Happy Henry’s Grooming and Training

24/06/2025

Receiving great feedback is awesome any day of the week and is not taken for granted, but to receive an amazing review from another groomer is very special. I feel extremely lucky when professionals reach out to me looking for possible solutions.

Part of being an holistic groomer with behaviour and training certifications means I work hard at networking and collaborating with a wide variety of other positive pet professionals. I keep learning and studying so that I can help others, not just guardians and their canine family members.

If you're a gentle groomer and you're perhaps getting a little stuck with a dog who seems to be struggling with the grooming process in some way and you can't quite figure out why, or perhaps you just want a sounding board to bounce around some ideas, read on!

I've created a 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗪 Private Member community where gentle groomers can look for solutions rather than stressing over problems (we all know how easy it is to go down that rabbit hole don't we?🙄).

If you sign up today to join this brand new private group, I'm offering annual membership for 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 £𝟭𝟱!! If you sign up in the first cohort 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, your annual membership price will be locked in forever. That's 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 £𝟭𝟱 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 for being able to get feedback and grow your skills whenever you want, connected with like-minded individuals who are interested in learning new techniques.

You do not need to be a consent-based or holistic groomer to join. You simply need to be open-minded with a desire to improve the experence for your dog clients and their guardians. "When we know better, we do better."

This offer of £15/year will 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. After which time, the price will increase and be payable monthly.

It's not just about how a dog looks following a groom, but how they feel about the process too.

Who's in??

Visit: 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆-𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆𝘀.𝗰𝗼.𝘂𝗸/𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 to find out more and sign up today!

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24/06/2025

This will be a great event, providing lots of FREE information and brilliant resources 🥳

Any donations for this great organisation Save Our Seized Dogs-Putting BSL to Sleep UK will obviously be appreciated.

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💝 CHARITY EVENT: Save Our Seized Dogs 💝

While our conference is completely FREE this year, we're proud to support Save Our Seized Dogs-Putting BSL to Sleep UK - an incredible organisation that supports victims of BSL.

Every optional donation helps fund legal battles that save innocent dogs' lives. Because no dog should be condemned for their breed 🐕

So far we have raised £500 🤩

We want to help this charity raise awareness as well as funds to hopefully encourage positive change to what is currently an unjust law, and we hope that you join us in supporting them this year.

Donations can be made when securing your e-ticket, and all those who contribute will be automatically entered into our wonderful raffle prize draw.

To secure your ticket visit the booking link here:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theholisticpetcareconference2025/1649522

To view our amazing prizes up for grabs, visit our website here:

https://www.holisticpetcareconference.com/items

See you all there 🥰

23/06/2025

‼️Jack Fenton The Dorset Dog Trainer Workshop Tickets now available for purchase!‼️

➡️ Dates: Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20, 2025

➡️ Location: Within easy driving of Amerton Farm, Staffs ST18 0LA

➡️ Topics: Mantrailing (AM) and Scentwork (PM) both days

➡️ Cost: £90/person per workshop (4 available)

Find out more and grab yours place TODAY at https://happy-henrys.co.uk/events

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE. BOOK TODAY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

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22/06/2025

⛱️Summer sale now on!! ⛱️

WILL YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW BE WELCOMING A NEW PUPPY SOON???

If yes, read on.....

Sue Williamson (Taking the Grrr Out Of Grooming Dogs) and I recently had a lovely conversation with Australian Labradoodle breeder Rachel Isherwood Derbyshire Doodles which was full of amazing questions followed by a shed load of brilliant answers from Sue.

The recording of the 1.75 hour-long webinar is now available to everyone and can be purchased for just £10 (reg £15) by using the link below. Feel free to share it with anyone and everyone you think may find it useful.

Once purchased, you'll have access to the recording to watch as many times as you'd like for one year.

All you need to do to find out more and grab your front row seat is to click on the link below. And don't tell anyone but you can also find out how to get this brilliant conversation for FREE 😉

https://happy-henrys.co.uk/watch-webinar-now

Enjoy!

Happy Henry’s!, where happy dogs are made 🛁🐾

19/06/2025

Love this post from Daniella at Woody's Holistic Grooming.

What do my followers think? What can we as groomers do to make it easier for people like you to find about us more easily?

If by sharing this post, I reach one more guardian who is not familiar with the way I work, then that’s a win for me. If you’d be willing to share the post and the reason why you come to groomers like Daniella and me, that’d be awesome.

