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Monday 9am - 5pm Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 5pm Thursday 9am - 5pm Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday 9am - 12pm

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G.G.'s Groom & Room

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G.G.'s Groom & Room

G.G.'s Groom and Room is a pet boarding and grooming facility. We are also the place for Manning Strays and Adoptables. Feel free to stop in! not an SPCA.

G.G.'s Groom and Room carries a variety of pet foods and treats as well as offering pet grooming and board. You can also stop by and check out the strays and adoptables. G.G.'s deals with strays, surrenders and rescues of dogs and cats in the Town of Manning and County of Northern Lights. We always welcome people coming to give our strays a little bit of love.

07/08/2025

Food for thought:
Stripping an undercoat! No easy task. This is hours of brushing/plucking/splitting/trimming/ to finally being able to comb through. Pulling out a retained coat from the previous year or longer.
No, we don’t keep the hair, it all goes into the dumpster, but plucked hair could be spun after washing, and objects, apparel crocheted or knitted from the yarn. Years ago there was a lovely young lady (Claudia Nakatsuka (sp)) who lived west of Dixonville, very resourceful and capable, establishing a small hobby farm, she would brush out her Samoyeds in spring, card and spin the fur, she wore mitts, scarves and touques she had made from their fur. So soft and warm and naturally water repellent! I know it can be done.

07/06/2025

Enjoying summer🌞
Can you tell which two are related?
Pomeranian, he is beginning to grow more fuzz than hair
Havanese, very fine hair, begins to form mats quickly.
Shihtzu mixes😊 just time to go shorter. They produce a lot of heat, (a little bit of soft stool can produce a big problem when it gets stuck in the hair) they start to itch and be uncomfortable. Even the little ones will be looking for a cool spot.
Remember: if walking your dog be aware of “where” they are walking, of surface heat, pavement can be 30-60 degrees hotter 🔥than ambient temperatures
Cement sidewalks also absorb heat, paving stones, rock borders, all hold heat. Dogs are not wearing shoes or sandals, that heat is directly being absorbed through their pads, add a fur coat, (to appreciate how uncomfortable this would be, you go out and stand barefoot on hot pavement or sidewalk in a fur coat, tethered on a leash, on a blistering hot day) 🥵🥵🥵If possible walk your dog only in mornings or evenings when it is cooler and on grass or dirt.
Overheating is a concern when temps soar close to 30C and above. Keep them cool, in the shade or a cool shop or inside air conditioned comfort, lots of access to clean cool water, multiple bowls/locations if needed. Dogs can only dissipate heat through their tongues by panting, or standing in cool water or on a cool surface, they do not sweat through their body pores to cool, as humans do.
Keep them comfortable.
Brachycephalic breeds, (short noses, pushed in faces are more at risk, as many already have breathing issues) Be aware, be proactive, keep them safe.
Heatstroke can be fatal.

07/04/2025

Different clips for different breeds😊 The little Yorkie had her first complete clip
This was her moms request! Two Shihtzus, ( mats can start quickly in all these breeds, it’s important to keep the bums clean )
A Biewer Yorkie Terrier and a Cockapoo. ( Ben was so hot with that black hair) it makes him itch so we clipped it all down.
All about looking cute!

06/29/2025

Zoe is the only girl in this group. 2 of these are in the senior group.
The discolouration is from a protein found in tears and saliva that produces a reddish brown stain. More visible in white or light dogs. Wiping the eyes often and cleaning the faces with a warm wet wash cloth helps diminish occurrence of dark staining.
We clipped from short to a longer finger cut, this requires brushing and trimming mats prior to cutting. A metal wide tooth comb works best as plastic ones create static electricity which causes finer hair to form mats.

06/27/2025

As they age, the skin and coat go through changes, doesn’t shed out as well or as quickly. Hair can become soft and fine or coarse and brittle.
The Yorkie has deteriorating eyesight, it’s best to keep the face clean. They Border Collies coat has become fine and dense leading to more matting.
The Pom is perfect 🥰, she is going on a trip and we will miss her. The Shihtzu and Pom X have fine hair that doesn’t shed. It twists or felts. We went shorter for summer on all of these. Bring on the summer fun.

