Lock’s Dog Grooming (2025)

15/07/2025

This is new dog Hettie. Hettie was happy to see me, then she saw the equipment and had a bit of a panic. I took her out for a bonding walk first, but knew she was going to be a groom nervous dog. Health check a lot of grass seed and matting caused by seed and buds, its that time of year! I tapped the bath, she got in, wouldn't take any treats and I tried everything. Her bath behaviours were great, I took the loop off as was confident she'd stay there. After a towel dry I tapped the table she got on, I raised it but when she started shaking, I lowered it again. Loose groom loop. Didn't try the blast dryer, finish dryer had her shaking and pancaking. Turned it off, she'd need to dry naturally. Ear clean good, after I clipped one nail it had her nestling her face in my tunic to hide. So I'd spread this aspect out during the groom once she started to feel safe. Coat clipping had her shaking and drooling at times, I took her off the table several times to decompress. She did calm down a bit when she realised it was ok to sit and lie down. I stopped work periodically to sit with her to give her some reassurance, love and pets - she was receptive to that. It's not the best clip as it was conducted mainly lying down. I took her out to the toilet, she loves a walk! Still no treats. Interspersed with her clip, I trimmed the rest of her nails with her paws on the table, lifting a toe slightly. Some dogs don't like their paws being held. Slightly better with that approach and loved the praise when she did well. Tail trimming was a no, she'd sit on it to hide it. Clipping/trimming her ears had her drooling so there's some straggly ends and again not a great clip. Removed quite a lot of grass seed out of her paws and toes when trimming. She was ok with that, as they were probably a bit painful, and relieved to have them gone. I didn't do any scissor blending, its unecessary when she's struggling. She's had the minimum done to remove grass seed and mats. Off the table she was receptive to praise and pets - still no treats. This beautiful dog has been so trigger stacked, its hard to know what her issues really are. She's clearly not been read or observed, and been forced to accept things when she's saying no. She's not had the benefit of groom adaption and as a result she's now traumatised. I knew, even before Hettie's owner said on collection, what establishment she had visited before me. Behaviours are always exactly the same, it's just the degree of emotional shock and distress that varies from dog to dog 😞 Hettie is going to come to see me more regularly, to get her accustomed to coming here and desentised to the process. I'm really hoping I can turn this girl around. ❤️

15/07/2025

Ginger was in for a bath and brush. She comes straight in, so excited to see me. We always go for a walk first, it's her routine. She had a few isolated mats that I'd cut out. She now gets into the bath with the steps, again, that's her thing now! Gets into the car perfectly fine, but there you go! Table work, finish dryer on low, nails, paw trim, ear clean good. I felt and cut all her mats out. Licky mat on the table, a brush and undercoat rake on one side, if I go to do the other she has, in the past, twirled and given me the same side, but with a replenished licky mat, she let me do the other side with no twirling about. Bottom and tail brushed and combed. We had a bit of cuddle time which she loves. Ginger never wants to go home, she is really happy to stay, eating my biscuits and getting some pets. ❤️

15/07/2025

Winston was here this morning. He's always so excited, I can see his tail wagging like mad and cannot wait to get out of the car. Winston's ear issue is resolved, yey!! A good vet has sorted him out. He's always so happy to see the sausage container. A piece of sausage on the table, he hopped on. A bit wriggly with his jacket clip, very unhappy about me going near his bottom, worse than usual, but he had a couple of mats. He had his a**l glands done at the vet so that would explain his reluctance. Rear legs with the clippers ok-ish, not inside legs though, head blocking. Tail work wriggly. Head and facework rather head snatchy. We went out for respite. On return a bit more head, face and ear work. He worked for sausage, lots of it! Paws were a real struggle for him today, he has historically chewed them as they are sore due to his allergies, but that's cleared up so he's over thinking it. Leg work, a few clipper runs with lots more sausage and a scissor trim. I've done what I can and his mats and tangles have gone. As I've said before, it's a fine line between getting what needs to be done over pushing Winston's boundaries, where he doesn't what to come here again. And he loves coming here! Post groom he was still all about the sausages! ❤️

