TO ME a dog grooming business is more than just washing your fur friend OR HAVING TO MEET A QUOTA ON HOW MANY DOGS YOU HAVE TO DO PER MONTH, IT'S ABOUT LOVE, COMPASSION, AND THE LOVE OF YOUR WORK.

IT'S ABOUT HAND DRYING THAT'S WHERE THE PERSONAL ATTENTION COMES IN, THAT ONE ON ONE SITUATION THAT PERSONAL ATTENTION AND CARE.

IT'S ABOUT STYLING, NAILS, CLEANING OUT THE ANAL GLANDS BEING ABLE TO HOLD, LOVE, TALK TO AND CUDDLE YOUR FUR FRIEND.

THAT'S WHAT A STRESS FREE ENVIRONMENT IS, THAT'S WHAT PERSONALIZED CARE IS, NOT SITTING IN SOME CAGE FOR HOURS AT A TIME WAITING TO BE GROOMED NOT LISTENING TO 20 30 DOGS BARKING ALL DAY, NOT KNOWING

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHATS GOING ON, BEING FRIGHTENED OF ALL THE SOUNDS

AND YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND LOOKING THROUGH THE BARS OF YOUR CAGE ALL DAY, HAVING A CAGE DRYER BLOWING AIR ON YOU, NOT KNOWING IF YOUR GOING TO BE FORGOTTEN AND LEFT IN THE HOT CAGE

WITH ME IF YOUR APPOINTMENT IS AT 2:00 P.M. THEN NOBODY ELSE HAS THAT TIME SLOT THAT'S YOUR BABY'S TIME.  MY DOGS ARE GROOMED WITHIN 2 HOURS FROM WHEN THERE

DROPPED OFF, THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHERE IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER TO DO BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE DOG OR THE SIZE AND THE AMOUNT OF COAT THE DOG HAS.

YOUR BABY CAN BE PICKED UP WHEN HE/SHE IS DONE, OR AT YOUR CONVINCE, I ALSO CALL IF THEY ARE DONE SOONER IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE.

I GROOM A LOT OF DISABLED, AND OLDER DOGS, AND HAVE QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE

WITH BOTH.

      MY LOVE FOR ANIMALS SHOWS IN ALL THAT I DO

EACH PET GETS INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION, I DO NOT CAGE DRY ANY ANIMAL.  ALL THE ANIMALS THAT COME IN ARE ALL HAND DRIED WHICH REDUCES THE STRESS FACTOR AND CREATES A BOND BETWEEN ME AND THE ANIMAL.    I USE TOUCH AND MASSAGE TO CALM DOGS THAT ARE NERVOUS AND ARE FRIGHTENED FOR WHAT EVER REASON OF THE GROOMING PROCESS.   I USE NO MUZZLES OR TRANQUILIZERS AS I FEEL THAT IF THE DOG WAS DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR MUZZLES OR TRANQUILIZERS

  I GET DOGS THAT COME TO ME FROM OTHER GROOMING PLACES THAT

HAVE BEEN MISS TREATED DURNING THE GROOMING PROCESS, THESE DOGS TAKE

A LOT OF TIME AND WORK TO GAIN THERE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE.  I

HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ONE LITTLE DOG, (I WON'T

SAY WHERE HE WAS GROOMED BEFORE HE CAME

TO ME) FOR MONTHS KNOW, BECAUSE WHERE HE WAS GROOMED THEY

MISTREATED HIM TERRIBLY.

HE CLUNG TO MY NECK WHEN I WENT TO PUT HIM ON THE GROOMING TABLE, HE WAS AFRAID TO MOVE ON

THE TABLE PROBABLY BECAUSE HE FELL OFF, AND PUTTING HIM IN A CAGE WAS TERRIBLE,

HE CLUNG TO MY NECK, CRIED, WOULDN'T MOVE IN THE CAGE.

 

IF I HAD THE GROOMER WHO DID THIS TO THIS LITTLE DOG, I HATE TO THINK WHAT I WOULD OF

DONE TO HIM/HER.

 

I'M STILL WORKING WITH THIS LITTLE DOG, AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY HE'S MAKING

PROGRESS, IT'S SLOW BUT HE'S COMING ALONG VERY NICELY.

MY POLICY IS EVERY DOG IS AN INDIVIDUAL AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS ONE,  EVERY DOG HAS A PERSONALITY OF THERE OWN,  THERE  MEMBER'S OF YOUR FAMILY AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

  

 

  I WORK WITH THE ANIMALS TO GAIN THERE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, WHEN THEY COME IN FOR THERE GROOMING THERE NOT JUST A PRICE TAG THERE LIVING BREATHING FUR PEOPLE WITH FEELINGS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.  THERE YOUR FAMILY AND WHEN WITH ME THERE MINE ALSO.

