Life of Riley Dog Grooming

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Life of Riley Dog Grooming

My name is Maddie, I am a fully insured City & Guilds qualified professional dog groomer.
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20/11/2024

Paddy🧡

09/11/2024

Belated Halloween pics too cute to waste 🙊🤎🧡

23/09/2024

A day of making soggy Cockapoos soft and fluffy for them to go back out and get soggy again😂😩 this weather is a dog groomers worst nightmare!🌧️☔️

I’m now back from my holiday where I continued to be dog lady with the all strays🥹 ready to get back to making your dogs feel their best🤗
🎄⛄️🎅🏻 I recommend getting your dog’s grooms booked in up to Christmas (existing clients only) to avoid disappointment🐾 please let me know if you’d like me to sort this and I will get back to you, thank you 🥰 maddie x

21/07/2024

I had an amazing day last weekend full of learning and shopping! Hosted by my lovely teacher Emma Baker to celebrate her 30 years of dog grooming🐾🎓

It’s important to continue to educate myself and regularly update my equipment in order to keep providing a quality service to my clients📖✂️🐶

As usual, social media doesn’t show the hard side of things. The truth is, running a solo dog grooming business full time is very challenging physically and mentally. A lot more goes into it than people may think and it can be hard sometimes to find the motivation and passion to keep doing it. It is by far, not ‘just cutting hair’. We deal with difficult dogs, aggression, aches and pains, injuries, actual 💩, burn-out and endless to do lists. Not to mention the on going inevitable grief that comes with the job🌈

I remind myself that it’s not about being the fastest or creating ‘perfect’ grooms. As we’re working with living moving animals at the end of the day! It’s all about the dogs, their safety, comfort and happiness, as well as my own. These are my priorities. As groomers, we put so much time and energy into getting to know your dogs and finding ways to cater to them to create positive experiences and build trust. This can be draining but so worth it when you see results! Consistency is so important for this.

Learning new techniques and speaking to like minded people in the same boat has given me a bit of a boost and reminded me why I first started my small business✨🐾🐶🤎

10/06/2024

Golden Oldies✨⭐️💛

Did you know some dogs can enter their senior years at around 7 years old?

Having owned an older dog I understand the patience, respect and empathy they require and implement this in my work as much as possible.

They’re getting stiff and sore with their joints, can’t stand for as long as they used to and generally tolerate less.

Adjusting to them and reading their needs is hugely important to keep them comfortable. We may stop frequently to stretch our legs and take small breaks. I try to do as much of the groom with them sitting down as possible and then help to support them for the parts they need to stand for💛

Every groom takes time and care. A rushed groom is not a safe one🫶🏻

23/03/2024

Nothing beats fresh toe beans😍 swipe for before!

Keeping paws pads trimmed is extremely important to keep them healthy and comfortable by:

🐾Improving traction on surfaces and reducing the risk of accidents
🐾Preventing dirt becoming trapped and mats forming
🐾Preventing irritation and reduce the chance of infections

Best of all making it easier to wipe muddy paws and keep the house clean🤩👏🏻

18/02/2024

Meet Bonsai 🪴

It turns out we couldn’t live without a Life of Riley mascot. Never a replacement, only an addition to help heal a hole. Without seeking it out, this opportunity came along through one of my lovely clients and I think sometimes these things are just meant to be🐾
Spending every day with your gorgeous dogs and loving them like my own, but coming home to no little paws greeting me just didn’t feel right!
Can’t wait to shower him with love and get back to being a dog mum😁🐾

16/02/2024

Started the year with happy faces, zoomies and head tilts🤎
Very delayed but just wanted to thank you all for such a busy year last year. The end to the year was crazy and this year has started just as busy!
My business has been built mostly through word of mouth and recommendations which is amazing, thank you so much🤩
My books are full at the moment! I would love to groom more dogs and I’m so grateful for every enquiry however there’s only so much I can do🐶
Some of you already know I have stopped working Saturdays to get a bit of a better work/life balance. Thank you for your understanding and sorry to anyone who this causes inconvenience to! Alongside this I now have set admin times during the week to sort bookings and reply to messages. Therefore please be patient when waiting for a response, I will always get back to you it may just not be immediately as I am super busy🐾

Life of Riley is coming up to 2 years old and I have loved creating relationships with the dogs and owners a like🤎

Thank you for your support as always.

Maddie 🐾🐶🤎

20/12/2023

Elvis with his beautiful shiny coat🤩
These pups grow so quickly before my eyes🥹 Consistency is key to help build their confidence with grooming✂️
Keep swiping to see him on his first visit back in may🥹

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