on a Saturday. And look what she has designed for us….a great poster which will go up in our reception. Thank you Emma

06/07/2024

Thank you Vet Sophie Bell for this information! Really helpful when we are discussing with customers 🐶❤️

Double coats play a role but DO NOT magically cool a dog down. Let’s break it down and let’s remember a one size (quite literally) doesn’t fit all.

The undercoat traps air against the skin. If that air is cool or there is a breeze this will be very effective in helping our dogs. When they leave the home where the air is cool and enter 22c heat that undercoat will help to keep them cool for sometime and those guard hairs (the top coat) will act like leaves on a tree - shade. BUT as the air becomes hot the undercoat will move and trap warm air against the skin and the guard hairs will make it difficult for that warm air to leave unless it’s windy. So this double coat will only be effective if it can move (very regular grooming needed) AND the weather is windy. Otherwise it’ll keep the dog cooler for longer but then heat them up making it hard for heat to escape.

But the double coat does protect that fragile skin, so if you keep it well maintained, your dog is not overweight, you don’t subject them to hot temperatures, and they aren’t a giant breed who is a bigger risk of overheating. Then clipping is not necessary, especially if they are young (older dogs find it harder to thermoregulate).

Remember that double coat keeps them warm in the winter, how many hot days do we get here in the U.K.?! Can you make more effort to groom/get them groomed, provide a fan, plenty of cold water drinking options, get their weight down, and avoid waking when over 20c? If so then clipping is potentially not necessary!

If there is existing skin disease clipping will help you to apply topical products, if there isn’t clipping can expose fragile skin. Some undercoat must be left to protect it. And you have to be prepared to apply sunscreen and potentially be ready for an increase risk of skin disease.

For some the guard hairs can take 4 years to grow back! Yes that may look aesthetically unpleasant. That’ll also mean less protection against the wet and dirt. They’ll need a winter coat on. The double coat helps them maintain optimum body temperature.

Like everyone I.e. neutering there is not a one size fits all. You need to assess every dog, here is an example. I was asked would you clip a double coated breed who appears to be struggling with the heat and has cancer and not predicted to survive past the summer, well yes I would clip if all other cooling options have been explored. But generally it’s not a yes for all you need to ask questions, discuss pro’s and con’s. But ultimately a clipped coat will cool but could mean other problems may arise…

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