studying animal management/what is offered at the groomers

hi again!!!

well the thing is i am at college studying animal management and one of the lectures is cats and dogs!! but the thing is in cats and dogs i have to list all of the diversifications of a grooming and kennels may offer!!

e.g a kennels may also offer obedience classes!!!

but im a bit stuck on the grooming side of things

so if any1 could throw some ideas at me that would be great thanx!!!!

mad lil lady.. not sure what you mean, are you talking about things specifically related to grooming eg:
Ear plucking, nail clipping, shampooing, clipping, hand stripping..or other things ?
If the latter I would look in the yellow pages and see what various places have to offer..

thanx for that

but now what i meant is say for example a grooming parlour that also does treatments or classes such as hydrotheraphy or obedience classes!!!

so like a large business with smaller businesses within!!!

any ideas now?????? ha ha ha ha

its made me have brain ache

Is it sevices provided or products?
Grooming Salons may sell grooming products - brushes, combs grooming sprays etc to encourage owners to groom at home inbetween appointments - its amazing how many owners don't put a comb or brush through their dogs inbetween visits to the parlour!
Or maybe it could be leads and collars etc accessories?

our local groomers have a hydrotherapy pool, chiropracter visits once a month and food suppliers (for foods like red mills and CSJ).
H xx

One of my friends is a groomer, she used to run puppy classes, just basic socialization and beginning obedience, she also had a once a month 'class' where she had a vet or usually a tech come in and do a lecture (with q's & a's) on basic welfare and care of your pet, covered things like dental care, first aid kind of thing and she sold cute 'doggie clothes' (some people like it!!) designer collars and leashes etc.
A friend of hers, also a groomer runs a 'doggy day care' centre, I know of another one that has a dog walking service available.

in other words anchillary (?) services??? they can offer the same as a normal kennels can: e.g. socialising, vets, pick up and drop off (transport to and from grooming).
Where are you studying? as i'm doing the same course at Hadlow college

thanx very much everyone that has really helped and yes it was all helpful!!!!

by the way i have another question but it is a bit more personal!!!!

i have a three year old staffordshire bull terrier, who not long ago started to use the back hall as his tiolet area and it is really making the house smell!!

does anyone have any ideas on how to make him stop???? ive tried leaving him outside all day and even getting up in the night to let him out for half an hour but it will only work for a few days and then he goes back to doing it!!!

i would appreciate any helpful ideas thanks

thanks footybird!!!

what do you mean what am i studying??? i am doing the national diploma in animal management and that was for the cats and dogs criteria!! is that what you were asking???

by the way your dogs are gorgeous!!!!

mad lil lady

where are you studying ?