14/07/2025

Ted was in this afternoon, he was here on a cancellation as he was scratching quite a lot. His behaviours are so much better now on arrival. He ran in and greeted me for pets. When his owner left he was fine today. We had ball play and he had a few treats. Health check, I sniffed his coat he smelt like fishy urine. A**l glands, probably why he's been scratching. No obvious signs of irritation or pests. He had some ear and tail mats, everywhere else was great. 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 obviously feeling a bit lazy! He goes loop free now, good as gold. The early days had him climbing and calling for help. A good towel dry then he went by thevgate, he needed the toilet. On return he jumped on the table with a treat. No loop to start with, but put it on later when he kept going too near the table rim. Finish dryer on low, his ears didn't need cleaning but I cut out his mats, nails were clipped, 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 was! This was new and got ever so slightly excited. I clipped him all over, apart from his front legs. Tail mat removal and a trim, face/head/ear trim very good today. I then treated his smelly bum, his glands were full! We went out for a breather. Another clip around, a blend of his hind legs then a trim up of his paws. I put a licky mat out and just thought I'd try the clippers as he was so good with a brush and comb. 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. A bit jumpy with the leg blending, so it's a small trim. On the basis he was so amazing with his brush, comb and clip, I'm not going to prolongue it and undo all his good work. He was so excited 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. I'm so thrilled with this boys progress, particularly with the monumental shift with leg work. Good job Ted, you were a superstar! ❤️

14/07/2025

Bella was here this afternoon, her arrival behaviours were ok, but her owner was worried she may be a challenge due to her spending a few days with grandma. Her coat had exploded and they were concerned about knots and mats. Had I not had a no show on Thursday I would have brought her groom forward, but that's another story. Bella sat in my chair and watched her owner leave, and then we had some ball play. Health check a few knots and tangles nothing major at all. A little mat in her tail. Most would come out with a deep conditioning treatment. Bath time really good. No loop. She likes having a flannel face wash. After a good towel dry, it was tablework. Again, no loop. Blast dryer, paw lift, switched to the finish dryer instead. Clipped her nails and cleaned her ears. All good. Brush and an undercoat rake (she doesn't like the comb) really good. I clipped her, no bother at all. I put her on a shorter guard comb which took out any remaining tangles, as they weren't attached to the skin. Facework, again no issue at all, let me trim her ears, adopted the chin rest. We then went out for a break. Back in the salon, she was re-combed and clipped twice. Paws and tail trimmed, removed the little mat from her tail and legs scissored. Absolutely fine. Post groom, she initiated ball play then sat in my chair wanting a cuddle where she remained when her owner came. Lovely work from Bella today. ❤️

10/07/2025

Here's Lola in for her 8 weekly. She ran straight in and sat there waiting for treats. I took her out first for a toilet but she didnt want to do anything. Ran straight in onto the table for her health check with the leafd still attached! Performed a health check. Her skin had some patches of dry skin a big patch in her ear, but couldn't tell how severe it was anywhere else until I clipped her. No paw pad mats today. "Lola Carry" and I lift her into the bath to her know intent. It's a command her owner uses. Bath time growling, so suspected her skin to be irritating her. Hypoallergenic shampoo. Then on the table, dryer on low, hypoallerhenic coat conditioner. Ear clean good. I don't clip Lola's nails as she has a nail issue, it has her getting very upset when going near her front paws. She uses the scratchboard. She waited by tge gate, i took her out - nothing. A licky mat out and I damp clipped her, all over including ears and head. Sje was very wrighly picking up the mat and walking aroubd with it. Tail was trimmed. A face and ear trim really good head rotating, I actually cut one eyebrow far too short but had to cut the other the same. Then we headed out for respite. Nothing again. I clipped her all over again, woth a small licky mat. Still lots of wriggling didnt want a brush up. When I felt around her skin had patches under of skin issue arpubd her hond quarters, undrrcarrisge and patches i her chedt. It made her resistebt to rear leg work. She was a lot happier now her skin issue has cleared up. A rear paw trim and a scissor blend. She does have a clipper line or 2, as she would take off when I was commited to a clip run. We got onto front legs which are always a challenge. I part clipped one leg, then scissored, a bit hippity hoppity at times. 2nd leg, identical approach, much of the same behaviours. Now paws, I trimmed the outside. Then underneath and a little in between toes trim. Not too bad just a couple of hidey paws. She was better with front legs and paws than she was with everything else which was a novelty! Off the table she used the scratchboard for her nails. She loves this. Not Lola's best session but when she has these flare ups we go with the flow. ❤️

