Jerry Schinberg Archives - Groomer to Groomer

The Creative CRAZE!

Barkleigh Productions — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:18:21 +0000

Through the years, there have been many inventions and innovations that have contributed to the growth of our grooming profession: the A-5 clipper, detachable blades, rechargeable clippers, adjustable knob scissors, hydraulic tables and tubs, vacuum clipper systems, high-velocity dryers, mobile grooming vans, computer programs, and professional grooming books.

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All American Grooming Show

Barkleigh Productions — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:32:58 +0000

The All American Grooming Show will return to The Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL, from August 15–18, 2013. Following the show’s 40th annual event in 2012, founder Jerry Schinberg sold the show to Barkleigh Productions.

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All American Grooming Show

Barkleigh Productions — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:04:37 +0000

August 18 - 21, 2016 // Located in Wheeling, IL
The All American Grooming Show is probably the most unique grooming show in the country. And that makes perfect sense, when you consider that it was founded by one of the industry’s most unique and passionate legends. Jerry Schinberg always wanted the best for the groomers, but he also wanted it done with flair.

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The History of Modern Pet Grooming

Barkleigh Productions — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:44:00 +0000

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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Grooming Industry Icon Passes Away

Barkleigh Productions — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:26:03 +0000

Jerry Schinberg, one of the most influential people in the history of the grooming industry, passed away the morning of December 20th. Jerry founded the longest running grooming show (All American), created GroomTeam USA and was the originator of creative dog grooming

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All American Grooming Show August 14-17, 2014

Barkleigh Productions — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:13:28 +0000

If you take full advantage of everything the All American Grooming Show has to offer, you will have more than earned the chance to live it up at the Groom Team USA 25th Anniversary ‘80s Party on Saturday night.

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Professional Groomers’ History Project

Barkleigh Productions — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:30:08 +0000

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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