06/19/2025

When you are a princess and you know it👑❣️

06/17/2025

Kenzie had a “spa” / “makeover” day.
It was a long day for her.
To split the coat, brush out the mats, bathed, shampooed three times to get her white areas white, blow dry, and brushed again, to split and remove remaining mats, to be able to comb through her entire coat. Much of the hair is kinky and beaded, it doesn’t shed well and can form into felted clumps quickly. For this reason we shortened the backend and hips to about an inch long, clipped the belly and thinned the entire dog.
We hope an improvement, she definitely weighed less leaving us. 😊

06/14/2025

A few lucky ones we got in before the rain, (we are very thankful for the rain as I’m sure all the farmers and firefighter are) they won’t be bringing in as much water and muddy footprints. A Pomeranian, an Australian Shepherd, a Cav-a-poo, a little shihtzu mix and a Cavalier Spaniel. Of this batch, the Pomeranian had the most dense coat, l had to split and brush before the clippers would go through.
The Australian Shepherds coat needed the under coat removed and tidied.
Little Bean, we left too long and she had matted. As careful as I try to be, using my longer #4 blades to leave a longer coat, I lifted and cut under a mat on her back leg and left a small knick in her skin😢. So so sorry Bean. The small dogs I try to be so careful and slower, if they are wiggly it can be challenging. Sometimes, the smaller in stature, the longer it takes.
Fat, round dogs have less dips and angles for clippers to get caught in.

06/12/2025

A mixed group😄from teeny to medium-large.
Each has a different haircoat and texture. From the soft fluffy smalls to the more wiry haired schnauzer to the double coated Border Collie mix and the even more dense double coated Scotch Collie mix. Everybody gets the fluffy, puffy butt hair trimmed back substantially

06/10/2025

Friday/Saturday
Groom booms! When boarders need grooms and the days are booked, they get an evening treatment. Big ones, little ones, old and new visitors, common denominator, hair needs to be shorter. Arlo has sensory issues, “don’t touch me if I don’t know you or know what you are doing”. (but a sweetheart) Sawyer needs to see and needed it “all off”. Biscuit was a little leary , getting used to clipper noises and the vibration of the clippers. Leaving her longer as she gets used to clipping. Sully is “bring it on, I am The Man”! Duke the Daschund, we try to do quickly, he is “am I done, am I done, am I done NOW“? Those little short legs will try and launch himself out of the wash tub, if he hears his Poppa Larry, he leaps and bounds, Shirley opens the car door and he is in, on the console, raring to go, riding shotgun. They always bring me a bag of goodies😊 (Thank you Shirley❤️)
My clippers are wearing out with good reason.
Big Thanks to Jana Ungarian for taking a box of blades out to GP to sharpen.

06/06/2025

These are all fleece dogs, very cute, one Corgi mix maybe, and 4 Mini Australian Shepherds, their double coats are very thick and it is difficult to cut, even with a 7 blade, but using a 10 blade would leave them bald. I dull a blade on each one, having to switch several times and let my clippers cool down. Even with 2 or 3 on the go, working this hard the blades and clippers will heat up and you have to continuously switch them out. The dogs are patient and tolerant. They would be too hot over the summer. Almost like shearing a sheep without the lanolin buildup.
So if anyone is making a trip to Grande Prairie and could drop a box of blades off at “On the Edge Scissors Sharpening” ✂️it would be much appreciated. 😊

06/01/2025

Saturday Fun Day!
Hair? Fur? Fluff? Fuzz?
We tried to squeak a few extra in. Some were happy, some not so happy to be here. When they take a bit longer I am very grateful for my clients who work with me to come in on short notice if I have a cancellation, as I often-times, try and put 2, where I had a spot for one. Your patience is appreciated. (Thanks Ariel) the Doodles behave quite well! Shorter!
Mr Murphy the cat is in his mid teens and not a fan of clipping where mats are stuck tight. But he did ok, managing to let us get all the mats and long hair off. (We cut his nails before we did the bum area-being pro-active)
Dottie the Daschund is cute and a Prima-donna. She is fast! Too ☺️cute!
Tucker is a Shihtzu and he grows a luxurious coat. So a good trimming is needed ever few months!
“I can see”!
He needed a clip but still needed to look like a shihtzu! Hi mom does a great job keeping him brushed. It allows me to use a longer blade without spacer.

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Manning, AB

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 12pm

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+17808360956

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