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Lock’s Dog Grooming, Curload, Stoke st Gregory, Taunton (2025)

17/11/2025

This is Kobe in for his quarterly. He was really excited to be here on arrival. We had hit a blip in the road with Kobe, he was relucant to come in, was spinning/fidgetting with scissor work around his jacket, didn't like his bottom being touched either. His arrival behaviours were starting to decline and post groom he stopped interacting, just cried at the gate, so we had a reset. We decided to just card his jacket but trim his feathers, tail and ears, and in his last few sessions he was fine. He has been a lot more cooperative and seemed much happier. He jumped straight on the table for health check. After health check today, he ran to the bath, piece of chicken, in he jumped. Bath time he's great. Out of the bath ran to the table and hopped on. Table work, finish dryer on a mid setting. Ears cleaned, nail's grinded. I brushed and combed him, but he kept jumping on my head and hu***ng my face which was really terrific. I removed the towel, but he didn't want to let it go grabbing hold of it and giving it a good old hump! Once towelgate was over, he was carded with several different sized coat kings damp, really cooperative and engaged. Loved working for a bit of chicken. Had his rear hock feathers, front legs and tummy trimmed short. We headed out for a break and toilet. Tail and paws were trimmed, really good with that. I carded him all over again. His face/head were trimmed, and ears were trimmed outside and underside. Post groom, I got the scratchboard out, instead of putting the treat in the box, he'd sit on it instead. Why put it in the box when I can feed him directly?! I think he was trying to be helpful, but kind of misses the point of scratching his nails! After that, Kobe went to the toy basket and started initiating play with a ball. He had stopped doing that, but it has been coming back these past couple of sessions He'd also hop on the table to try and earn extra chicken. I'm hoping, fingers crossed, we've got the process nailed for Kobe. ❤️

17/11/2025

Ted was in this this morning. He came in for pets, but he started crying and didn't want to be left. There have been changes at home. I took him out first and he needed the toilet. He was better on return and we had ball play and he had a few treats. Health check, toe and tail mats nothing major. I popped a treat into the bath, he put his paws on the rim for me to help him in. He can climb in on his own, but he likes a bunk up. He goes loop free now, good as gold. The early days had him climbing and calling for help. After a towel dry, he jumped on the table with a treat. No loop and no attempts to escape. Finish dryer on low, his ears didn't need cleaning, but I cut his nails, very good with that now he's letting me cut a bit more each time. A brush and comb, I tried his front legs just in case this time he was accepting and he wasn't. I clipped him all over, apart from his front legs. Tail mat removal and a trim, face/head/ear trim a bit snatchy but we got there with sausage. I trimmed his rear paws and removed his toe mats, then we went out for a breather. When we got back, another clip around, a blend of his hind legs. I trimmed his front paws and removed toe mats, I put a licky mat out and just thought I'd try the clippers, sometimes he's accepting sometimes not, I tried a little bit on one leg, he didn't flinch. No paw raising, twirling nothing, I carried on, he was going for the cheese. I told him how good he was, he jumped up tail wagging a nice big cheesy face lick! He let me do one full leg. He got a bit of extra sausage. Another licky mat for his left leg. A small clip to start, not bothered. Exactly the same behaviours. More praise, extra sausage and another cheesy licky face. He let me do more blending on his front legs than he has in the past. He was so excited that I was pleased with him. Post groom, he loves the scratch board. Although he's crying for the sausage, even before I've opened the drawer to put any in! We just do it as a game as he likes being engaged, especially for food. Then we had ball play, another favourite thing. He's not allowed balls at home, as he's ball obsessed, so it's a real treat for him here to have a play friend. I wasn't expecting much today, but Ted was surprisingly very good. ❤️

