Teri DiMarino, Author at Groomer to Groomer https://www.groomertogroomer.com The Official Sponsor of Quality Pet Grooming Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:59:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.groomertogroomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/big_g-556ca59ev1_site_icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Teri DiMarino, Author at Groomer to Groomer https://www.groomertogroomer.com 32 32 55192419 Shampoos: A Rainbow Of Choices https://www.groomertogroomer.com/shampoos-rainbow-choices/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 11:05:20 +0000 http://www.groomertogroomer.com/?p=32939 As professionals, we are constantly striving to bring the best to our clients. At least we should be trying, as sometimes it’s a fine line that separates us from our competition.

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]]> 32939 GroomTeam USA Tops the Grooming World https://www.groomertogroomer.com/groomteam-usa-tops-the-grooming-world/ Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:48:39 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=2949 "The USA wins the gold! The USA wins the gold! The USA wins the gold!” Those words rang across the grooming world as, once again, GroomTeam USA won first place in the World Team Grooming Championships in Barcelona, Spain, this past October.

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]]> 2949 More Conversations from the Contest Arena https://www.groomertogroomer.com/more-conversations-from-the-contest-arena/ Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:32:17 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=2059 My last two columns covered comments from both sides of the grooming table: the judge’s side and competitor’s side. There was a lot of good banter, and I’m sure there was some eye-opening all around. Thanks to everybody who sent me their comments. I would like to revisit those columns with a little more feedback that did not make it into the first two versions.

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]]> 2059 Judging Judges (Print Only) https://www.groomertogroomer.com/judging-judges/ Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:40:38 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=1902 The post Judging Judges (Print Only) appeared first on Groomer to Groomer.

]]> 1902 The History of Modern Pet Grooming https://www.groomertogroomer.com/the-history-of-modern-pet-grooming/ Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:44:00 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=14960 Industry Forefathers
Recently, someone referred to me as an “industry old timer.” I wonder when, and how, I had become an “old timer.” Silly as it sounds, I still feel like a newbie in some areas. My first certification was back sometime in the early 1980’s

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]]> 14960 Simple Pleasures for the New Year https://www.groomertogroomer.com/simple-pleasures-for-the-new-year/ Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:47:50 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=11324 Pet groomers work so hard year round and these long days are just compounded by the busy holiday season. Dogs you only see once or twice a year mysteriously reappear this time of year and their owners, with a straight face, insist on a prime-time appointment.

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]]> 11324 A Busy Salon’s Holiday Checklist https://www.groomertogroomer.com/a-busy-salons-holiday-checklist/ Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:51:17 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=10259 What happened to the year? It seems like just yesterday that we were all wondering if the country was ever going to be released from the grip of that never ending winter. I walked into Costco the other day and saw Christmas decorations! (Mind you, I am writing this column in early September!)

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]]> 10259 Setting the Standard https://www.groomertogroomer.com/setting-the-standard/ Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:56:41 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=20802 The Professional Pet Groomers and Stylists Alliance
Nothing makes me cringe more than turning on the television and hearing about an accident in a grooming salon.
Social media sites light up like Christmas trees with the bad news that yet another pet has been injured, or worse. My heart sinks in sympathy for the pets and their owners, but also for the groomer or establishment at the center of the unfortunate incident.

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]]> 20802 Poodle Pattern History https://www.groomertogroomer.com/poodle-pattern-history/ Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:59:02 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=9229 “Please don’t make him look like a Poodle.” This is a line that just about every […]

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]]> 9229 Beating Heatstroke https://www.groomertogroomer.com/beating-heatstroke/ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:37:57 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=20504 Summer’s sweltering heat comes as a welcome relief from the grips of the tough winter that much of the United States suffered through recently. Snow suits have given way to swim suits and we slather ourselves with sun screen instead of sweaters, jackets, gloves and hats.

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]]> 20504 Professional Groomers’ History Project https://www.groomertogroomer.com/professional-groomers-history-project/ Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:30:08 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=20030 A few issues ago, I devoted this column to the subject of the history of the professional grooming industry. Shirlee Kalstone and I have collectively wondered why no one has ever attempted to document how far the art of grooming has advanced in the past few decades from their modest beginnings. Shirlee recalls years ago in the mid-1970’s, while at the All-American Grooming Show in Chicago, that she was shocked to read a blurb in one of the Chicago papers that in the scheme of things “dog groomers were placed slightly above garbage collectors” who were on the bottom of their list.

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]]> 20030 Kick It Up a Notch https://www.groomertogroomer.com/kick-it-up-a-notch/ Fri, 02 May 2014 19:10:59 +0000 http://groomertogroomer.com/?p=7567 Easy techniques to get your black coats blacker, and your white coats whiter.
As professionals, we are constantly striving to bring the best to our clients. At least we should be trying, as sometimes it’s a fine line that separates us from our competition.

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