how many do you clip in a day!

Wow Emmalovesbeth, you work long hours.

I'm starting to work long hours as my business is getting busier, but I still have my other two casual salon jobs. It's getting to that stage where I might be able to drop a day and some hours and make more appointment slots for me, woo

So i'm working 9 til 3 or 4, then going home and working until perhaps 7 or 8. Very tiring, but kinda fun. I think I would like to start work earlier and end earlier though, once I am fully working just my business.

yeah emmalovesbeth, you do extremly long hours.. would you be able to condense the booking times a bit more to reduce the hours you need to be there. i thought i was a work for eva you need to put your bed in the salon lol im sure your customers would be ok with the change of hours and you would have some well earnt down time..

I've been watching your progress emmalovesbeth over the time you've been on the forum, with interest and I must say that you are an inspiration. I've been grooming for 3 years now and I don't have the speeds you have. Your dedication to your grooming is wonderful. You have certainly overtaken me in terms of your speed and ability.

Yep it is true Our little Emma is all growed up now lol and her determination and perseverence is very inspirational
It has been a pleasure to watch you blossom and grow Emma!!!

It has been a pleasure to watch you blossom and grow Emma!!!

I couldn't believe the grooming you were doing with kitchen scissors. Remember the blue plastic handle ones... . Ohh yes.....

Can I maybe give you some more sound advise Emma.

With your dedication and skill you will always be busy ................SLOW DOWN. Just a weeeee bit. I know you've got more energy than most of us but always remember those good habits from the start as your in for the long haul now.....

Well I am feeling very slack, I usually do 4 or 5 dogs a day, and it takes me all day to do them, I dont want to do any more dogs, but if I could get them done quicker, then I would only have to work half days!!

So how do you peeps, bath fluff, clip, scissor, answer the phone, talk to clients, and do 8+ dogs a day?

I do like you. I am too anal....

At the moment with my hours cut at my regular job i'd be happy to have 3-4 dogs a day on my free days lol.... Other than the obvious of money why would you want to be rushing doing so many per day? Just my opinion but this could lead to burnout really quickly. I would rather do less really well and to be able to connect with the doggies as they pick up on that busy energy (again just my opinion)

Jackie wrote:Well I am feeling very slack, I usually do 4 or 5 dogs a day, and it takes me all day to do them, I dont want to do any more dogs, but if I could get them done quicker, then I would only have to work half days!!

So how do you peeps, bath fluff, clip, scissor, answer the phone, talk to clients, and do 8+ dogs a day?

i think we must go like a dog shot up the ass lol sorry sick humour.
it is all about time management and speed with quality haircuts as you go and learning to do the same haircut but with shorter methods. short cuts which give you the same results but just quicker.. quality is still better than quantity.
Have a set routine with haircuts ie, after the fluff dry do all your short work then snapon comb work then scissor to finish.
hopefully that speeds you up rather than going back to different parts of the doggie all the time, make every cut count so you dont have to go back and fix it.. that is just my thoughts on the speed thing

there is a saying. "Art is knowing when to stop"
i say this to my girls all the time, if you keep fiddling and fiddling you are waisting time and really will end up stuffing your haircut cause you will wreck the end result by going too far.

I agree with bourkejm, once you get into a routine and learn when to
stop things do speed up. Its hard for me to say how many I do in a day
being mobile it varies depending on how far I have to travel in between
clients.

On average a bath and clip takes approx 45min, that's for a style cut
using a snap on comb and scissored to finish, providing the dog is in
reasonable condition and does not require to much de-knotting.
A bath and clip with a 7 blade takes approx 30min. matted dogs take anywhere from 30-60min.

I average about 6 small dog clips and 2 large dog baths per day, If i wasn't traveling I could do more. I start at 9am and finish at 6pm and have to allow 15-30min travel time per client

I still make sure all dogs receive lots of cuddles and positive attention.


I have a routine and I stick to it. Have found drying spray helps with cutting down drying time too.

My routine-
1-Dog arrives,
2-I clip under eyes, groin and bottom, trim nails and pluck/wipe out ears,
3-bath and blow dry.
4- Brush and comb out.
5-Clip
6-scissor
7-cologne to finish

HAHA i cant slow down i am terrible i hate being bored and sitting with nothing to do even in my breaks i am washing towels, bathing my dogs or cleaning out other cages,

I will normally take Sunday off, and as my partner works away in the mines when he gets home we ofter take a night away somewhere.

LOL i remember those sissors and how shocked you all got was very funny.. Times have defiantly changed i have just gone and purchased a $600 pair of shears that i am THRILLED with work like a charm LOL and sent my 3 shears that the wonderful fourm people got me off for their first sharpen and repair!
Also started saving cash as in a few years i want to study in the USA for several months!

I feel i need to work and get my experience up now so when i finally have a family and settle down i can take my hours down, and reduce the load with no worries! PLUS i love it! on my days off i find things to groom Like beth or my piggies LOL, It also seems early morning and late evening are prime hours where i live, i fill the times between 8-10am and 5-7pm very fast in advance!


I have to say with out this forum i doubt i would have come this far, the encouragment and support i received here and continue to recieve is what keeps me striving to get better

we are deff from the same generation Emma.
I get bored too. I like to be on the go. At home I am constantly cleaning or tidying up, washing towels, grooming my own dogs etc etc.


This forum has been great for me too, there is no way i would have my business without this forum and you Emma. You showed me that even though we are young we can do whatever we put our minds too. Thanks guys

Good on ya girls, be glad you have found your passion so early!!! I really wish I discovered grooming right from the beginning of my working life, but I guess vet nursing wasn't such a bad start.

Go for it.... Really well done Emma..

It is inspiring reading all this!

I think I agree... I like being busy.. but I don't handle it all the time. Sometimes when I'm down to one dog left I just feel so relieved.

I just had my busiest week actually, had 13 dogs booked in (all out of working hours and on my day off and weekend) so I have been grooming all day at work and then coming home to groom at my salon.

I filled every appointment slot I had, if it keeps going like that I will be able to cut my days/hours at my other jobs.

I think I'd like to start earlier, I always wake up early and my partner goes off to work well before I have to. When I get busier I may start at 8 instead of 9 and see how that goes.

Good on you indeed - at 58 I don't have your energy level but I still like to keep on the move - just not as quickly . Well done for being so hard working and so enterprising. You will prosper. Just make sure you have insurance in case of accident or illness - it's well worth it.

Yes, you guys are all going from stength to strength. In this industry there are plenty to go around, particularly in the summer months. I'm sure the quality of grooms from forum members, particularly with all the info re techniques and equipment , is great and that stands us in good stead. I just received a few new bookings ( although I iddnt really need them , but they were referrals from clients ) and it appears a local grooming salon has dropped drastically in standards and the owners are not happy and looking elsewhere. Guess I will be working a little longer days too but as I only usually do 3 days, a few extra wont make a lot of diffence. I'm with you Merryl....at 61 ....I like to persue other interests too....Grand daughter just arrived so I'll be extra busy on days off!!!! She is a real little beauty....Lucy Anne, a brother for Sam ( 17 months old)

P.S. Emma, what brand and size are your new scissors????

I'm working alone too at the moment. I normally take only 1/2 an hour to 1.15hr to do a complete groom on a dog. But I'm very fussy on the finish!

animalia wrote:As I am a newer groomer I still have a bit to go before I can groom 9 dogs in a day properly. I have worked with other groomers that could groom 11 plus dogs in a day including styled grooms aswell, (with a bather)

That's similar to my situation! I would like to groom/clip approx 7 or 8 dogs/day and or unless bathing dogs too!