14/11/2025

Oatley my Cornwall dog was here today. He rushed straight in very happy to see me, jumping up for pets and fuss and dling little cries of excitement. Very calm and sat by me waiting for a treat, remained sitting by me waiting for another treat when he was left. Not bothered at all. Health check coat had some mats in his tail, under-arms, toes, on his head near his ears, underears that had travelled to his jaw line and under his chin, and lots of little mats in his legs and undercarriage. I put some sausage in the bath and he jumped in. He jumped on the rim when he got in and was trying to snaffle treats out of my pocket! Great with his bath, a flannel facewash. After his bath he ran and hopped on the table. He now knows the routine. Finish dryer on low, I cleaned his ears, no nail trimming he was growling. I started with removing his mats apart from toe mats as he's a bit sensitive to having the top of his paws touched. Tail work is normally a growling trigger but he let me cut them out for sausage. He let me brush and comb him all over apart from front legs. I put a licky mat out for him and clipped all one side, replenished it and clipped the other side. The only bits he is upset with is inside rear legs if I clip there more than once, he is resistent and growls and front legs are a no with the clippers. I clipped his ears, he normally adopts the chin rest for facework, but I think the mat had been restrictive and we had quite a bit of wriggling and head circling. It's a rather haphazard trim. We went out for a respite break. On return, another licky mat out, brushed his coat up and reclipped, his front legs were scissored and paws trimmed, back hocks blended and paws trimmed. He was very good in letting me remove his toe mats. Oatley gave me lots of kisses when telling him how good he was. No biting, no mouthing, just growling and resistence when he doesn't want something, so we move on to something else. Once we'd finished, we played the scratchboard game for his nails, he loves this, on occassion he has let me clip some nails, but today was a no day, this may be down to some paw sensitivity with his toe mats. Lots more kisses too. Much better today than his last session. ❤️

14/11/2025

Little Pip was in this morning, normally she comes with Kiba but he has dementia and sadly deteriorating. He was getting confused and disorientated with his grooms. Pip ran in, straight to the toys, sat in the toy basket. After her owner goes, she got straight on the table for health check all good. She then followed me to the bath. "Pip lift". Bath time amazing. Post bath she ran to the table and hopped on, she received some squeeze cheese for that. No dryer today. Ear clean great. Nails, rear nails not too bad, front nails hopping about with those, but we got around with some cheese. A brush, comb and a damp deshed and we headed out for respite. We got a bit wet so gave her a good towel dry. On return, another deshed all around, when I get to nice bits she gets the body quivers! Post groom we had some toy play. I went into the cupboard to get some blade cleaner and I had a talking treat ball in there, she saw it! The last time she had one at home it was wrecked in no time at all! I left one in the toy basket once, and that one was destroyed pretty quickly! This toy isn't cheap! So I gave her an inexpensive squeaky soft toy that she could destroy instead. Having Kiba absent doesn't upset or phase her, but I do miss having my shadow friend following me around for treaties and pets.❤️

13/11/2025

This is Hettie. Hettie came a couple of months back and whilst initially happy to see me, she saw the equipment and had a panic. Today would be a desentisiation session and some trimming, no clippers. On arrival Hettie wouldn't get out of the car, after eventually coming in we had shaking. Whilst it's upsetting for her owner and me to witness it wasn't unexpected. I took her out for a bonding walk first, we got so far then she stopped and would not move, after some pets and reassurance I brought her back in. With some more reassurance and pets, I tapped the bath, she got in. Her bath behaviours were great, no loop. She's very confident surrounding bathing. After a towel dry, I popped her on the floor, because at the moment she associates the table with trauma and anxiety. No driers, no noise, just some classical music on and some Pet Remedy calming spray. I put some coat conditioner into my hands and softly applied to her coat all over, she was shaking like a little leaf, but after the conditioner application I told her how good she was and she wagged her tail. To calm her, I went all over her with a soft cosmetic brush giving her a lot of praise. A gentle ear clean good, nails we had hidey paw. She was softly brushed and combed, she was still shaking, but she'd rest her chin on my thigh for some head pets. She was carded on her back quite a few times, she rolled on one side so I could card her there. Soft brush on rear hock, minimal handling, then a trim. Soft brush stroking around her back paw and in between toes, no manual handling, I trimmed her nails, with no paw holding. Praise, waggy tail. More cosmetic brush stroking around, went to the other side she rolled to let me card her around her ribs, same process with that hock and paw, and started to see a little glimmer of relaxation and the shaking had subsided substantially. We went out for respite so she could decompress. Back in the salon, soft brush stroking around her front legs, gently combed and trimmed everything, slow, calm and gentle at her pace and carefully observing her behaviours. Same method applied to front paws as with back paws and we didn't have any paw hiding. Repeated with the other leg. At one point she sat up so soft brush stroked her chest feathers, then carded. Back to lying down, repeated carding and brush stroking, I looked at her she was asleep. So that was a good sign of relaxation. Ear work and tail trimming are triggers for her, so we need more desentisiation in those areas. She's already emotionally groom shocked, I don't want to push her boundaries. After her groom she settled down on a blanket so she could decompress. I didn't bother her or get in her face, just tidied up around her so she felt safe and knew that groom time was over.

