Laura's Elegant Canines

Laura's Elegant Canines Small 1-2-1 dog grooming salon based on Medway CIty Estate.

28/12/2024

Evening everyone

I think I have messaged everyone back that I needed to. Apologies, If I have missed you can you please message me again.

I have turned the online booking system back on. Anyone wishing to book themselves you can do so now using the link below. If you are a new client please make sure you are registered to the booking system first before booking through this link. You can message me to get the registration link or find it pinned at the top of this page.

https://app.toplinedogs.co.uk/public/online-bookings?salon=NTM0N2RmMTMtOTBkMi00MTZiLThmNGUtMDhkYmNjOTdlY2Nl

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Hi everyone I hope you all had a lovely Xmas and enjoyed your time with loved ones. Just letting you all know I am doing...
27/12/2024

Hi everyone
I hope you all had a lovely Xmas and enjoyed your time with loved ones.

Just letting you all know I am doing much better. I still haven’t got the all clear from the hospital. I still have a bit of retained tissue left inside. I had the medication given to me again on Xmas Eve. Hopefully that will do the trick. I have to go back to the hospital on Friday 3rd January for another scan. So fingers crossed it has worked as I do not want the surgery. I will have to though if it hasn’t worked. 😢

The salon will be open from Thursday 2nd January. I will be returning to normal opening hours from then.

Monday 8-5
Tuesday CLOSED
Wednesday 8-5
Thursday 8-5
Friday 8-5
Saturday 8-5
Sunday CLOSED

I will also be opening my books back up to new clients and be back to doing large breeds.

I have a handful of dogs to reschedule from where I cancelled them. I will be in touch with you over the coming days to organise a new time.

Once I have rescheduled these appointments I will turn my booking system back on so those of you that wish to can book online yourselves if you wish.

My diary is open now for the whole of next year so if any of you wish to book in for the year please message me with the dates you would like and I will get them booked in for you.

I would like to wish you all a happy new year and thank you all for your support and patience with me the past year. Let’s pray next year is better than this one.

I cherish everyone of you. ❤️

Finally I would like to just send a thought to all the dogs that have passed over the rainbow bridge this year. 🌈 😢

Ellie, Gregory, Buddy, Winston, Bertie, Kuma, and Kye (sorry if I’ve forgotten anyone)
You will forever be missed 💕

13/12/2024

Hi everyone,

Just thought I would give you an update on how I’m doing. Honest answer I’m not doing great at all. I’m really struggling emotionally and physically.
The second drug worked and I passed the pregnancy early hours of Wednesday morning. I won’t go into detail but it was the most painful and traumatic thing I’ve ever had to go through in my life. I was in horrendous pain for 4 hours.
Two days later I’m still getting stomach cramps. I’m still in quite a bit of pain. I have a bad headache which I’ve had for three days. I also haven’t been able to eat anything in three days.
I feel so under the weather. I was hoping to feel better by now but I under estimated how this would physically make me feel.
And emotionally I am in pieces. I can’t stop crying.
I was hoping to be back to work by now as I have bills to pay and I feel so bad your dogs aren’t getting their Xmas grooms but at the moment I’m just not fit enough.
I’m going to have to cancel the rest of this week and see how I am for Monday. I will be in touch with everyone that’s booked in tomorrow.

I’m so sorry
Laura

Hi everyone. I have another update for you all. We went for a private scan this afternoon with Dr penham. Unfortunately ...
07/12/2024

Hi everyone. I have another update for you all. We went for a private scan this afternoon with Dr penham. Unfortunately it was bad news. He scanned me and he said he is 100% confident that the baby stopped growing at 6.5 weeks and that their heartbeat stopped in between my 7 and 8 week scans at the fertility clinic. He thinks that the sonographer at Medway that scanned me the first time I went, zoomed in too far and he thinks that my pulse was reflecting off the baby which was making it look like the baby had a heartbeat. This made so much sense. He was such a lovely man and was so good at explaining everything. He was worth every penny just so we could get some closure. A massive Thank you to all of you that recommended him to us. ♥️
At least now, even though we are absolutely heartbroken, we can find some comfort that we tried everything to fight for this baby. 😢

