Knighton grooming for dogs

30/06/2024

Me and michelle from Knighton grooming for dogs are giving up a Sunday to do a charity dog wash 🙂

Please support us if you can 🥰

21/06/2024

Well a week off recovering n I’m back !!! Thank goodness 😅 I’m weight baring and strapped right up but back at work xx thank you for all the get well wishes ###x

13/06/2024

Due to being laid up with a nasty sprain I’m closed for a while till I can weight bear and hobble around the salon , Canine Country Cuts Rebecca in lentwardine has kindly offered to honour as many of my current appointments as she can , a big big thankyou Canine Country Cuts .please quote on booking and Rebecca will sort your fur babies x

30/05/2024

Just quick reveal of the salon before I fill it back up , Richard lund came to fit it all out in bathroom panels what a difference it makes , a fantastic job done thankyou Lund builder & home maintenance

19/05/2024

From Scruffy McScruff-face to an extremely posh Hamish.
Thank you for his summer cut, Auntie Michelle. ❤️
Knighton grooming for dogs

29/04/2024

I have been so excited to announce this to you all. We are opening on bank holiday Monday from 9am!

Please message us to book in 🐕

Can't wait to see you all

We are based at the old surgery in leintwardine on Jay Lane.

04/03/2024

22/12/2023

2023 and that’s a wrap , merry Christmas to all of my fur babies past and present, and a big cwtch to all including my beautiful rainbow fur babies ❤️ ######x see you all from 3rd January 2024 xx

10/06/2023

So you’ve all probably heard by now that hackles mobile grooming is no longer available in the area , as much as I’d love to groom all your fur babies I really can’t fit you all in sorry , we do have @ Rebecca furniss Bubbles With Buddy who is a mobile in house groomer available aswell, pop over and take a look at her page , this is her phone number 07794947546 x

24/12/2022

Wishing all my lovely
Fur babies
And owners a big thanks & merry Christmas
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04/08/2022

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12/04/2022

24/12/2021

Merry Christmas
And thank you for your custom this year
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23/04/2021

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.

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.

24/07/2020

SOS for a electrician/ Plumber!!!!! Please,,,,,, shower is running cold in grooming salon no hot water 💦

12/05/2020

Following all government guidelines we are back open to welcome your beloved
Fur babies
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11/03/2020

New website
Coming
Soon
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08/03/2020

Some lovely new fragrances in the salon this week ( oops!! Shopaholic at crufts )

08/03/2020

Well what a day
Crufts
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05/03/2020