Carrie On Grooming

14/03/2024

🐾🐾 Just a polite reminder if you arrive early to collect your dog or wish to wait whilst they are groomed please remain out of sight as it’s very distracting for your dog and makes my job much harder. Thank you for your understanding 🐾🐾

09/03/2024

🤔 Brotherly love or FOMO ??? 🤣🤣

02/03/2024

When will we understand this reality?

I am a 21st century dog.

-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work.
Today I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for dog fighting.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when one of them approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and we want you to come back to the booster with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today we forgot I'm a walking dog and great racing I'm fat and have to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox a badger and rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my damn character and wish I could turn into a living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just for occupation.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work eight hours a day, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...
but I'm also an individual who needs to express their instincts, and I'm not suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the garden, seeing yourself a little in the evening when you get home and only entitled to a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk on my pillow.
You’d think then that I’m happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work: actually I’ll be exhausted, because this disease is not the plight of humans but also of the dog of the 21st century.
If you like me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make me want, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, so give up on me.
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament traits derived from a strict genetic selection and think you can change them with your sole good will, then give me up.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sled, the one who led a herd still sleeps.
And sooner or later, for better or for worse, he will wake up.
So what are you gonna do?
Will you give in to me?
Will you abandon me?
Or are you gonna just delete me?

01/02/2024

🐾🐾 Hopefully you will have a yellow rug again for a while now Nikki Chamberlain 🤣🤣🐾🐾

22/01/2024

🐾🐾Gotta love a good lab bath and de-shed 🤣🤣🐾🐾 clean up takes as long as the appointment!!

22/01/2024

Alison Yarnell I cannot reply to your message as you haven’t left a contact number and your messenger account is blocked 🤷🏻‍♀️

09/01/2024

Lovely visit to Ayscoughfee Hall School this morning with Demi and Ruby she enjoyed meeting all the reception children 🥰

05/01/2024

🐾🐾 Happy New Year 🐾🐾

Unfortunately I’m having to post regarding payment again if I have to chase payment on more than one occasion you will be required to pay upfront at drop off for any future grooms, clients this applies to will be informed of this by private message

22/12/2023

🎄🎄🎄Merry Christmas to all my lovely customers, thanks for your loyal custom this year and all my lovely presents 🎁 and Christmas tips it’s very much appreciated 🥂🎄🎄🎄

10/11/2023

I’ve found a key on my driveway today if any customers have lost one over the last couple of day please get in touch

01/11/2023

22/10/2023

🐾🐾 I will now be implementing that payment is received upfront prior to your next appointment if I have to chase payment 🐾🐾

30/09/2023

🐾🐾 First visit for this little cutie who nearly nodded off whilst being dried 🤣🐾🐾

28/09/2023

🐾🐾 I am now fully booked for the remainder of 2023 minimal availability for Jan/Feb too!! I can’t emphasise enough the importance of booking in advance to stick to your advised schedule 🐾🐾

12/09/2023

🐾🐾 Blood 🩸 donation today 💉✅ 🐾🐾
Little superstar ⭐️🥰

09/09/2023

🐾🐾 I will be contacting people over the next week ish to offer appointments for next year, I can’t hold appointments as my diary is already filling rapidly so if you require an appointment let me know ASAP once you have been offered dates 🐾🐾

05/09/2023

🐾🐾 Just to confirm prices quoted for grooms are just that if you’re dog is excessively dirty, matted, their temperament affects the groom or you don’t stick to the advised schedule for your individual dogs needs this will incur additional costs 🐾🐾

Apologies for the rant but I’ve been let down so many times over the summer with people not turning up or expecting to change their appointment with minimal notice.

26/08/2023

🐾🐾 Happy International Dog Day 🐾🐾

24/08/2023

🐾🐾 I am now booked up until November at the earliest, if you need to reschedule an appointment it might mean skipping a groom 🐾🐾

21/08/2023

🐾🐾 I now only have 28 appointments remaining for the rest of this year I would strongly recommend contacting me if you need an appointment and to consider booking at least a couple of appointments ahead to ensure you can keep to your required schedules 🐾🐾

18/08/2023

🐾🐾 Just a heads up Mill Green Road railway crossing is going to be closed for 5 days from 21st August! So you may need to allow longer than usual for your journey the road down Blue Gowt should be reopened by then otherwise the alternative route would be Money Bridge Lane via Glenside. I will remind those affected in your Pre appointment reminder text. 🐾🐾

12/08/2023

🐾🐾 I am now implementing a new policy regarding cancellations and no shows. If you need to cancel or reschedule please let me know ASAP as I’m turning customers away!

* Cancellation’s within 48hrs prior to the appointment will incur a 50% fee of the missed appointment to be paid before any further appointments are made.

* Cancellation’s within 24hrs or no shows will need to pay 100% of the missed appointment before any further appointments will be made.

As a small business I cannot afford to keep absorbing the costs of missed appointments.

A huge thank you to my loyal customers for your support over the last couple of years 😊

24/07/2023

🐾🐾 Just a reminder to check feet and ears for grass seeds this haul came from between the toes of one dog 🐾🐾

13/07/2023

'It's okay he's friendly'

➡️Dog Owner Etiquette

For some a dog walk is a time to switch off from the world and watch your canine companion get some physical and mental stimulation running, sniffing and exploring.

But for some owners dog walks can be fraught with anxiety. Why? Because off lead dogs are being allowed, without prior authorisation, to approach their dogs.

We all know that some dogs simply adore playing, and there is nothing more wonderful that those brief encounters with strangers on a walk when your playful pooch gets a chance to let off some steam and play. Chasing, rolling, play fighting. But this activity must be undertaken after first speaking to the owners.

No matter how kind and playful your dog is you must NOT allow them to approach others dogs (even if they are on or off lead).

There are a huge number of reasons for this:

🐩 In season
🐕 Sick or injured
🦮 Assistance dogs needing to concentrate
🐕‍🦺 In training
🐩 Nervous, anxious, fearful
🐕 Reactive or aggressive

What you need:

✅ Excellent recall before you let you dogs off. If not then you need to practice positive recall training, go to a rented dog field to let your dog blow off steam, use a lead or have them on a long training line.

✅ Always keep your dog in sight. You do not know what is round the corner. There could be children, livestock, vehicles, hazards or dogs that should not be approached.

✅ Watch out for a yellow warning.
Yellow Dog UK is an initiative when a yellow lead, bow, lead cover, coat can mean STAY AWAY. Please spread the word about this and be aware of your surroundings and mindful of others when walking your dogs.

Read more below 👇

Its okay he's friendly A phrase all too common as a unknown dog runs up to your dog. For some a dog walk is a time to switch off from the world and watch your canine companion get some physical and mental stimulation running, sniffing and exploring. But for some owners dog walks can be fraught with....

20/06/2023

🐾🐾 Tongue out Tuesday 🤣🤣🐾🐾

15/05/2023

🐾🐾 The salon is now closed until Tuesday 30th May all enquiries and messages will be responded to from this date. Thank you for your patience 🐾🐾

28/04/2023

🐾🐾 Ruby had a fantastic time visiting the reception children at Pinchbeck school today 🐾🐾

23/04/2023

🐾🐾 These two little stars ⭐️ were super chilled for their first puppy intro grooms 🥰🐾🐾

23/04/2023

🐾🐾Just a snippet of some of the lovely dogs that have been for a visit over the last few weeks 🐾🐾