Dog Groomer Accessories for the Pet Grooming Salon

Aside from the usual pet grooming tools, there are a number of other items that go a long way towards making your business more professional or can I say a ‘cut above the rest’. The right salon accessories can help make your job, as a groomer, a little easier.

These items would include management tools as well as beautification touches.

But first let’s make sure that our must-have list of equipment is covered with a handy checklist below.

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Dog Grooming Business Cards & Pet Grooming Appointment Books

We have talked a lot about the tools and equipment that you would need when working as a dog groomer. What we haven’t talked about yet is what you need in the office itself. For example, have you thought about pet vacuums or dog hair ribbons or dog grooming business cards?

What are the administration type tools that would be essential in a salon? Alternatively, what does a mobile groomer need to manage a mobile grooming business?

Dog Grooming Business Cards

You might prefer hard copies of everything or you might prefer to go the tech route and set yourself up with some pretty nifty salon management software. Either way, you will want to have some cute, eye-catching reminder cards to send home with your repeat clients.

So, let’s see what is available on both sides of the ledger when shopping online.

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The 2017 Dog Grooming Industry –Dog Grooming Career Outlook

It would come as no surprise to learn that more and more people are becoming pet owners.

In the United States, dog ownership has increased from 68 million in 2000 to 78 million in 2012. This is according to the IPPTS Dog Grooming Industry Report 2017, a report that also looks at the growth and career outlook for the year.

Drying a dog after a bath

An encouraging takeaway from the report, for current and aspiring dog groomers, is the fact that spending on pets has increased. More money is being spent per pet than at any other time. This is largely as a result of pet owners seeking additional grooming services for their dogs and this would be across the whole spectrum of different breeds that require grooming on a regular basis.

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Interview with WA Dog Grooming & Clipping Academy

Groomer Interview

This post continues our series of very interesting interviews with dog groomers working in the field.  What better way to find out what it would be like to work as a pet groomer!

This interview is with Kim Dean from a Dog Grooming Academy in Western Australia. You can find details of this business and website at the end of this interview.

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Interview with the Salon Owner from Fur Creations Dog Grooming

Groomer Interview

This post continues our series of very interesting interviews with dog groomers working in the field. Fiona, from Fur Creations Dog Grooming, has kindly provided us with her insights into what it is like to work as a professional dog groomer. You can find details of Fiona’s mobile dog grooming salon at the end of this interview.

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