Doggy-deluxe grooming

07/12/2024

It's the first Saturday of the month, which means the salon is closed today, have a great weekend 😀
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01/12/2024

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It's day 1 of our advent and the owners of Cosy Corner have this lovely special offer for you. If you book this December you will receive £100 off a full week booking or £50 off short break booking for the remaining January, February and March dates available. Click here to see what dates are available https://bit.ly/3kAVWJm and please email [email protected] if you would like to book.

16/11/2024

The salon is closed today as I'm having a little weekend away, salon back open Monday morning as normal with Charlotte and I'll be back at it on Thursday, Thank-you 🐾🐾

07/11/2024

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I Recently bought these YuMove tablets for elderly dogs from amazon, a couple of days ago I started to see posts on fb warning of them being fake and making dogs unwell, today amazon have contacted me to recall them and and let me know they are indeed fakes, I have just researched them on amazon again and they are still for sale from the seller I purchased from, I just wanted to warn people not to make my mistake and please buy from YuMove directly, fortunately I'd only given my dog chilli a few tablets and luckily he's been fine, but it could have been so different 😔

02/11/2024

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29/10/2024

I just wanted to come on here to explain a few things to some people, it's hard to let everyone know what's going on and give info out as not everyone is on fb, we can put signs up in the salon but not everyone reads them and sometimes people don't bring/collect their own dogs, but we want to talk about the recent price increase and this is the last time we're going to mention it as we don't feel we should have to be defending or explaining our decisions to anyone, running a business and being self employed is not easy, we have to make difficult decisions and we don't take these things lightly as we totally understand times are hard for people and is about to get a lot worse, but we wonder if people understand that these things also affect us and our business, the only way we can increase income is to raise prices, we cannot physically do anymore dogs in a day, we groom 4/5 dogs a day already and putting £1-2 on a groom does not make much of a difference to income, our prices are not set up by deciding what people can afford they're set up based on the outgoings of the business it's as simple as that, and if the outgoings become more than incoming then we're not going to continue down that Rd to suit customers and basically end up in the sh*t ourselves 🤷‍♀️
We've been questioned by a small percentage of clients regarding this and this may come across blunt but we don't hold anyone hostage in coming to us, if you want to go elsewhere then that's absolutely fine, everyone is entitled to shop wherever they choose and if your budget doesn't cover our prices then that's the sensible thing to do, and we would prefer that anyone who is unhappy does that as we don't want anyone to use us grudgingly. It's a win win as you'll either be happier paying less or realise why we charge what we charge, there are some groomers out there with no training, no insurance, and simply no idea and you're asking us to compete with their £25 grooming package and it's not something we're going to do. As a business we need to cover the bills in the salon and our homes, this is our income and we need to cover us for time off (which we're entitled to do), to pay to a pension and health insurance so we can claim if we're ever ill (too late for me,) all things that as an employee you get automatically, we do not!!!
Our prices are based on a reasonably groomed out dog that comes on a regular basis, this is different for each breed and also taking into consideration elderly/ill dogs etc but generally it's 6-8 weeks, some terriers and double coats 10-12 weeks, wool coats such as poodles and crosses are 6-8 weeks, we will not be accepting dogs that don't come on a regular grooming schedule and if we do it will be at an increased price, as some people think that by coming every 3 months instead of 6-8 weeks they'll get around the increase, this creates more work for us and also more expenses in the salon with regards to shampoo, electricity, time etc
Sorry for the long post and being rather blunt but we just can't keep having the same conversations in the salon each day, I know the majority of our customers will totally understand and this is absolutely not aimed at them, we appreciate everyone's custom, we really do ❤️

26/09/2024

I just want to give a bit of an insight with regards to increasing our prices, the only way we get a wage increase is by putting our prices up, we can't simply just groom more dogs in a day, dogs take time to groom and they especially take time if they are done thoroughly and correctly, yes I could take short cuts and skip bits and not be as thorough as I normally am but that's just not me, without a bather and depending on the breeds booked in we can only physically groom 4/5 dogs in a day. Therefore the only way to increase income is to raise prices, this isn't taken lightly and is done by thoroughly working out income and expenditure, running a business is not easy you have to make some difficult decisions sometimes. This price increase was originally meant to happen at the beginning of September, however with Julie leaving and lots to organise and then myself going into hospital it got put on the back burner. It's been really difficult losing Julie and I'll be honest with you I absolutely don't blame her one little bit for wanting to move on, I have lost a good groomer simply because at times its very difficult to bring in a decent wage, take Julie's last day here for instance she was due to work 9-5 with the dogs that were booked in for her, she came to work for 9am and her first dog didn't turn up! If she had groomed all the dogs that day she would have made minimum wage once her expenses were deducted, however with one dog down it meant her money had to stretch over the day, we can't go home when a dog doesn't turn up so with 3 paying dogs over 8hrs she made £8.40 per hour, and I know she won't mind me telling you that, but I just need people to see that something just as simple as one no show can bring you right down, now imagine that happening 2/3 times a week 😔 I don't want to sound like we're moaning and equally I don't want to have to sit and justify our decisions but it's really coming to something when she can get a job doing 24hrs a week and earn the same amount as working 40hrs, and this is not necessarily aimed at our customers it's to anyone wanting to find the cheapest groomer out there, you definitely get what you pay for but just understand that groomer is not making any money if they are charging you £25 and I've had people tell me that's what they're paying, grooming is a forgotten industry that has no legislation and where some people think it's a hobby for us because we're working with dogs that we love, but at the end of the day this is how we earn our living and pay our bills and put food on the table. We love doing what we do but it has to be worthwhile otherwise what's the point and I don't want to lose another good groomer in Charlotte in the same way
Thanks for reading 😊

