Woody's Holistic Grooming

22/11/2024

After a rough time recently, it was incredible to see Artie in good form again today. The dedication his guardians have to him is inspirational and I always feel so honoured to be a part of his journey. He has the sweetest heart and now has a sweet hair do to match ❤️🐾

22/11/2024

This session with Raferty genuinely melted my heart today. This is the first time he’s been left on his own with me and not only did he cope, but he actually allowed me to do a full cut, including the long desired poodle face and feet! From that fearful boy who wouldn’t even get off him guardians lap to this absolute dreamboat. Every second getting here was worth it - not even ashamed to say I had a little cry afterwards! ❤️🐾

22/11/2024

Beautiful Peggy got to show off in front of her mum today! For a dog who had a late introduction to grooming, shes taken to it brilliantly. As a working farm dog, she simply needs a low maintenance trim to keep her from getting mud clumps ❤️🐾

22/11/2024

Last night I had the honour and privilege of presenting to a group of secondary school students and their parents about a career in dog grooming.

The fact I was able to showcase consent based grooming and the importance of taking the emotional aspect into account was amazing.

A huge thank you to Dr Amber Batson of Understand Animals for organising and hosting the event, but also for allowing me to stand alongside some of the most inspirational and highly regarded professionals within the animal industry. It was definitely a pinch me moment!

I’ll be talking to an even bigger group on the 4th of December, and I honestly can’t wait 🐾

Here’s hoping I have inspired the next generation of Holistic Groomers - we need more of us ❤️

22/11/2024

I can’t get over how fast Pterry is growing, he’s definitely going to be one big boy!
We’ve finally got a more defined poodle face coming along now, and poodle feet too. We’ve still got a bit of work to do to get him to stay calm and still, but despite his size he’s still very much a baby so small wins is what it’s all about for now 💙🐾

22/11/2024

There was once a time Jasper would be frantic when he arrived. Scent marking everywhere and genuinely struggling to be calm at all. Fast forward to now and he was a complete superstar. I don’t think he’s ever going to be a lover of grooming, but to get him to a point where he can tolerate it is ideal 💙🐾

21/11/2024

Hi! Welcome to Woodys Holistic Grooming 🐾✂️

Seeing as I have a few new followers, I thought it would be good to reintroduce myself.

I’m Daniella and I’m the sole owner and founder of Woodys. My journey into dog grooming started unintentionally following the adoption of our first dog Maximus. Max really struggled in many aspects of his life, so when a trip to the groomers went wrong I decided to take that element of stress away for him and learn to manage his coat myself.

I very quickly discovered the traditional methods of grooming didn’t align well with what I’d learnt about emotions and behaviour. There were many dogs like Max who were being misunderstood and I wanted to do something about that. And so Woodys was born.

My unique set up focuses entirely on the dogs physical and emotional wellbeing. I give my dogs full control of their sessions and work with them to help create confident, happy and secure relationships. My passion is giving dogs a voice and helping them feel safe in their environment.

When I’m not working I’m very busy raising my two wonderful children alongside my husband and being a guardian to our senior boy Monty and a very spoilt hamster called Gru.

We lost Maximus at the start of this year and it almost marked the end of Woodys. But I keep going for him. This is his legacy ❤️

20/11/2024

Warning - cuteness overload! Adorable Moo came for his first puppy session today. We focused on the platform being a fun place to be, a tiny bit of nail trimming (puppy nails are super sharp!) and then a fun game of “whats in the bag” to introduce a positive association to the brush. This one is certainly a quick learner so I’m excited to see him progress 💙🐾

20/11/2024

Rupert has had a pretty stressful week, so when he arrived today he was understandably very jumpy and energetic. He wouldn’t learn anything when in that state of mind, so the easiest way for me to regain his focus was to bring out something he was already familiar with. The scratchboard gave him something to channel his energy into and also allowed him time to zone back in. He even let me clip some of his back claws which has been a challenge in the past. He really is a super star ❤️🐾

19/11/2024

PLACES NOW FILLED. Due to last minute cancellations, we have TWO places available for our small numbers careers event this Thursday evening - 21st November, being held nr Malmesbury, Wiltshire from 6pm. This is a FREE event for secondary aged children to learn from 5 animal professionals all working in a variety of animal centred jobs with broad animal experience. Short presentations on their role, qualifications required, similar careers, highlights and challenges and how to find out more, followed by QandA / meet and greet.

Children must be accompanied by one adult and we are asking for a donation to a local animal charity to be given on the night.

Interested? First come, first served ... email us on [email protected] or PM through this page (ideally with your email address)

We re all really looking forward to it!!

18/11/2024

This will be such an interesting talk!!!

This webinar will look at what Giardia is, how it affects dogs and in turn, how that may influence their behaviour.

The interplay between gut health and Giardia infection in our pets is complex. The interplay between inflammation and other gut change & behaviour in our pets is also complex.

Amber will use up to date science presented in a practical way to consider the relevance of this common issue in our dogs and what we can do once the issue is suspected or identified.

https://bit.ly/3BdTgKm...

15/11/2024

Last night I represented The Holistic Grooming Academy on Marilyn Mele’s Love in Action! Live event.

I shared the screen with some incredible panellists and presented to people all over the world.

Never in a million years did I think I’d be doing things like this. I felt sick just before, but once we got talking my passion for dogs took over and I just wanted to share as much as I could on how we need to support dogs in the grooming environment.

Maximus got me started on this journey, and Monty gave me the confidence to keep going when I thought I was a failure as a dog guardian. Everything I do today is because of them. I know Max was with me last night 💙🐾

For anyone who missed the talk, you can still register for free and access the recording:

https://www.marilynmele.com/registration-nov-2024