Grooming by Chris

06/03/2023

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09/11/2020

07/04/2020

https://www.drmartybecker.com/fear-free/2-things-pets-firework-fears/

Is what you’re doing to help your dog with his fireworks and thunderstorm fears making them worse? Fear of fireworks and thunderstorms can ruin a pet’s summer, but sometimes our best efforts to help our pets feel better have the opposite effect. One of the worst offenders is the drug acepromazin...

05/09/2020

For a little piece of mind for everybody when we are allowed to go back to work.

04/03/2020

https://youtu.be/zi0cM09tCpY

How to maintain your pet between grooms Links to grooming kits https://frankroweandson.com/jessicah1.html https://frankroweandson.com/jessicah2.html

04/02/2020

Sadly there are groomers out there disregarding not only their own health, but the health of their clients.

10/29/2019

With all the fires thought this was a good to pass along.
https://abc7.com/pets-animals/evac-u-pet-app-will-help-you-evacuate-your-pets-during-an-emergency/5653976/

"It's kind of like Uber for animal rescue." The app Evac-U-Pet will help you evacuate your pets during an emergency or allow you to sign up as a volunteer.

10/05/2019

https://www.groomertogroomer.com/stop-shaving-double-coated-dogs/

As pet professionals, at some point we’ve all heard or read that you should never shave double–coated breeds. We’ve heard about the nightmare scenario...

08/27/2019

https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-nixon-family-boating-accident?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

Please also consider helping the second family involved in the horrible boating accident this morning at Lake Buena Vista. Joey, Britney, Landen and Teegan were also there when the boat caught fire. While Joey was released, Britney and the kids suffered severe burns and are all still admitted. They....

03/18/2019

http://playwaydogs.com/we-need-to-stop-calling-it-socialization/

There is nothing social about getting a dog used to the world he lives in. Social time is a separate thing, and social skills are learned in very specific ways with trusted partners. Socializing is something people do at parties, where they are expected to talk with others. Socializing is not what y...

02/13/2019

Happy Valentine's Day

11/21/2018

http://www.vetfolio.com/nutrition/nutrition-know-how-corn-nutrient-or-filler-busting-common-nutrition-myths

VetFolio

08/10/2018

Have we talked about ‘Comfort Grooming?’ Do you know what that means? Well here’s a breakdown.

There will come a point when your dogs haircut will be about 10% determined by you and about 90% determined by them. When this happens your pup will have entered the comfort groom stage of their life. No matter how hard we try, how much you beg, or how sweet your dog is there is no way a senior dog will be going home looking the same as they did as a young puppy or a middle aged adult.

Last week I let my 9 year old niece cut Remy’s hair and as I was teaching her the basics of grooming I found myself using the phrase ‘make sure he’s comfortable’ a lot, which got me thinking. Remy is a few months shy of his 12th birthday and his comfort level changes every day. He used to get super fluffy cuts with long beautiful ears and a big pompon on his tail. Now he’s clipped pretty short all over.

If I’ve been with you through a pets aging we’ve probably had some difficult conversations about how your pups grooming evolves as they age. If we haven’t had to have those conversations yet hopefully this prepares you.

Getting older affects them just as aging affects people. Their joints become stiff or sore, their skin becomes tissue paper thin, they start losing their sense of awareness, their muscles tremble, their balance is shaky and they get various skin blemishes and tumors. But how does this change their haircut?

A poodle with arthritis in their toes for example might not be able to spread them apart to get those pretty shaved toes anymore and so we adapt and start doing a fluffier teddy bear foot.

A schnauzer who’s developed some canine dementia might not tolerate having tangles brushed from his beard without panicking so we will start trimming it short to keep him calm and comfortable.

A shihtzu who’s always had long hair might end up having to get a short puppy cut because their skin has thinned too much to handle the extra brushing required to maintain a lot of hair.

A bichon who’s always had a pretty fluffy scissored bichon trim but when his joints start getting stiff and his legs start trembling we do a shorter cut that can be done faster.

Along with these things are a few things that we ask you as an owner to remember. A comfort groom is not a show groom, odds are it won’t be perfect. We do what we can while keeping the dog comfortable which means sometimes there may be some slightly straggly looking areas depending on your dog and their individual issues. If they can’t balance on three legs without collapsing then their feet may still be a bit fluffy for example.

Skin blemishes are annoying and moles in particular bleed if the wind blows the wrong way. We don’t intend to irritate them but sometimes the bath, drying or brushing can cause them to ooze a bit.

Give us the time we need to get them done, rushing through a senior is dangerous for them and stressful.

Occasionally we will have a senior who just can’t be totally finished in one session for whatever reason, either they’re having a particularly bad day and just can’t handle it or there’s something else going on with them.

No matter how hard we try to make it easy on them grooming is still physically demanding for older dogs who usually nap 23 1/2 hours a day. We are stretching their legs out to shave them, manipulating toes to trim nails and turning their head side to side to trim it. If they start acting sore after routine grooming they may need a prescription for arthritis medication from your vet to be given on grooming days.

These grooming decisions will always be made with your pups comfort as the ultimate deciding factor and after discussing everything we need to do with you because we do this job to help pets, not to hurt them for the sake of human vanity. Now hug your pups and cherish those grey whiskers.

06/07/2018

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1882995915330829&id=1408478246115934

Today around 1028, a call came in of a possible sighting of a stolen van with show dogs inside. The van was stolen on Wednesday from the In-N-Out parking lot in Redding. Air 11 was already in the area searching for the van and responded. Within moments, A-11 located the van in a wooded area south of Canyon Road and west of SR-273 in Redding. A-11 directed Redding Police Department Officers to the van's location. Officers were able to gain entry to the van and all dogs were reported to be hot, but alive. We received numerous calls from the public on possible sightings of the vehicle and due to your vigilance, the dogs were located unharmed.

06/07/2018

04/13/2018

I have often wondered this while grooming. Mainly because I groom in front of my shops window. After years of grooming in rooms...

02/25/2018

07/15/2017

https://www.jillkessler.com/single-post/2015/10/09/I-am-not-a-Dog-Park-advocate

AND HERE'S WHY: I don’t recommend dog parks. Not ever. The list of things that can go wrong is so long that it completely outweighs the possible attributes; not...

05/22/2017

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03/01/2017

I know with all the rain ☔ and cold weather it is hard to think about the upcoming rattlesnake season. But the warm weather will be here before you know it. And with it comes rattlesnakes.
Aversion training can save both your dog 🐶 and yourself. I highly recommend it. And this company.
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02/04/2017

Before and after

01/31/2017

Humanity before vanity always.
https://groomertails.com/2016/06/01/they-shaved-my-dog-because-its-easy-money/

Most of us will have heard of breed groups on facebook, some of us may be members of them. They’re a wonderful place to share stories and pictures and meet people who are just as batty about …

01/15/2017

Some before and after from today.
Somebody left a whole lot happier, and comfortable then when she came in.

12/06/2016

This pretty girl is in need of a foster. If interested please let me know.