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

24/11/2025

Here's Luna in for a full groom and deshed. Blimey was she moulting! Much better arrival behaviours today, not as clingy. In fact, she was a smiley velcrodog to remind me that we do a pre-groom walk and toilet first. On return, health check good, teeth slightly better, just canines that had plaque. Treat in the bath and she hopped in. Good with bathwork, loves her bottom scrubbed. No loop today, and she was fine. My bath though, major clear up job! She lay on the floor post bath, so we started off with a floor groom, finish dryer on low, an ear clean and nail trim. Great with that. A good brush then an undercoat rake. She enjoys a brush on her belly and bottom. Then she moved of her own accord, so I could do her other side. Luna was damp deshedded, then we went for respite. On return, she jumped on the table. She had another deshed with various sized coat kings, next all around with a comb. Followed by a furminator on her shorter areas. Another brush and comb and she was done. She's so good, takes everything in her stride for treats. She's very vocal and we have a lovely conversation where she mainly agrees with everything I say hmm mmm. Post groom, she was twirling about, jumping up and grinning at the gate. Out we go again. When we got back, I started sweeping up, she was following me around, I gave her a seaweed dental stick for her teeth. Once I'd cleaned up, I got on the floor with her and gave her some belly rubs and bum scratches. When her owner and I were talking, she popped back round to me to see if I had any more treats! Lovely work from Luna, she's great to groom. ❤️

24/11/2025

Teddy was in this morning. He walked straight in, he took some cheese and started twirling about, jumping up so excited. He knows the routine. We had a bit of a blip with shaking and not wanting to be left, but we are over that hurdle now. I took him out and when we got back he was fine, loitering by the cheese. Health check, just some knots around his bottom and his teeth really do need a clean. There's heavy tartar build up on his canines which requires some vet intervention. Bath time no loop, really chilled, took a bit of cheese. After a towel dry, he was on the table. No loop. Nails great, ear clean a bit wriggly. He looks behind me when I take equipment from the counter, to see if I'd picked up some cheese for him. Removed all his bottom mats, put the blast dryer on. He started paw lifting, finish dryer, no change so he had to dry naturally. This is his 2nd groom refusal of dryers. A brush and comb, a dampish clip around. Facework really not happy with again today, tucking his head under or chin lifting, rechecked his ears, lovely and clean, I think this is down to his teeth and his gums could be a bit sore. Have done what I can there with cheese. Out for respite, his favourite thing. On return, back on the table another couple of clips, paw trim good with that today, and a small blend, his owner likes him scruffy looking. He was then done. He followed me around the salon, then we had a post groom mooch outside, as he's become accustomed to that. On return we had some cuddle time and he had a few more bits of cheese. Teddy will improve, I think, with head and facework once his teeth have been examined and treated. ❤️

24/11/2025

DECEMBER GROOMS

I have 2 groom slots available for December.

1 December at 9am
1 December at 2pm

If anybody would like one of these slots please DM me. I'm only taking on dogs that I know.

For the past 2 weeks, I've had daily groom rearrangement requests for an alternative December date, even after putting notices out regarding very limited availability. There are no other dates currently apart from 1 December. Unless people can do the 1st December, grooms will be delayed until the end of January.

Please also bear in mind that there is a possibility I may be called for foot surgery and will be out of action for 3 weeks. I've already declined a December surgery appointment as it's my busiest time of year. So a follow up appointment date could be in January.

Therefore, can I please request that people keep to their appointments already booked in if at all possible. 🙏

Many thanks
Cherie 🐾

21/11/2025

Cara was in today. Her coat was definitely ready for stripping and she had Denis Healey eyebrows! On arrival she ran in monumentally excited to see me, Cara was a puppy groom and she is very groom confident. The only sticking point is touching her beard! Health check good. Bath time no problem at all, she is very food motivated. A treat on the table and she hopped on, I gave her a very good towel dry on the table, finish dryer only. Ear clean and nail clip excellent. I carded her coat really well, stripped her stop area and headed out for her to dry off. On return she was dry carded, then stripped all over, only pulling on hair that wants to come out, if I pull and it tugs it's left. I don't repeatedly pull on hair that doesn't want to come out. Cara is wriggly with excitement, but she loves working for a treat. She has established how to pull the zip on my treat bum bag! I have to wear it on my back. Otherwise she starts helping herself! Post groom I sat in the chair and she jumped up. She loves a cuddle, receiving pets and clambering all over me to give my face a wash. Not so keen when her tongue goes right up my nose though. When her owner came she was in no rush to leave, hovering around me just in case the hand goes in the magic treat bag. ❤️

21/11/2025

Windsor was in for his 8 weekly. His love/hate relationship with me and grooming has been more on the love side lately! He was very happy to see me, jumped up for pets. He was jumping at the gate once his owner left as we are in that routine and he went for a wee. On return, health check, ears pink, resistent to me looking though. Ear, head, underarm, leg, toe and tail mats. Windsor really doesn't cope well at all with grooming when he's matted. His jacket was lovely though. We are doing a short clip now, clipping him longer just isn't the right thing for his lifestyle, nor with the amount of mud around here. He got into the bath today with some sausage thrown in. Excellent with his bath, although ear shy since his operation, so these were flannel washed. A good towel dry. He went and jumped on the table, he has been floor groomed recently but I'll go with his flow. Finish dryer on. I started removing his mats first. He was growling, snarling and trying to bite and mouthe. But they had to come out, so I did a bit he'd come off the table and wander about to decompress. Do a bit more and carried on like that to try and minimise his stress. He refused a brush and comb, so it was straight to the clip with a licky mat. Not on front legs, as those are scissored, once around on hind legs. I trimmed his paws, really not happy about paw work, probably because of his toe matting. After a once around, trimmed his nails, he wouldn't let me clean his ears. Another clip around and we headed out. On return, head and eye work good, muzzle he was nose wrinkling. After an initial trim he let me use an undercoat rake and levelled him all up. There's a few stray ends as a result. Another couple of clips around with a licky mat, then we headed out again. On return, he was happy to move back to a floor groom, he was much better with another clip, he'd calmed right down. Fidgetty with leg sc******ng but no mouthing or growling, left leg not as reactive as his right. He lay on the floor to let me trim what remained of his tail feathers. I had to clip more mats than I thought out of his tail. He let me do a sanitary clip laying down. Then a small scissor blend as it was becoming clear he'd had enough. We popped out for a post groom wee and headed back for cuddles and playtime. Not Windsor's finest work today, but his matting is out and that's all I can hope for when his behaviours are like this. ❤️