Straight after the scan I went to Medway hospital to try to arrange getting the medication to quicken the ending of this pregnancy. Me and Barry sat in A and E for 6 hours only to be told that they can’t give the pills to me until I have had two scans by Medway that show no heartbeat. They won’t accept the private scan as proof. So they sent me home and we have to go back tomorrow for an urgent scan and then he will give me the pills.
He has warned me tonight that the pain when I do start miscarrying is going to be horrendous and he said I will get painful contractions like giving birth, I may also feel unwell with vomiting and flu like symptoms.
I am going to need a few days to get past the worst of it then I promise you all I will be back to work. I will make sure that everyone I have cancellled will get their Xmas grooms. I will work 15+ hour shifts if I have to make sure your dogs all look lovely for Santa.
Just bear with me for a few days and I will get back to you all to get booked in. All appointments for Monday 9th will have to be cancelled. I will be in touch with you all in the morning. And I may possibly have to rearrange Wednesday but I will let everyone that’s booked in on Wednesday know by Tuesday evening. I will have to see how I’m feeling as I’m a bit of a wimp when I’m in pain and when I’m ill. I’m also emotionally and physically exhausted. It’s been a horrible 3 weeks.

Thank you all for you messages and for checking in on me. A lot of you have become more than clients and have become my friends. I love you all. You have all gave me so much comfort. Thank you so much. 💕

A few of you have said to keep going and keep trying to have a baby. At the moment, as much as we want a baby so so much, we can’t even think about that yet. This was our last free chance of ivf on the nhs. From now on if we want to try again we will have to pay for it and it costs thousands. We don’t know if we will be able to afford it. Also we have to take into account I’m nearly 41 so time is not in our favour. Also the ending to this round has been so traumatic it’s going to be a hard decision if we can put ourselves through this torment again. We will have a break from treatment for a while now to grief and process what’s happened. Maybe have a holiday or two then see what happens.

Thank you all for being so understanding.
Laura
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06/12/2024

Hey everyone,

Just giving you an update as a lot has happened since last Thursday. It’s been an awful few weeks and I feel like I’m trapped in hell. 😢

On Friday last week I went to the hospitals early pregnancy unit. To everyone’s shock the doctor found a heartbeat. It was slow but it was there. Baby had grown a little bit. As you can imagine it was a mixture of shock and relieve after being told the day before I had miscarried. They asked me to come back a week later for another scan which was today.
I went in today and it was a different sonographer. She wasn’t a doctor. I just got a bad vibe from her the minute I walked in the room. She started scanning me and said that she couldn’t see much as my fibroid was obstructing the view. She said she couldn’t even find my ovaries and gave up looking for them. She measured baby smaller this week than what they did last week and said there is no heartbeat. I have asked for a second opinion as my gut is telling me they have got it wrong and baby is still alive. I am booked in again next week for another scan and I will make a decision what to do then. As you can imagine I’m all over the place. I don’t know what to do for the best. This is absolute torture and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Part of me is thinking I should just except that this baby is meant to be a Angel baby and end this torture and the other part of me is saying to fight and that baby is ok and just hiding.

I’m so sorry that this is happening so close to your Xmas appointments.

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29/11/2024

Morning everyone,

I just wanted to fill you in with what’s been going on.

As most of you know me and my partner have been having IVF. We had our recent embryo transfer on 22nd October. We were over the moon to find out two weeks later we were pregnant after trying for so long. I had some hcg blood tests done and they wasn’t quite doubling but my doctor was happy with the rise they had. Last Thursday we went for our first ultrasound at 7 weeks. We were so excited but found out the baby was measuring 6 days behind and had a slower heart rate than they would like. They told us to come back in a week for a repeat scan which was yesterday.
We were so anxious going in as we were told at the last scan there was a 50/50 chance it would end in miscarriage. We prayed all week that it would be a good outcome.
Unfortunately when we went for our scan yesterday we were told there was no longer a heart beat and baby stopped growing after the scan last week as he/she hadn’t grown much.
Im currently waiting on Medway to contact me to arrange to either take abortion pills or have surgery. My body doesn’t realise the baby has passed as I was on so many drugs to keep the pregnancy going.
As you can imagine, we are in pieces. I can’t even think about work right now. I have cancelled all appointments until Monday and will re access how I’m feeling next week. I just need some time to process what has happened and grieve.

I just wanted to explain why I have been so unreliable lately and to say I was doing it with a very good reason.

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22/11/2024

Hi everyone,

Just coming on here to say I’m going through a very difficult and stressful time at the moment and I am still having to cancel some of your appointments. It really depends on how I’m feeling on the day. I can’t say what exactly is going on, on here as u still have family members and close friends that do not know.
Please try to be respectful when I am cancelling your appointments. I am going through a lot and the added stress and worry of trying to groom your dogs and earning money on top of what’s going on is really taking its toll on me. I’m not cancelling you because I just want some time off. If I don’t groom your dogs I don’t get paid. Please try to understand that I may not be able to get your dogs rescheduled straight away as I need to get as much rest as possible. It’s taking a lot of strength for me to just get through each day at the moment. I know this rant is in riddles and doesn’t make much sense. I just wanted to say I’m struggling and trying my best to balance my work and personal life and to please be patient with me.
Thank you
Laura 💕

05/11/2024

Good morning,

As most of you know I have been really struggling the last few weeks and have had to cancel so many appointments. Which I am so so sorry for. You all know I’m not usually this bad and wouldn’t cancel you unless I really needed to.