  I HAVE THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BEHIND ME.  I WAS TAUGHT GROOMING WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD

SO WHEN MAKING YOUR BEST FRIENDS GROOMING APPOINTMENT, SIT BACK REFLECT, THINK FOR A MINUTE. WOULD I WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE GROOMER HAS TO MAKE A QUOTA FOR THE MONTH.  WHERE YOUR GOING TO SIT IN SOME BACK ROOM IN A CAGE FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG. 

WOULD YOU LIKE THE PERSONALIZED AND LOVING CARE OF SOMEONE WHO LOVES ANIMALS AND HAS THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND HER.  OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN AN ASSEMBLY LINE SITUATION JUST SITTING IN SOME BACK ROOM AWAITING YOUR TURN.

NO I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WOULD, THERE ARE MANY GOOD AND RELIABLE GROOMERS IN OUR AREA THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME GROOMING  WITH QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE TO BOOT.   WE'VE ALL BEEN AROUND WE'VE ALL GROOMED IN THE ASSEMBLY LINE SITUATION (THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR OWN SHOPS OR WORK INDEPENDENTLY FOR SOMEONE ELSE)  WE'RE ABLE TO CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF DOGS WE TAKE IN,  WE DON'T HAVE TO DO X AMOUNT OF DOGS PER MONTH. 

 

WE DON'T HAVE TO SIGN CONTRACTS, WE HAVE MORE THAN 1 MONTH OF TRAINING BEFORE

WERE PUT ON THE FLOOR TO GROOM, WE HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

WITH ANIMALS

 

WHEN I STARTED GROOMING THE ONLY PLACES THAT DID GROOMING WERE SMALL PET SHOPS LIKE

IN THE MALL OR OWNER OPERATED

GROOMING SALONS, AND KENNELS,

 

NOW YOU HAVE BIG CORPORATIONS COMING

INTO THE PICTURE, AND VETERINARIANS, WHY BECAUSE THE PET INDUSTRY

IS A BIG MONEY BUSINESS, AND EVERYONE WANTS TO CASH IN ON IT. 

 

EVEN WAL-MART IS GETTING IN ON THE GROOMING INDUSTRY http://www.petcarespecialists.com/CompanyInfo/PressRelease.html,

THE HEADING OF THIS PRESS RELEASE IS

 ((((Pet Care Specialists Launch New In-Store Grooming Services For Dogs and Cats Inside Franklin, TN. Wal-Mart)))

YOUR BEST FRIEND IS YOUR CHILD A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY TREAT THEM AS SUCH.  WOULD YOU PUT YOUR CHILD IN A DAY CARE THAT WASN'T CHILD ORIENTATED THAT DIDN'T LOVE CHILDREN. THAT THOUGHT OF THEM AS A PRICE TAG OR PART OF THERE QUOTA FOR THE MONTH.  THIS IS REFERRED TO AS ASSEMBLY LINE GROOMING, PEACE WORK.

NO I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD. I KNOW I WOULDN'T

THERE ARE MANY GOOD GROOMERS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS

FOR YEARS, THEY PUT THERE HEART AND SOUL INTO THERE BUSINESS.  AND YES

OF COURSE THERE ARE THE BAD ONES.  DO YOUR HOME WORK, TALK TO

PEOPLE, GET REFERENCES, GO INTO THE SHOP WATCH THE GROOMER AND

HOW SHE/HE HANDLES THE DOG AND HOW THE DOG ACT WITH

THE GROOMER.  ASK QUESTIONS

MY SHOP ISN'T FANCY BUT IT'S CLEAN AND A FANCY SHOP DOESN'T MAKE THE GROOMER, DOESN'T MEAN THE GROOMER IS GOOD, THE GROOMER MAKES THE GROOMER.

 I'M ABLE TO SPEND THE TIME WITH

YOU AND YOUR BABY TO GET TO KNOW THE BOTH OF YOU.  I DON'T DO PIECE WORK OR ASSEMBLY LINE WORK,

I DID THAT ROUTE WHEN I SERVED MY APPRENTICE SHIP YEARS AGO, I DID

IT FOR 2 YEARS, 35 DOGS WOULD COME IN IN

THE MORNING 35 DOGS WOULD GO HOME ABOUT 5:30 PM.  YOU DON'T GET

TO KNOW YOUR PET DOING ASSEMBLY LINE WORK.  AND THEN IT JUST BECOMES ANOTHER JOB TO YOU.

  AND YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF WORK AND HOME.

WITH ME ITS ALWAYS BEEN MY LOVE NEVER A JOB

FOR AN APPOINTMENT CALL,

DEBBY 283-9306