09/07/2025

Dudley, Maggie and Alfie were here. Dudley and Maggie say hello, Maggie with her awwooo! Alfie is off to find some toys to rip open! Maggie's arrival behaviours are lovely, always glad to see me and wants lots of pets. Dudley loves an ear and belly rub. Dudley was extremely matted, I was a bit concerned about the mats being so close to the skin. He also had a load of sticky buds attached to him. Alfie needed a good coat card. Maggie had quite a bit of grass seed in her and wouldn't let me look at her paws. I decided to demat Dudley of the worst mats before his bath. Alfie and Dudley, washed together, Dudley climbed in the tub today, no steps. My bath was filled with muck! Dudley had a good coat condition. I put a towel on the floor as Alfie likes to dry himself. Dudley loves a towel dry, particularly around his ears and he loves to have kisses on his nose. Maggie has started to be bathed on her own, she likes a more 1-1 bath time approach with all the attention. She dries naturally as she doesn't like the dryers. She goes to her safe place under the table on a blanket and goes to sleep. Dudley up first. He's great with the blast dryer. Some mats and compacted undercoat were removed with the dryer. He had his nails trimmed and an ear clean, they were full of dirt. I then had a feel around for any remaining mats, then undercoat raked and combed. He was getting very fidgetty the nearer to his bottom I went. He was repeatedly reversing into the wall with tail and bottom work. I'd cajole him out with a treat, do some combing/trimming, then he'd reverse back. This continued for some time. I've trimmed up as much as I can as he was very uncooperative. He had a deshed and was ok with leg feathers and tummy trimming. We had some respite, then it was Alfie's turn, he is so much happier with his groom now he's not hand stripped. He's carded and trimmed now. He is good with the blast dryer as well, then his ears were cleaned and his nails clipped. Managed to roll him around today, but not happy with standing up, he'd just flop back down and want his belly brushed. He had a banded comb run through him and he was carded. Facework, not too bad, ears, legs, tail etc all done with him lying down. After respite, it was Maggie's turn. She was brushed, combed, nails trimmed and ears cleaned with her trying to chase the equipment again. I looked at her paws, a mat in every paw and a grass seed in every single toe. She really didn't like her first 2 mats being taken out and gave me a nibble. But she calmed down with her other 2, one which contained a grass seed. I removed the grass seeds in her toes with tweezers, any which had pierced the skin had some antiseptic applied. Clipper work better today, but struggled with them down her front legs, they were scissored. Head and facework all a bit of a game. Scissor blend and tail trim she was very wriggly. Off the table she lay down on the blanket and fell asleep. All of them slept when not on the table. After a tidy up I woke them up for a final wee stop, when we returned they wanted to be petted back to sleep again! ❤️❤️❤️

08/07/2025

This is Mollie in for a desentisiation session. She came a few weeks back with Bruce and Pippa and really struggled with her groom. Facework and paw work had to be abandoned. She was happy to see me on arrival, remembered the sausage! Her owners had tried to remove a mat in her stop area, but gave up due to her wriggling. Ear clean good. Nails refused. I started clipping her but she was very twirly, so I then put a licky mat out and clipped her, much better with clipping after that, she even let me clip her front legs. She'd forget the licky mat sometimes and go twirling off, when she started yawning we stopped. I trimmed her paws up with her working for reward, it's not brilliant but it's progress. I tried her nails again, she let me clip her longest front nails and dew claws, that was a bit of a win. Hind paws were refused but they were not as long. We then had a break. Back on the table facework, she had quite a few face mats so was really keen that they came out, if nothing else was achieved. She started off much of the same with head snatching and rotating. So we did the cosmetic brush around her face, she was rewarded and then started to adopt the chin rest. If I worked backwards with the scissors around her head and eyes, I was able to remove her mats from her eyeline. She let me clip the mats out along her jaw, I combed her face and gave her jaw and chin a trim. We then went out for respite. On return I started giving her head and face thinning application. Around her muzzle I used small thinning scissors. She would sometimes forget the chin rest and start head rotating again but she'd then remember. Again, it's not brilliant but bearing in mind I couldn't touch her face last time this is great. I blended her legs and she was done! Mollie is definitely moving in the right direction. ❤️