20/11/2025

Chili Pepper was in this morning. He was happy to see me and jumped up for cuddles. He's now in the routine of going out first for a toilet break. On return, health check, just some isolated matting in ears and on top of head, apart from that all good. Bath time he climbs on the rim for the duration. On the table ear clean wriggly, nails wriggly. Finish dryer on, good with that. Trimmed his mats out. He was brushed, raked and combed through. He did have a tendancy to do quite a lot of climbing for cuddles again. A family member is very poorly in hospital, so he's been left a bit more often than usual and they do feed off human emotions. He was extremely fidgetty with his clip, more climbing. A break from that and some fuss/reassurance. I trimmed his tail, clipped one paw of rear nails and we headed out for a breather. On return, I trimmed his eye area, head and face, he was better with that today. He has had a couple of ear tears due to matting so a bit ear sensitive. Other rear paw nails clipped. A coat reclip,one paw of front nails done, a scissor blend, a bit wriggly. Remaining front paw nails clipped, I spread this aspect out over his groom so he wasn't overloaded. We headed out for a final break. Post groom, he loitered by my chair waiting for his cuddles. When his owner came and we were chatting, Chili was waiting by my side and wanted lifting up for more cuddles. He's a little snuggle monster. ❤️

18/11/2025

This popped up on my feed from a groomers suppliers for a Black Friday sale, and after my distress at seeing this image subsided, I thought it would be interesting to share it with you.

This is called a "groomers helper pack". There is nothing fundamentally wrong with this from a grooming perspective. Actually, it's generally accepted as the norm. Yes, it does "help the groomer", but is it any wonder there are so many emotionally groom traumatised and trigger tacked dogs as a result of these groomer aids being applied. Trigger stacking is the practice of repeatedly stressing a dog in a short space of time, without them being able to recover from the first stress indicator, and pushing them over their coping threshold. Dogs up and down the country are heavily restrained, anxious, not being able to display body language, it becomes flight or fight but as they can't go anywhere, they are reduced to nipping and biting, and then a muzzle is put on to traumatise them some more. The dog is likely to become so distressed, it shuts down.

One of the 5 basic "needs" pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act 2006, is the need for the dog to be able to exhibit natural/normal behaviour patterns. Yet, how is the dog supposedly able to do that in a contraption of this ilk of heavy restraint? When it literally cannot move.

The pet industry is full of holes and contradictions because its not properly regulated, if at all. Grooming is supposed to be a welfare profession, but it's anything but when there's so much expectation involved to get the dog looking amazing. That's where force comes into play unfortunately, as there is a certain mindset of what people esteem and perceive as a great groomer - and that is purely in the aesthetics of the cut. Irrespective of what their pet has had to endure to look like that, which for the record is a lot of stressful, sensory overload. In fact, a decent groomer will adapt a groom to the dogs body language and emotions where welfare takes prescedence over aesthetics, dogs are sentient beings after all. It's why I sought out alternative holistic grooming, to understand and be better equipped to emotionally help and support dogs through the grooming process, by reading, observing and adapting. What would owners prefer? their pet sitting down, restraint free, eating pate off a licky mat but go home with a few clipper lines, or this? The dog doesn't care, as long as it's mats are out and their welfare areas are sorted to make them more comfortable.

The problem is there's just not enough awareness of what goes on in grooming salons. I wouldn't take this awful contraption even if I was offered it for free. 🐾

18/11/2025

This is Summer. In the early days she used to wet herself with anxiety, but she has come on in leaps and bounds. She hung by the gate on arrival, as she always does now, as she knows it's a walk first, as she tends to need the toilet. Back at the salon she went and settled down on the table for her health check. Just underarm mats and a few toe mats. She got into the bath following some sausage. Good with bath time, no loop. After a towel dry, she headed to the table, a piece of sausage on the table and she hopped on. Finish dryer on low, her ears were cleaned, nails clipped and paws trimmed under and over. Really good with that. I cut an inch off the end of her tail fur whilst she was drying off. She refused the blast dryer so finnish dryer only on a mid setting. After a brush and comb, first clip around she's normally averse to having her bottom clipped, but will work for sausage. After a second clip, we went out for respite and she was drying off nicely. On return another clip around and tail trim. The ear she had bitten by a dog, she was a bit reluctant to have any work on it, but we proceeded very slowly with a clip and trim for sausage, She was tidied up with blenders around the bits I could reach. Summer does lie down for her groom and it does impact the clip appearance, but wouldn't have it any other way for her and she's happy with laying down. She loves working for sausage and wouldn't leave the table. I took her out for a final walk, she was twirling around and barking. When we got back, we had some ball play, she likes to roll the ball to me and I roll it back. Then we had some cuddle time and she received belly rubs. Really good work from Summer she's so happy to be here and knows the routine. ❤️

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 with 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.❤️

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