G'day and welcome to Australian Pet Groomer

Welcome to you. Are you a dude or a dudette? Do you work from home or do you work in a shop? What are your favourite dogs to do? Oops, sounding like the 3rd degree. Really, just welcome, and look forward to hearing from you often

Dude is a Dude (Male)

I own a mobile dog washing/grooming franchise that covers the Gippsland area of Victoria. I have three dogs of my own. "Miss Kelly" 5yo Golden retriever, "Oscar" 3yo Maltese X Chiqwauwa (how to do you spell that and "Gracie" a 1 1/2 yo Kelpie x Lab). Two of them come with me to work every day. Gracie and Oscar come with me to work, mainly to help calm the other dogs down, they see Oscar and Gracie sitting calmly there- so they tend to calm down

I am originally from NZ and come from a farming background- so i have ALWAYS been around dogs. They are my passion, and i love transforming them from hairy yetis into something better!.

The worst part of my job is coming across people that dont look after their dogs and get me to clean their dogs up prior to taking them to the vet as they are too embaressed to take them as they are. The worst ones i dob into the RSPCA, the others i charge them a fortune. Thankfully the majority of my clients are dog lovers and their dogs are like a part of their family- as a re mine.

Welcome to a fellow Victorian, at the moment I'm the only Vic on the board. Are you near Raymond Island they are desparate for a dog groomer over there?

Hey dude, welcome from another dude too. I'm Anthony from Sydney

Chihuahua!!!!!

Thank you for your welcomes!

No unfortunately i am not near Raymond Island (its probably about 2 hours away from me).

Whats the best advise you would give to someone entering the grooming business? What would you wish someone had of told you before you got into dog grooming?

Chihuahua!!!! now i know!!!! Thank you

I'm so glad I found you all...been hoping for an Aussie site for a long time...this is awsome!!!!

My name is Karen and I am a mobile groomer of 7 years, covering the outer northern suburbs and a few rural areas of Melbourne Vic. I love grooming, love to learn as much as I can and am always willing to help and offer my experience to anyone who asks. I also talk too much!!

did I tell you I'm excited about this forum!!!!

cheers Karen

goodness ,we have more new members to welcome. Thankyou everyone for joining up. Its still early days,but 'from little things,big things grow' ........

I am thrilled to be able to connect Aussie groomers together for learning and sharing.

Tammy x

Yay more new members, welcome everyone. Goody more brains to pick..... You all have more experience than me so you will be very helpful.

Welcome again to all our new members. I look forward to hearing from you all and also learning a few things too

Hi all, I have been grooming for 20+ years in Western Australia, I breed & Show Saint Bernards, have bred and shown Toy Poodles, and am a judge of the Utility breeds. Started grooming when my daughters were toddlers as extra income working at home, also worked in a couple of grooming salons before setting up a mobile grooming service in Perth for 10 years before doing the "tree change" thing to semi-retire 7 years ago famous last words!! now own and run another mobile grooming service in the country servicing local towns in a radius of 150km+, and offering a complete pet care service. I love it!
Glad someone has set this up, and looking forward to chatting grooming with you.

Welcome aboard Susanne. Love the lap dog in your avatar Look forward to talking to you too. 20+ years hey... now that's a brain to pick

Hi Susanne, welcome to the board. Love your avator, lets have a bigger picture of your dog, he/she looks great. Twenty years grooming, plenty of experience, so welcome to the board, I am sure someone will be picking your brains soon!!!!

hi guys my names amy and ive been grooming for about 5 years now!! im from hurstbridge which is in the north east suburbs of victoria!! love the idea of this site hope it really takes off!!!!

welcome Amy