Rockstar Dogs Groom Room

Rockstar Dogs Groom Room I'm Laura, a behaviour-led dog groomer that uses gentle trust based techniques/positive reinforcement

Lovely Mia popped in yesterday for her cooperative nail trim. Mum feeds, I clip. She also had a pad trim and bum shape!...
08/06/2026

Lovely Mia popped in yesterday for her cooperative nail trim. Mum feeds, I clip. She also had a pad trim and bum shape!! 🖤🐾

My sweet sensitive little friend Bear. He struggled a bit this groom so I did most of his groom on the floor where he co...
07/06/2026

My sweet sensitive little friend Bear. He struggled a bit this groom so I did most of his groom on the floor where he could walk away and have more choice. He's always struggled with having his legs done but he was more sensitive around his back end this groom. It's always worth considering joint pain as they get older so we will keep a close eye on this. He's doing amazing with face grooming now! Bear still enjoys his chicken when he comes and is such a sweet boy 🖤🐾

My good friend Brogan. He's an older boy now and struggling with his joints so I don't bath him anymore, he gets a showe...
06/06/2026

My good friend Brogan. He's an older boy now and struggling with his joints so I don't bath him anymore, he gets a shower at home and I just clip him. I'm not precious about dogs having to be bathed to be groomed. When he doesn't tolerate it anymore at home then so be it. I am just here to listen to him and do what he tolerates. He did incredibly well yesterday and the only bit I couldn't get to was his pads. He has pain relief before he comes and that helps a lot. He also still loves a foody distraction! He's such a sweet boy and we've always had clear communication and boundaries. I've been grooming him 9 years which seems unbelievable! Lovely boy 🖤🐾

I Shih Tzu not, I had 3 in one day! 😆 All different shapes and sizes but the loveliest temperaments. The gorgeous Dolly,...
05/06/2026

I Shih Tzu not, I had 3 in one day! 😆 All different shapes and sizes but the loveliest temperaments. The gorgeous Dolly, Milo and Elsie 🖤🐾

Beautiful Phoebe came for a good bath and deshed today. She's such a sweet girl with her little wonky leg and scars on h...
31/05/2026

Beautiful Phoebe came for a good bath and deshed today. She's such a sweet girl with her little wonky leg and scars on her body. If only we knew what trauma she's been through in her previous life in Romania. Considering this she's very trusting, loving and happy! 🖤🐾

I've been working with gorgeous little red head Suki for 3 months. She's only 10 months old and was really struggling wi...
28/05/2026

I've been working with gorgeous little red head Suki for 3 months. She's only 10 months old and was really struggling with grooming. She'd had a couple of grooms elsewhere but was really snappy and her behaviour was escalating so her guardians came to me for some help on recommendation of who's also been working with them.

She was absolutely terrified of me, lunged at me, snapped at me and wee'd on the floor in fear. Fast forward 3 months and she actually likes me, helicopter tail, kisses, wiggly little body and she gets excited to come. It's been a journey and we are still very much on it but I'm so proud of her progress.

To make things even harder she was getting long and matted and even had to have a sedated bum/tail shave at the vets when she got messy and wouldn't let anyone clean her.

Her reactivity is unpredictable and quite explosive, she gets over aroused very easily and seems to be very sensitive around her back end, particularly her left hip and leg. She doesn't like fast hand movements and she gets suspicious very easily. I wasn't able to pet her until quite recently.

Suki struggles in life aswell as grooming. Her behaviour is erratic so we are querying whether she might have pain and Val has recommended a physio assessment. Me and Val both noticed her movement is quite stiff and she avoids having her back end messed with. It's very difficult to assess pain as she's terrified of the vet and can't be examined without sedation, so we're hoping a new set of professional eyes might shed some light.

Her family are dedicated to helping her and they've been coming regularly to me. We started with pairing the scissors with food and then started desensitising the clippers. It was a relief for all of us when I was able to start removing her matted coat. Yesterday she let me clip her bum for the first time. We've slowly been building a relationship with her family staying. She needs less and less reassurance and is gaining in confidence. We've recently started luring her up the stairs into the bath to slowly try to desensitise that.

She's a very sweet girl, I'm very proud of her & hope as a team we can keep making her life better🖤🐾

My little mate Fred is now summer ready! ☀️🥵🖤🐾
24/05/2026

My little mate Fred is now summer ready! ☀️🥵🖤🐾

A huge welcome to stunning Bonnie!! She's a German Shepherd/Husky/Akita and her guardians were struggling to find someon...
23/05/2026

A huge welcome to stunning Bonnie!! She's a German Shepherd/Husky/Akita and her guardians were struggling to find someone to take her on. Aside from being a large dog, she's noise sensitive and doesn't like the dryer which is half the groom on a coat like hers!

Bonnie is a family dog and has the sweetest temperament. When I met her for her meet and greet she was a little nervous but settled very quickly and started taking food and allowed me to pet her. So today when she arrived she was quite happy to come in.

She climbed the stairs into the bath with very little encouragement which was a nice surprise as often this is the hardest bit with big dogs. She tolerated the bath very well which was great as she has a thick double coat which takes a while to pe*****te with water and products. She had a good scrub and condition to help release impacted hair.

I started desensitisation to the sound of stand drier while I was washing Bonnie and by the time I'd towel dried her she was totally accepting of the stand dryer on full. I then added in my little quiet blaster which goes very low velocity and is quiet. I took it to a speed and sound she would tolerate and between the two got her fully dry and brushed out loads of dead coat at the same time. She did absolutely amazing and was one of the quickest dryer desensitisation's I've done!!

When she was dry I trimmed Bonnies pad hair and clipped her nails. She was a bit sensitive around her feet but let me do it. Then I did some more brushing and combing to finish her off. She was so tolerant and enjoyed some sausage as a reward!

What a lovely well mannered girl she is. She was an absolute pleasure to work with 🖤🐾

A huge welcome to gorgeous little Tia!! She's a rescue girly and is a bit nervous so her mum had been grooming her herse...
22/05/2026

A huge welcome to gorgeous little Tia!! She's a rescue girly and is a bit nervous so her mum had been grooming her herself (doing a really good job btw, I can tell!) She's a Beddlington/Whippet/Poodle mix with the sweetest nature.

When she came for her meet and greet she was a bit shaky and needing reassurance from her mum but today she was much more confident as it wasn't a brand new situation and she smashed her groom! This is why I try to offer meet and greets to new dogs, especially nervous ones, it makes a huge difference to their confidence and experience.

Tia was just a little dream to groom, but I still gave her breaks on the floor. She started taking food about half way through and enjoyed some cheese but I didn't need to use any distractions at all, she was tolerant for everything! I didn't even need to use a harness to support her on the table, she willingly stayed there and let me work on her!! She was even good for her nails!

We made friends, I got some kisses and she was very proud of herself when we were done! Such an adorable girl 🖤🐾

Beautiful little 5 month old Alfie had his first big boy haircut today! He was such a brave boy with the clippers. I use...
21/05/2026

Beautiful little 5 month old Alfie had his first big boy haircut today! He was such a brave boy with the clippers. I used a long guard comb just to take off his whispy puppy hairs and he looks so smart!

Alfie is doing really good in the bath now and getting better with the dryer each time, it helps loads that this is being practiced at home! He's a very sweet boy and his confidence grows each time. 🖤🐾

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