I have made the decision to cut down my days and hours with immediate effect. I will now be working 4 days a week and from 9am- 4pm on them days. I will also only be doing 3-4 dogs a day. Any appointments that are already scheduled for 8am will still be going ahead. I have also been advised not to groom any dogs that are heavy and won’t jump in the bath and table themselves, and not to groom any dogs that are difficult to groom or bite. This hopefully should only be temporary and until i start to feel a bit more myself. This is under doctors advice. I will contact any of you that I can no longer do.

As I’m doing less dogs a day there will be less appointments available. So please make sure you book in in advance. I will also NOT be taking on any new clients for the time being.

Also please bear with me as I can’t guarantee I won’t have to cancel any appointments going forward. I’m just taking each day as it comes.

Thank you for sticking with me and understanding.

Laura
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18/10/2024

I’m so sorry for the cancellations I’ve had to make this week. I am bed ridden with a chest infection. I am not feeling very well at all. Yesterday I slept all day and just got up to be sick. I am back on my ivf medication and it weakens your immune system. It makes you feel rubbish anyway so being sick on top is not ideal. I’m so sorry to cancel everybody this week but we have an embryo transfer on Tuesday and I need to be better by then or the clinic will cancel it. We will then have to wait until January to go again. I know this sounds harsh but I need to put myself first and get better.
I have a lot of appointments to reschedule so please bear with me.
Thank you for understanding
Laura
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05/10/2024

I have the following slots left for next week.

Tuesday 8th 3pm (small dog or wash and deshed)

Thursday 10th 10.50 (small quick breed or wash and deshed)

Thursday 10th 2pm (can be for one large breed or two small/medium dogs)

If you would like any of these please comment below or message me on 07985275679 💕

03/10/2024

I have enough time to do one more small breed groom tomorrow at 3.15pm
If you would like it comment below or message me on 07985275679💕

03/10/2024

Cancellation available for tomorrow at 1.45pm. If you would like it please comment below or message 07985275679 💕

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Evening everyone,Just coming on here to let you know my diary is now open for the rest of the year. With most of you onl...
22/09/2024

Evening everyone,

Just coming on here to let you know my diary is now open for the rest of the year. With most of you only having one more groom before your dogs Christmas pamper session, I can’t stress enough to book as soon as you can to avoid disappointment. There are a couple of groomers shutting down in my area and some of their clients have contacted me for appointments. I want to make sure all my regulars have their appointments booked. You can do so by messaging me directly on 07985275679 or following this link to book.

https://app.toplinedogs.co.uk/public/online-bookings?salon=NTM0N2RmMTMtOTBkMi00MTZiLThmNGUtMDhkYmNjOTdlY2Nl

If your a new client please make sure your registered to the system before booking. You can register using this link.

https://app.toplinedogs.co.uk/public/registration?token=ZmU1ZTI5M2UtZDFkMC00MzY1LWJiNWYtMDhkYmNjOTdlY2Nl

Thank you
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17/09/2024

I have a slot available at 9.45 tomorrow for a small dog full groom or a wash and deshed. If you would like it please message me on 07985275679 🥰

Just a Reminder the salon is now closed until Monday 16th September.All calls and messages will be answered when I retur...
08/09/2024

Just a Reminder the salon is now closed until Monday 16th September.

All calls and messages will be answered when I return to work

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Before and after of Kai
05/09/2024

Before and after of Kai

Address

Unit 3, Box City, Culpeper Close
Rochester
ME24HN

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

+447985275679

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🎉 Raffle Draw Winners 🎉 Hi everyone so sorry I didn’t do this last night. The traffic was crazy going home to sittingbourne last night. Ok so the winners are:- 1st prize - BonBon Labrador Gem Lind you’ve won the hamper and £10 off BonBons next groom. 2nd prize- Remy PBGV Louise Remy Parker you’ve won £10 off his next groom 3rd prize- Spot Jack Russell Mica Spinks you’ve won £5 off her next groom. Congratulations and a massive thank you again to everyone for supporting me throughout the year. I will do another draw like this soon ♥️

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