26/09/2024

📢Price increase announcement 📢
As of Monday next week our prices will have an increase of between £3-5 per dog, we have not had an increase in 15 months, and with continued increases to us on things such as electricity, supplies and services we cannot sustain this any longer if we don't increase prices it just means we are taking a pay cut. Our prices from now on will be based more on how long it takes to do a dog rather than by breed as it can differ greatly depending on the dog, its coat, behaviour, etc
Please watch out for other announcements regarding new procedures for the length of time between grooms for certain breeds and flea treatments etc
Thankyou
Joanne and Charlotte 🐾🐾

25/09/2024

The salon is closed today, back open tomorrow morning as normal

24/09/2024

Microchip not up to date, does anyone know someone in the village that has moved here from Nottinghamshire?

20/09/2024

Hi everyone, I fully intended being in work this afternoon but I had a hospital appointment this morning which ran over due to an emergency situation whilst we were in the waiting room, Charlotte has held the fort down today and she is off on her hols now so have a fab time Charlotte, I'm going to take this weekend to relax as I've tried to come back to work too soon and I'm simply exhausted, I keep getting light headed and dizzy and I don't want to be in charge of your dogs and have an episode, it's not safe, so the salon will be closed tomorrow (Saturday) I'll be back in on Monday and hopefully I'll have had plenty of rest and my new meds will have had a chance to kick in, thankyou everyone for your concern and messages, see you all next week 😊
P.s this is my taquito he looks like I feel 🤣 but he's keeping a close watch on me ❤️

18/09/2024

Hi 👋 I'm back home, if you don't hear from us your appointment will be going ahead, we will contact you otherwise, thankyou for all your kind messages ❤️

17/09/2024

Unfortunately last night I was rushed into hospital and I'm still here waiting on treatment, I'm so sorry to let customers down, as soon as I can talk to Charlotte we'll let everyone know what's happening 😔

13/09/2024

Today I hung up my scissors for the last time for the foreseeable 😔 It's not been an easy or quick decision but feel now is the time to step away from grooming. There's been many factors that have led me to this. Who knows I may regret my decision but it's something I can always come back to.
A big thank you to all of you that have let me pamper and care for your babies, it's been an absolute pleasure, I'll miss you all and each everyone of your pups has left a pawprint on my heart. 🐾❤
Charlotte, it's been lovely getting to know you and I hope you continue to grow with your craft and wish you a long successful career in grooming.🥰
Joanne, there are so many things to say. Thank you doesn't even come close to covering a fraction of my gratitude. Too many laughs to count and a few tears. Another chapter in our 20+ years of friendship. I can't wait to see what the next 20+ years brings.
Love to you all
Julie ###x🐾🐕❤

08/09/2024

We unfortunately have some sad news for our customers today, Julie is leaving and moving onto pastures new and this week is her last week in the salon 😭

For anyone that has an appointment with Julie if you haven't heard from us your appointment will have just been switched over to either Joanne or Charlotte, if you'd like to know who you're with just drop us a DM, most customers have been contacted if we've had to change your day/time there's a few more we'll be contacting this week, so don't worry we'll get everyone sorted 😀

Julie has been a great asset at doggy deluxe grooming and we're so sad to see her leave, we've had some ups and some downs, some laughter (alot) and some tears along the way and I'm not going to lie it'll be a struggle going into work on the following Monday morning 😢

We just want to wish her well and the best of luck and happiness for the future and thankyou for everything over the last 6yrs at doggy deluxe, we'll miss you lots 💖

Thankyou to all our customers for your continued support 😀
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07/09/2024

It's the first Saturday of the month so the salon is closed today, see you on Monday, Happy Weekend 🥳🥳

29/08/2024

Two cuties groomed with us recently by Joanne 🥰🥰🐾🐾