Shaggies Holistic Pet Grooming

01/14/2022

Good Morning!! I have been working hard to get through all my client contacts lists to reach everyone individually but it is taking a while to get through to everyone so I feel like I need to go ahead and share here to help spread the word. As some of you may already we know my little family is from Georgia. We have been living here in Indiana for 3.5 years.
Very recently our family made a big decision that we are going to move back to Georgia. We thought we would have a few months to prepare for the move but that quickly turned into only having a few weeks to move since my husband was offered a job there. We will be heading out next weekend on January 23rd. It was a very hard decision to make about moving with everything going so well here , we love it here and I had this grooming business which is something I have been wanting to do for a very long time! ❤️ It seems like the craziest timing to be moving with thinks going so well here but life is crazy sometimes so we just gotta roll with it! I want to thank each of you for allowing me to work with your pets. I couldn't have had all this without y'all. I will miss each one of the pups (and the few kitties) that visited! I have a few places to refer those that visit me to. Muttley Crue in Salem, The Backwoods Bark Barn in Mitchell and Waggin Wonders grooming and boarding in Brownstown. Thank y'all I will miss y'all!

01/10/2022

12/19/2021

These are what I usually recommend for doodles and other thick coated dogs this CC black slicker and a metal comb. If you're not comfortable using a metal brush you can try regular human hair brushes and combs like these and see how these work for your at home maintenance between grooming. I can't stress enough the importance of knowing how to properly brush the coat so if you need help just let me know so I can go over how to properly brush your pup! As a groomer I am always trying out new things so I can let me clients know what does and does not work so that you as owners can try different things at home to figure out what y'all are most comfortable with that will also help to get the job done.

12/19/2021

I need help from a few clients with doodles that can grab a couple of these brushes and commit to brushing their dog atleast every other day and commit to 4-6 weeks between appointments. I will go over again how to properly brush your pup and check your work with a comb. In the last class I took there was mention about how metal slickers can actually do more harm than good especially when used excessively so I really want to try these out for at home maintenance and see how y'all like them. You can always go online and order the expensive CC slickers I have been using and telling y'all about but I know alot of owners worry about giving their dogs brush burn using metal brushes and therefore are not able to get a good brushing from starting at the skin and going through the length of the hair. A big problem I see is owners indeed brushing their dogs but only lightly going over the top leaving everything closer to the skin untouched and that becomes matted up so everything on top may look fine but once I get in there if I can't start at the skin and pull a comb through to the end of the hair all over the coat with out getting caught on any Tangles then where ever it's caught I have to either shave the dog down or cut those spots out because at that point that hair is already damaged so If I go through dematting it won't fix the damaged hair it will just mat right back up between visits. Anywaysssss I was thinking if I can have a few people with doodles try these types of brushes out between appointments of 4-6 weeks and it works out well then this could help alot of clients who are worried about hurting their dogs with the metal brushes and therefore not brushing them at all or barely brushing to avoid hurting.

12/18/2021