Our goal is to help more dogs and more pet carers. If you’d be up for helping us, I’d love it! And no doubt Daniella would too ☺️

Happy Henry’s!, where happy dogs are made 🐾🛁

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More often than not a consent based groomer isn’t someones first choice. In fact, most people only seek us out if their dog has been refused by a conventional grooming salon. Many don’t even know we exist until they’re running out of options.

But why is it that so many people are sceptical about consent based grooming? We know dogs can be taught to walk on a lead, to do tricks, to even work or compete in sports, so why is grooming so different?

What is it about the human race that is so opposed to giving choice to our dogs? To learning new ways of communicating with them? Where has this need for robotic behaviours come from?

When I began my journey as a groomer, I have to be honest one of the biggest things that baffled me was why it was so “normalised” for groomers to be bitten or scratched. In any other situation, if a dog bit someone it would be reported as dangerous but for groomers it was simply part of the job and you’d only hear about it on refuse to groom forums. Which is the other thing, so many of these dogs who did react negatively when being groomed were simply banned. No additional support given, no willingness to adapt and most importantly no questions as to why the behaviour was happening in the first place.

The more I learnt, the harder it became to turn a blind eye. I am by no means perfect, in fact there are many things I could do better and learn more about but I am always willing to put my hands up and say when I’m out of my depth. But it’s at this point I collaborate and reach out to those with more experience or expertise than me. I don’t simply give up on these dogs. I do everything I can to help find a solution, even if that means referring them onto another professional that isn’t me. I learn from those professionals and from each of those dogs. I identify the gaps in my knowledge, reflect on what I could have done differently.

But then another question comes to mind - is consent grooming only for the dogs who scream the loudest? What about those dogs who don’t bite or kick off. The ones who simply shut down as they realised there is no other option - don’t they deserve the same treatment and respect?

I sadly see so many groomers who want to work more holistically being put off by fears of there not being enough demand, fears of not being paid or having to work twice as hard to get people to understand their dogs point of view rather than focusing on delivering an end product. I also see more and more dogs needing a different approach, needing time to build a relationship with their groomer.

What can we do to encourage more guardians to see the process from their dogs perspective? Is there enough education available to professionals about the impact of grooming from both a physical and emotional aspect? How do we encourage more groomers to collaborate across the canine industry?

18/06/2025

If you missed tonight's lively conversation with the fabulous Emma Johnson from Speak Dog, don't worry. We decided it was too good to not share the replay with everyone 😁. You can watch the full conversation at: https://youtu.be/wqAjrnBWbGw.

If you're interested in joining Emma live for her Learning to Listen Part One, you can snag a discounted ticket by clicking https://link.fastpaydirect.com/payment-link/680bc08f9293fd096baf539b?couponCode=LISTEN1

Did you know that as part of the new Foundation Games for Happy Handling Mini Course there’s a Private Happy Handling Community where members can post videos and ask questions? I also do a weekly live to check-in with the group and go over lessons or questions members may have, or cover subjects that people would like to learn more about.

As part of the the course, I’ve created a Resource Section that gives details and contact information for the various pet professionals I trust, so that if members need help outside of grooming and handling--or would like to learn more--they can be confident knowing that all providers listed are experienced, knowledgeable, and qualified to do what they do, as well as continually keeping up-to-date with the latest research.

💥Next week the Happy Handling Weekly Live is NOT going to be private!💥 🥳

On 🐾Wednesday, June 18, at 6:30pm🐾, I'll be joined by Emma Johnston from Speak Dog, a behaviourist with 15+ years experience who has created the amazing Learning to Listen Part 1 webinar (part of a three-part series, with each part building on the previous one).

I include access to Emma's webinar in all of my grooming and training packages now as standard. Observing your dog and being able to learn canine body language is a skill in itself.

Want to find out more? Join Emma and me LIVE to access our conversation for FREE. The replay will be saved into the Happy Handling Private Community for members afterwards.



💥ZOOM DETAILS⬇️⬇️⬇️💥

Topic: Happy Henry's! Happy Handling Weekly Live Check-in
Time: Jun 18, 2025 06:30 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85040777738

Meeting ID: 850 4077 7738

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18/06/2025

Come and join Emma and me for what will undoubted be a lively conversation! Let’s see who gets the most words in without taking a breath😆😂.

I am really looking forward to talking to Victoria at Happy Henry’s Grooming and Training.

We arw going to be talking about our relationships with dogs and how we can open up lines of communication and observations.

Victoria has kindly opened this talk up to the public for FREE so please pop over to her page, give it a like and get the Zoom link and i hope to see you there tonight at 6.30pm!