Chloe’s Dog Grooming: The Cabin in the Woofs

27/03/2025

Little Bessie has been coming to me every 6 weeks since she was just a tiny 3 month old pup. She is so well behaved for her grooms and always looks so cute after her pampers, her eyelashes are about 3 inches long!!! 🖤

20/03/2025

Clean teeth for Annie who did very well for her first session! Annie has been a regular of mine for over 5 years now and was one of my first customers when going out on my own as a Dog Groomer. She comes 6 weekly for her pampers and 3 weekly between for my bath and tidy service as her Mum loves to keep her looking and feeling her best and now with regular teeth cleaning too! 🤩🩷

19/03/2025

Little Snoop’s first big boy groom with me today. 💙

18/03/2025

Clean teeth for Angus after his first Emmipet session! Had to give his beard a good scrub after a toothpaste explosion 😆

14/03/2025

Looking after my poorly Henry this weekend. 😢

11/03/2025

I am not just a Dog Groomer - I am an artist of Canine Coiffure. 😉

07/03/2025

Happy Friday all! What a lovely warm week it’s been, clean dry floors for a change!! I think I just about have all regulars block booked throughout the summer months now, which is just around the corner!! ☀️ I’m booking from later May time now for those who haven’t booked yet. Thank you all for keeping me so busy, so much appreciation for you all!! 😍 Have a fabulous weekend from myself and Webster who has been coming to me for 5 years now, since he was just a tiny pup. ❤️

06/03/2025

A couple of my older regulars after their first teeth cleaning session this week. A couple more deep cleaning treatments needed before going onto the maintenance cleans. It really is something you need to keep up with regularly to achieve great results especially if your pet has a severe case of plaque build up. The treatment works to loosen the plaque for an easy removal with each session, however you can only spend so much time on the teeth as the gums do get sore and the dogs get fed up. 😊

05/03/2025

Beautiful Margot comes 6 weekly for her pretty pampers 😍🩵

02/03/2025

Great information for poodle/poodle cross breed owners. Have a read! 👍🏻🐾

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.

26/02/2025

Mr Winston has been visiting me since he was a puppy. Being a young dog, he is always venturing out on long walks and socialises regularly at daycare. He usually has quite a long hairstyle, however he had started to get matted with the regular wet and muddy adventures and his parents didn’t like how the long and damp coat was making him look, feel and smell. They were totally honest with myself and admitted that his thick hair was too much to keep on top of, which is completely understandable. So we opted for something shorter going forward, still cute and fluffy but much more manageable, clean and comfortable that will last between his 7 weekly grooms. They were thrilled with his new style! 🩵

26/02/2025

Fresh chop and clean teeth for fluffy Benny! He has been visiting me regularly for over 5 years! 🧡

25/02/2025

It was so lovely to welcome little Reggie the Cockerpoo to The Cabin in the Woofs today. He is such a cutie and will be returning every 6 weeks for his pampers & teeth cleaning. 😍🤎🩵

24/02/2025

Great results for Peggy after her first teeth cleaning session today. She had some plaque that needed removing, but thankfully we’d caught it in time before the plaque build up had gotten too thick and heavily layered onto the teeth to remove in one session. If your pet has thickened and hardened plaque, you can expect a few sessions before achieving the best results! 😀

21/02/2025

The Emmipet Ultrasonic teeth cleaning service. Here are some fabulous results on a couple of this weeks regulars. These two beauties only had a minor case of plaque build up, so their pearly whites were achievable just after one 15-20 minute session!

Emmipet is a safe and reliable treatment to get those plaque stained teeth and gums back into great shape. The cost of this treatment will be dependant on how severe the build up is on your pets teeth and the results will vary dependant on how regularly you keep up with the treatments. If your pets teeth are in bad shape, you can expect weekly 1 hour deep cleaning sessions to be needed to restore a healthy smile and gums. Maintenance cleans (15-30 minute sessions) will then need to be carried out regularly (with every 1-2 grooms) to keep on top of that new smile to keep them in tip top shape (as well as keep the cost low!)

What a great invention to keep our pets teeth healthy - meaning no costly or risky treatments under anaesthetic at the vet.

Please leave a comment or pop me a private message if you are wanting the teeth cleaning service added onto your next groom. If you do not have a groom coming up, but want to start taking care of your pet’s smile before any damage is irreversible, let me know and I will slot you in for the teeth cleaning service in the next few weeks.

The sooner you start, the sooner you are preventing bad breath, dental disease, extractions, pain and damage to your pet’s gums and teeth. 😊

21/02/2025

Pretty Pia the Aussie Labradoodle! 🌺

21/02/2025

Beautiful Buddy 🩵

20/02/2025

The marvellous Monty! ❤️