I had a visit from Max and McKenna for a bath, brush and tidy. What a big job for all of the day! Max is the larger of the two and with a much heavier coat. It took me 4 hours to complete his groom. He is a big strong boy and somewhat resistant. Luckily McKenna is way smaller with a less thick coat. Her groom only took 3 hours to complete. They are hugely high maintenance dogs but turned out beautifully in the end.

Today I had a visit from Kali...she is a Finnish Bear Dog. Never heard of that before. It is actually a Karelian Bear Dog. She is black and white...about the size of a border collie...with a long curled up tail and lush beautiful hair of a medium length. Very lovely dog...but alas my camera was not in the shop.

Amos and Andy... black toy poodles came in for their usual #5 allover trim. They are delightful little guys...always cooperative and quite easy to do. I also had my 2 daycare Cavaliers in my company for the day. I claimed the gate as mine and the result was a more enjoyable time. They for the most part stayed away from it and had time to enjoy the rest of the yard. What fun!

Today I had a visit from Reagan...a 3 year old Rough Coat Collie. It took 4 1/2 hours to complete her bath and tidy. She had scads of undercoat to come out and lots of mats to demat. She look great once done so very satisfying to work on.

It has been a busy few days. These two are Butch and Maddy...first time here. Maddy is a ShihTzu with a very pretty face. Her groom was a 5/8 all with a light tidy on her ears and tail. Butch is a Shih Tzu X that was also a 5/8 all with a light tidy on ears and tail. His visor should have been a tad longer but I trimmed it while it was damp and it sproinged up to much...oh well.

Also in this week was Pebbles, Black Jack and Angel, Bella and Rufus but no photos this time round.

I've had a busy few days. Simba a black and white, one eyed, ShihTzu male with lots of mats came in for a grooming. I used a #5 blade all over to trim him to a comfortable summer length. He was a good little guy to work with.

Missy came for a repeat groom. She is a Yorkie and I give her a modified Schnauser trim using a #10 body and #5 leg and fringe. Her owner was very pleased with that last time and wanted to continue with it. No time for a photo this time...mom was waiting in the driveway already when I finished the groom!

Two Cavaliers, Julia and Olivia, came to visit for daycare and a bath and tidy. I did not remember to take after photos but did get the befores. They both had an over all light tidy to get rid of their bunny feet and wild fringes. They will be back again for daycare so maybe I'll remember the after shots them. They are our first daycare dogs and a great deal of the time was spent getting them used to the yard and our own dogs. It was really cool to have both of our standard poodles stretched out and relaxed on the floor of the shop along with the little Cavys...every one just getting used to each other.