Trade show season is opening soon! Just thinking about it puts a smile on my face. I adore going to trade shows: the people, the vendors, the classes, and the driving. Yes, the driving. I love to drive and think it’s a treat to travel two days to the Atlanta Pet Fair. In fact, I have been known to break out in song.
It all started with a small town groomer, her best friend, and a dream. Now 25 years later, Groom Expo is the largest show of its kind in the world!
“Groom Expo’s 25th anniversary has been a mind blower… So many people and such great energy,” exclaims an enthusiastic Daryl Conner, recipient of the 2013 Barkleigh Honors Award for Writer of the Year.
Groom Expo Celebrates 25 Years Read More
All the Very Best of the Grooming Industry in One Exciting Event!
September 17-20
Hershey Lodge & Convention Center – Hershey, PA
The Biggest Event in the Grooming Industry Looks to Get Even Better in 2015!
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.
Professional Groomers’ History Project Read More
Barkleigh is excited to announce that we will be working with the Houston World Series of Dog Shows to bring Groom Texas to their show this summer.
Groom Texas to Debut at Houston World Series of Dog Shows Read More