Going forward clippers need to be taken out of the equation. At the moment, Hettie has a lot of triggers, but similarly to Oatly it will probably be one thing only. Her senses are so heightened that pretty much every part of table work causes her anxiety, because she's been forced to accept it. She has not been read, she probably hasn't been able to move to be read, therefore she has no trust whatsoever. We had no drooling or hiding her head in my tunic, so it was a positive session today, certainly in the 2nd half. ❤️

13/11/2025

Hello everyone

A quick message about pre Christmas grooms, I'm not sure where the time has gone this year either!

My diary is really busy, I have 1 slot for end of November:-

21st at 2pm

There's 2 slots for December:-

1st December at 2pm
15th December at 9am

To anybody already booked in, if you cancel your dogs' grooms you won't get an appointment until mid January. Therefore, I'm urging people to keep to their appointments if at all possible.

I am only taking on dogs that I've seen before. This is to avoid the requests for an annual Christmas "spa day" treat, which ultimately results in a shave down and lots of unwanted aggravation!

If anyone would like one of the above slots please send me a DM.

Cheers all!

Cherie
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12/11/2025

Here's winnie the floofy bear. She was very excited to be here. She followed me around, repeatedly smacked me with a paw to remind me she was here for the sausages. She's loves sausage, in fact she's bonkers for food in general! Health check, a few isolated mats here and there, under arms, paws and tail her usual mat prone areas, but no v***a mats hurrah! The rest of her coat was beautiful. I'm getting Winnie in on an earlier cycle, as her coat is in so much better condition to keep on top of as its extremely thick. Her owners are saying it's much easier to manage at home too. Treat in the bath, she put her paws on the rim for a bunk up. She does have hip dysplasia and has needed the steps previously. Bath time pretty good, although she started crying, but then realised she was crying for sausages which pacified her! She had a towel dry. Came out of the bath, she lay down on the floor and wouldn't get on the table, so nail clip, all mats removed and a blast dry on the floor. She squealed with trying to do an ear clean in her right ear, not sure what was going on there, couldn't see anything. She was ear sensitive in her last session. Blast dry everywhere apart from bottom and head. I put a licky mat out and she had a brush, undercoat rake and comb around. I clipped her around once. She was wriggly when going near her hips so wondered if her hip dysplasia is getting worse. I asked her to get on the table to perform an inside leg and sanitary trim. But she lay down again. She did alternate between sitting and lying down, more so lying down today to perform the rest of her clip. It does compromise the clip apearance, but managing Winnie's hip dysplasia comes first and making sure she's comfortable. When lying down, she shifted sides by herself when she needed to get comfy again. As a result a lot less fidgetty overall with her clip today. It does really help when her coat is in good condition too. Facework had her repeatedly head rotating, so it's a welfare cut. I think this is down to her ear. Winnie reminded me it was respite time with a smack of her enormous paw. On return, a repeat clip around. A paw trim and tail work good. Not much in the way of blending, its tricky when she's lying down. Post groom, after a tidy up and her following me around, we had some cuddle time as usual and a few more treats. She's not bothered about going home either, happy to stay for attention and sausage ❤️

