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Moving Forward for the Pets: Barkleigh Adopts the WPA Animal Safety & Handling Standards

This new standard provides for the compassionate and safe handling of every pet involved in helping make pet–related events successful. […]

12 Days of Groomer Giving

Long hours, extra care, fitting just one more pet onto your schedule, helping one more client—the ways that groomers give […]

Revving up Your Retailing Services

There is an old frame of mind with several seasoned groomers who all like to tell me the same story: […]

2020 Vision: Getting Ready for the Grooming Year

Christmas season is finally here and all of the great products, new techniques, brand new shears and the perfect bows […]

See Spot Dog Grooming: Setting the Standard for Communication & Animal Welfare

When two childhood friends reconnected in 2011, they didn’t know they’d marry one another and open a series of dog […]

Customer Service: You Get out What You Put In

I had driven more than 100 miles when I pulled up in front of the Crile building in the enormous […]

The (Cat Grooming) Customer Is Not Always Right

In the field of grooming, cats tend to bring out emotions and opinions. With strong emotions and opinions on the […]

Hook Line & Sinker: Using Social Media to Reel in Customers

Producing social media content and social media marketing is like fishing. Use good bait, find the right spot and the […]

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 […]

Dealing with the Dickersons

We all get calls from people who want special treatment and a bargain price. Those individuals are known as “The […]

Crisis in the Grooming Industry: Where Are All These People Going to Work?

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that our industry will need to recruit, train and employee 64,000 new […]

Are You a Compassionate Groomer?

“You see, it’s the love with which you do things that radiates; it’s not the things that you do” — […]

What’s Your Product?

If you are connected to the pet grooming industry, I challenge you to answer this question in one sentence: “My […]

How Often Does a Cat Need to Be Groomed?

Some cats can go a lifetime without a mat, or developing a greasy or dandruff-filled coat. Other cats become matted […]

How Wellness Products Could Deliver Big Payoffs

If you are one of the 126,000 groomers in North America, you know that grooming is a demanding career and […]

Introducing Asian Freestyle to Your Clients

“Hi Michell, I have been trying to master the art of Asian Freestyle grooming. I have a few clients that […]

How to Become the Best Groomer in the World

“People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said, but they will always remember how you made […]

Canine Styles, NYC: Thriving Since 1959

New York City’s oldest dog grooming salon and emporium is thriving with three locations in Manhattan. Billing itself a “Lifestyle […]
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The Usual Suspects: 5 Canine Pathogens of Concern in the Grooming Salon

We all know that we need to clean and disinfect our salons to protect our clients and ourselves, but what […]