08/07/2025

Barclay and Ted were here this morning. Ted had to be carried in, once he was in I pulled the chair away from the table which I'd prepared with a blanket. He jumped on. He got some fuss, and he gave me a big kiss. He's fine once he's in, he used to go to sleep, but now stays awake as he thinks he might miss out on something! Barclay on his back waiting for a big belly rub. Health check Barclay's coat had a few knots and tangles but he was going slightly shorter so some of this would come out with the clippers. I had been told he'd had an upset tum so we'd see how it goes. Good with his bath, no loop, no rim climbing today. He then jumped straight on the table after his towel dry. Finish dryer today. I clipped his nails and cleaned his ears. He was brushed and combed, very fidgetty with these down his front legs. I clipped him a couple of times, he was jumping up and trying to roll on his back, wanting his belly rubbed or blocking work with his head. I took him out and he had diarrhea. Another clip around with a very small hypoallergenic pate licky mat out. Facework he excelled himself with the wriggles. He jumped again rolling on his back, I took him out - more diarrhea. For the rest of his groom it continued in this vein. It's a welfare trim only. We then headed out for respite, Ted included. He came into the salon all by himself and didn't stop dead on his walk with refusals to come back in. On return another clip, tail trim, paw trim and a scissor blend where I could. Ted sitting in the chair watching the show. Then it was Ted's turn, he has a table-groom only. Loop free. Health check, his ear was ye**ty. A lot of matting under his ears and in his muzzle that had travelled underneath his chin. His skin was pulled tight. Tail mat which encased his tail, it would have to be shaved. Paw pad and toe mats and a mat in his undercarriage. An ear clean and nails first, he loved an ear clean in his ye**ty ear. Then a brush and comb. Apart from face and tail which I'd deal with later. Licky mat out, clipped all over twice. Followed by paw work and cutting his paw mats, he nestled his face in the crook of my arm. Then facework, snipping and shaving out his mats. I performed a feel and cut approach around his muzzle and jaw line, but I have to comb it so if I caught a mat in the comb that was attached to the skin, he got very stressed. On shaving his tail he started shaking. I took him off the table he hopped into my chair and gave him some love and time out. Back on the table I snipped out the remainder of his tail mats wjth scissors. It's not great but there's no matting left. I've done what I can with Ted today and my priority was removing his mats. Post groom I took them out for a break. Then on return Ted went into the bath, I think it's because it's nice and cool. He fell asleep, Barclay wanted more belly rubs. When it was time to go home Ted was happy to stay. He is funny, doesn't want to come in but then doesnt want to go home! ❤️❤️

07/07/2025

Birdie was here for her puppy groom today. Her owners have been working really hard in the background. Today she had an ear clean, brush and comb. Nail clip of 3 paws, back right not happy with being touched. I tried to have a look for a grass seed or sticky bud, but tried to bite me. Her front ones were the worst and those are nice and short now. Owners to keep an eye on her rear right. She had a break. Then a deshed and a partial handstrip with a licky mat. Removed some ear and bottom mats. I keep her loop free and she leaves if shes feeling overwhelmed, jumping back on when shes ready for more, allowing her to make the choice. Really good work today from Birdie, she's heading in the right direction. 👏❤️

07/07/2025

This is Ted, my neighbours dog, here by appointment 😆 he loves to escape his home and make unannounced visits to see me! I picked him up today. His squeals of excitement! After a few minutes of ball play and cuddles, it was bath time, he was fine with that. Finish dryer on, then nails and an ear clean, super with those. Ted has a scissor trim, his owner had trimmed him in the last heatwave, so he did have a few different lengths going on! Tried the blast dryer on low - fine. Brush and comb good, trimming him today so much better, we did have episodes of him curling his paw around my arm to cuddle him, but so much better than he has been recently. We went outside for a break, then facework, paws, ears and tail trimming. No issue with that. Post groom we had some more ball play, he hasn't done that for ages and was almost back to his normal self. I dropped him home and he didn't want me to leave, his little face "where you going?" Aww. ❤️

07/07/2025

14 year old Harry was in for his 3 monthly. When he first started coming to me, he used to hide in the reception area behind his owner, then when he came into the salon he'd hide behind my chair. We'd have a few shakes too. He's a different dog now, he came straight in and greeted me and loved having an ear rub, nestling his face in my lap. I'd been told he is on some medication for some throat irritation since he had kennel cough. It's made him ravenous. Health check, some more lumps and bumps, ears good. His eyesight and hearing are deteriorating. I tried a treat with him, he is normally really into the treats post his groom. After that, he was prodding my bum bag with his nose for more! He was lifted into and out of the bath for his safety. Really good with his bath, no loop. More bag prodding. After a towel dry, I popped him on the table. After completing one side with nails and an ear clean, I went around the back of him, he jumped off the table and followed me to where I was going! FOMO about the treats. Back on the table, nails and ear clean done on the other side, then a blast with the dryer. More bag prodding for food! I clipped him one side, then the same thing happened with him following me when I went to do the other. So left him on the floor. He was rolling around, pawing and prodding my bag, this wasn't like him at all! I clipped him twice, in between his rolling about and I took him out for respite afterwards. Jumanji garden has had a strim. On return, it was facework, much better behaviours, tail trim good with all that. He was reclipped, had his paws trimmed and a scissor blend. He was still going nuts for the food! Post groom he lay by me, getting some pets, but think he was more interested if any more food was making an appearance!❤️

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