12/11/2025

This is Rosie. She was very happy to see me, no apprehension, ran straight in for pets and checked out the toy basket. A few ball throws then health check. Everything great, she has not liked me touching her bottom in the past, but allowed a brush last time, she allowed me to touch her bottom, tail and paws so this was positive. I gave her a couple of treats and she followed me around. She refused to get into the bath again, so she had a floor bath, which she was great with. I put a loop on but she was quite happy to stay where she was, she might miss out on a treat otherwise! So took the loop off. She was much better with a towel dry, we make it into a game with food. She only gets half on the table with a licky mat. Finish dryer on low, all good with that. I brushed and combed her, she let me comb her bottom and tail, which was great and allowed me to check her a**l glands, so we have trust acceptance there. She had her ears cleaned which she really loved. Then a damp deshed, I tried her bottom with the coat king, no issue. Nails very good today, when I told her how good she was she'd run to the toy basket and fetch me a toy each time! After a respite walk, she lay next to me on the floor with a ball, whilst I deshedded her again and furminated her shorter areas. She got some pets in between. Excellent with all of that process. Post groom she got some more toys out of the basket and we had some playtime. Rolling balls to me or dropping a soft toy at my feet to throw. Balls are her favourite though and she particularly loved the treat ball, rolling it to me and giving a little growl to tell me it was empty and required a refill! She wasnt too bothered about going home stuck to my side for extra pets and treats. I'm so proud of Rosie. She's a changed dog to the one that first came who didn't want touching at all. With a bit of adaptation she is coming on brilliantly. She's very food and toy motivated which really helps with her desentisiation ❤️

11/11/2025

Pat the Patterdale had a big girl groom today. Very happy to see me, little cries of excitement. Wasn't bothered about being left again, found the toys and kept jumping on the table for treats. She is so very food motivated. Treat in the bath, she jumped in. I put a groom loop on initially, but took it off as she didn't need it, she was quite happy. Finish dryer on low turning it up incrementally during her groom - ok with that today. Table work, treat on the table, she hopped on. Ear clean good. Brush and comb great. She was very engaged for food. Then I tried her nails. Really doesn't like her paws being touched, so cosmetic brushes around her paws and a bit of paw wax, rewarded when she let me do that but nails still a no. Tried a very small licky mat, she was so engrossed in the food she wasn't too bothered and managed to clip all of her rear nails. I'd do her front ones after a break of something else. Coat king and furminator great around her sensitive/shorter hair areas. Soft hand stripping of her jacket, all fine with that. She was happy to stay on the table, no loop. We went out for a break, and dried her paws with a towel for some desentisiation first on return, another small licky mat and completed all her front nails, first time ever! Even though I managed to clip her nails, she loves the interaction of the scratch board game. Post session we had some toy and broom play! and she kept hopping on the table for extra treats! She's happy to stay, and not rushing out of the door. A really good big girl groom! She's such a confident little dog with her grooming ❤️

11/11/2025

Cookie was in this morning. She has a clip only, she cannot cope with a full groom. Behaviours on arrival really good, she couldn't wait to see me, running in for pets. She jumped up for more pets and fuss. Her owner brings her bed in for decompression breaks. No crying when left. Health check some isolated matting in tail and underarms. I put a piece of sausage on the table and she hopped on. No loop. I put a cloth with some Pet Remedy spray on the table again to see if this would help her behaviours, I always put some on my tunic anyway. Good with an ear clean, back nails were a no, clipped her longer ones only, front were a refusal. Brush really good, ok with undercoat rake but not the comb. Excellent with her clip on her left side, she has been twirling to give me that side when trying to do her right side, but no issue again today, worked for sausage. Face, head and ear work is much improved. Tail raked and trimmed, mat removed - great. Checked her a**l glands. She didn't need to go to her bed, again more periods of focus. Rear paw trim not too bad today. She then started pawing my tunic. It was time for a toilet break. On return, front legs, she refused the clippers today, wriggly, growling and mouthing. A licky mat was put out and trimmed her legs, had to scissors snip her underarm mats out with scissors. Her front paws were a little snip then some sausage, we got there eventually. Its not the best scissor trim on her legs but have to work with how Cookie feels on the day. Post groom, I tried the scratchboard for nails, not interested. I sat with her whilst she was in her bed and gave her lots of fuss. When her owner went to put her in the car, she ran back to me for more cuddles and pets. Its a pity she was so reluctant to have her front legs groomed, as she was so good with everything else. ❤️

