Wonky Dog Wash, Mannum, SA

26/07/2025

I just wanted to shout out a sincere thank you to the couple of clients today who took the time to have heartfelt conversations with me. I want them to know how important those small but significant moments are to me 💖
I have managed 6 bath dogs over the last 3 days. I’ll be assessing how my wrist pulls up. I’m quietly confident I’ll be able to add some more of you to the schedule soon.
Thank you again for your patience
Gratefully, Tammy 🐶

24/07/2025

Exactly 6 weeks & 5 days since I broke my wrist……. Thank you for being such good test pilots Stella & Pippa. The goodest of girls ❤️❤️
Their bath, dry and pawdicure went well this morning. I did have a few minor difficulties but adjusted well. Later next week I will begin to assess my capacity to do full haircut grooms.

21/07/2025

Hey Wonkies.
Thigh July is on track to my 400km goal. At the 21 day mark I have wracked up 275 km which is an average of around 13km a day.
As you can see my xray shows the 2 areas I broke my radius bone and neither area are fully healed as yet.
I also have an aprox 25% deviation on the final angle of my radius which i have to adjust to 🤨
I have a trial run with a couple of bath only dogs later this week. If that goes ok I will start booking a few more bath dogs the following week. I have a small haircut trial dog next week, which if that goes ok, will see me start booking a few more haircuts in the first week of August. I know it’s slow going for you all but I must not overdo this!
Thanks for your patience 🤩

18/07/2025

My boss is such a bi*ch…. Exactly 24hrs after my cast is off & she has me at work bathing her own dog 🤣🤣🤣
It wasn’t easy. Lots of pain. But we did it 🐶

18/07/2025

It’s still going to be 4-6 weeks of very slow progress but in about a week or so from here I’ll slowly be in touch with more of you to schedule you in. I have to prioritise the clients who’ve had cancelled appointments, then start on new appointments going forward. I cannot work at anywhere near full capacity for a bit yet either. So it’ll take me a while to get everyone back on track. Baby steps.
Thank you once again for your patience & understanding 🐶
To finish off a positive day I have a 12 km beach walk semaphore to north haven return, then pizza celebration tonight 👊

16/07/2025

Hey Wonkies.
In the last 8 days I’ve walked just over 108kms for a daily average of around 13.5kms. So I’m still on track to my 400km ‘Thigh July’ target 🐾
A few of you have had some good news this morning, and over the coming days & weeks as I ease back into some work, many more of you will too.
This wasn’t quite the break I had in mind this year, but it’s given me cause to reflect, and that is going to result in a shake up of how my little business looks. For most of you it will be business as usual.
However, I will not be taking some of my medium to large & heavy dogs forward. This has not been an easy decision but this injury, combined with several other factors, it’s time.
My hours will now be:
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Alternate Fridays & Saturdays
All bookings will be from the top of the day down and no late appointments will be available.
There will now only be around 12 appointments per week, approx 3 dogs per day.
There will be a 15kg limit on all NEW clients.
Thank you once again for your patience & understanding.
If you have any questions please contact me on ☎️ 0448279259

(Pic of our childhood dog Rinty the Corgi)

07/07/2025

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My 400km walking target during ‘ Thigh July’ is on target. Over the first 7 days of July I’ve achieved 97.5km for an average of 13.9km a day. The walking bit is easy for me, it’s my favourite pastime. The hard bit is forcing myself to leave the house. I hate the way I look in the world, like a huge fat ugly pointless waste of space. I make the place look messy. But I’ll keep kicking myself up the bum!
Nothing to report on my wrist this week. Just counting down to get the cast off on the 18th and we’ll see where it’s at after that.

03/07/2025

Don’t get too excited because it’s still several weeks before I can even think about proper paid grooming work ….. but I managed a sort of one handed bath & dry on my own mr. stinky Huss today! I can only manage because he’s incredibly stoic for me.
Once again thank you everyone for your patience & support during this time. 🐶

01/07/2025

‘Thigh July’ is off to a great start today, spent with a friend & a 3km walk around Mannum this morning, then a 10km walk Largs Bay to North Haven return including a lovely lunch break, and about 10 laps of the central market. For a total of 14km.
Also my wrist is feeling stronger and a little more functional which is promising. I’m not going to get too excited but hopefully it’s a good sign. Still 2.5 weeks with a cast on yet 🤨
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26/06/2025

Hey Wonkies.
A bit of an update on my broken wrist. If all goes to plan I will have my cast off on July 18th and then will have to see what strength & mobility I have to slowly return to work hopefully during August.
Seeing as I’m so bored I’ve decided instead of dry July (no challenge as a non drinker ! ) I’m going with ‘Thigh July’ ….and have set myself a 400km target for walking during the month of July. So if you see me walking about the place give me a wave. I’ll update progress on my kms and my wrist.
Thank you to (almost 🙄) everyone for your patience, support & understanding 🐾🐾

21/06/2025

Can you believe this! What a pair of bumble bees we are🤦‍♀️. I was joking with Debbie that if we put our good arms together we might be able to mash together some grooming 🐶
Alas the dogs of Mannum are in for a shaggy whiffy winter……

Hi unfortunately country clips will be temporarily closed for a few weeks as I have broken got a hairline fracture in my elbow and need a cupple weeks for it to recovery. Apologies for the inconvenience of appointments I'm going to have to cancel thanks for understanding i didnt thing i would be doing this recovery from medical stuff again thanks for understanding