13/05/2024
Dear Noki’s customers,
This is Winnie.
Today was the last business day of Noki Studio Pet Grooming. I burst into tears three times during the day, feeling very emotional and bittersweet. I’ll miss all my fur baby customers and those human customers who loved me, supported me and trusted me. 🥹❤️
I bought Noki from two Chinese girls (the previous owners) two and a half years ago. It turned out that it was a scam, cuz they lied by omission, and exaggerated everything, and faked things too… Back then, I didn’t know the business was actually failing. They fled the state pretty much overnight, going AWOL. I didn’t have any experience in pet grooming because I used to be an ESL teacher and translator (I have a master’s degree in education). They promised to train me, but never did. So I was scammed, and left with a failing business with some damaged equipment, with zero experience in pet grooming or business management.
But like a miracle, I survived, and I think I could make it mainly because I genuinely love helping animals, and interacting with nice people. So today I have become a self-taught dog and cat groomer, and a person easy to talk to 😄.
I particularly feel very proud of my cat grooming skills. I used to be scared of some cats, but now I love them all. Over the past two and a half years, I helped so many disabled and elderly cats while charging very low prices. My goal was to make cat grooming popular in Tasmania, and I think I’ve kinda made it. ❤️
Donating Noki to Birchgrove Feline Assistance and have all those lovely people continue serving my fur baby customers is the best thing I could do. It means even when I’m no longer in Tasmania, I’ll still be helping fur babies.
Before I came up with this idea, I tried to reach out to other groomers, hoping someone would love to continue my cat grooming business, but it didn’t go very well. Fortunately, I have got the best result I’ve ever wanted. 💯
Once again, thank you all for your love, support and trust.
I’ll make another statement when Birchgrove is ready to open their new grooming business. 💕
Regards,
Winnie