10/11/2025

Bella was here this afternoon, on arrival she ran and jumped on the table. Well this was new! She went back to the gate to say goodbye to her owner, then she went back to the table for health check when they left. Health check some wet weather knots and tangles. Whilst I was running the warm water through the shower head she sat in my chair watching. Bath time very good. No loop. Fine with a flannel face wash today. After a good towel dry, she jumped straight on the table, so this was good Again, no loop. Blast dryer, she shook, so switched to the finish dryer and she still shook, so turned it off and she calmed right down, drying naturally. Clipped her nails at the front - fine, growled and went to bite with her rear ones again, I'd look at those later. Cleaned her ears. Ok with that. Brush and an undercoat rake (she doesn't like the comb), she was very wriggly and mouthy, refusing to stand up, playing hidey bum or hidey leg and would perch on the end of the table making it tricky to get around her. After some reassuring pets, I decided to clip her first then rake her afterwards, switching to a shorter guard comb after a couple of snags. Then we did some facework, very good with that today and an ear trim. We went out for a break and her usual handstand wee! Back in the salon, she was raked she was good with that, then I ventured to try the comb, no issue at all. I clipped twice around, paws and tail trimmed, excellent with that and trimmed her longest rear nails. Legs were scissored, perfectly still, told her how good she was and I received little kisses. During the 2nd half of her groom, she took treats which she will normally only take after her groom finishes. Post groom, she went to the toy basket and initiated ball play whilst I was clearing up. Once I'd finished tidying up, she hovered around my chair waiting for her cuddle time. A groom of 2 halves today but Bella was amazing in the 2nd half. ❤️

07/11/2025

This is Manchester Terrier puppy Max. His last puppy groom was 7 weeks ago, which is quite a bit of a time lapse, particularly in puppy world. It would be interesting to see how he was today. Arrival, barked at me and reticent about coming in. He entered after some cajoling and a treat. After his owner left, I let him mooch about and get his bearings for a few minutes whilst I sat on the floor waiting for him to come to me when he was ready., There really wasn't much in the way of recognition at all. I had intended to bathe him but would see how he got on with a bit of table work first. He loved the jumping up on the table treat game, I sat on the table with him and stroked him all over, then curry brushed him. Ear clean great. He then started to come around and we were making friends. I put the finish dryer on, not bothered and popped him on the bath shelf, with a "Max lift" command. I put a loose groom loop on him and turned the water on and off and on again. Cupped some water gently over him with my hand. I was going to use the shampoo shower spray, but decided to use a puppy shampoo/water bottle mix instead, then rinse with cupping the water over him. He wasn't as confident as his initial intro to bathing session. He was a bit wriggly but didn't try and escape. I didn't take photos as wanted to focus on Max. I took him out and towel dried him, he thought that a great game. Then we did the table treat game again, I sprayed some coat conditioner into my hands and rubbed him all over with it. Curry brushed him again and performed an a**l gland check. Very good with all that. He doesn't mind his back end being touched like some dogs and gave his tail base a scratch and praised him, which he loved. I took him out for a decompress. Back in the salon, nails time - very wriggly indeed, or he'd mouthe and try and bite. So popped a licky mat out with a small smear of pate, a brush with a small cosmetic brush, in between toes, then proceeded to take the tips off. If he wriggled, it was back to the brush and reattempt. All nail tips removed from one rear paw then break. It was the same process with his other rear paw, followed by front nails adopting the same process. This took a bit more time, particularly dew claws, but we got there eventually removing the tips. Sometime's he forgot himself and would go to bite me. I took the licky mat away, as it needs to be recognised as a reward and I'm not rewarding his biting. He really wanted the food, so let him jump back on the table of his own accord, put the licky mat down and go again. I wondered how he'd get on with the nail scratchboard. I put the treat in the drawer and he worked it out straight away, clever pup. It might be worth his owners getting him one to keep his front nails down a bit whilst we are trying to desentise him to nail work. He is very receptive to games, challenges and food. Post groom he helped himself to some toys. After a bit of a shaky start, he came around and wasnt too bothered about going home, sidling up to see if there were any more treaties on offer and some pets. ❤️

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