I live in Montana. Where I live our grooming options are PetSmart, PetCo and a handful of private groomers that are all so busy that they aren’t taking new clients. They also don’t keep wait lists.
I take my yorkipoo to a corporate groomer because I couldn’t get in anywhere else when I got her and I wanted to establish good habits early. She is groomed every 6 weeks. She has never had a mat, she gets brushed twice daily and I’m told she’s very well behaved. I’m always 10 min early and don’t miss or reschedule appointments.
For personal reasons I’d rather my money go to a small local shop than a huge corporation, but I’m not sure how to go about doing that when the privately owned people are so busy that they don’t call back. 3 even have signs on the window saying “not taking new clients.”
What’s the best way to recruit a groomer? Should I send a letter with receipts showing I show up regularly? Should I offer to pay for a year of grooms up front? Or should I just let this one go? I don’t have any friends with dogs that get groomed so I can’t ask for a good reference anywhere. I also don’t want to be pushy. The store I take her to does do a good job. Is this a hill worth dying on?
I take my yorkipoo to a corporate groomer because I couldn’t get in anywhere else when I got her and I wanted to establish good habits early. She is groomed every 6 weeks. She has never had a mat, she gets brushed twice daily and I’m told she’s very well behaved. I’m always 10 min early and don’t miss or reschedule appointments.
For personal reasons I’d rather my money go to a small local shop than a huge corporation, but I’m not sure how to go about doing that when the privately owned people are so busy that they don’t call back. 3 even have signs on the window saying “not taking new clients.”
What’s the best way to recruit a groomer? Should I send a letter with receipts showing I show up regularly? Should I offer to pay for a year of grooms up front? Or should I just let this one go? I don’t have any friends with dogs that get groomed so I can’t ask for a good reference anywhere. I also don’t want to be pushy. The store I take her to does do a good job. Is this a hill worth dying on?