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Start Your Own Mobile Pet Grooming Business

Friday, August 3rd, 2012

 

 

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Starting a mobile pet grooming business requires knowledge about grooming pets and operating a business. It would be unwise to spring into this idea without a plan of action. It would end up exploding in your face somewhere along the way.

There are online classes on dog grooming that offer techniques on grooming a pet, as well as, business start up information. Both skills are needed to be successful. If you were to rely solely on your current knowledge of bathing a dog, you will soon meet frustration. The dogs you will encounter each day can be unpredictable and quite nervous. You will need to know how to handle the dogs without anyone getting injured.

Running your own business is not a piece of cake You should start off knowing what the zoning and permit legalities are. If you are a mobile pet groomer, you will need to own a mobile grooming unit, and all the equipment and tools associated with dog grooming. There is a multitude of supplies that should be recorded on your inventory list. Do you know what paperwork to have been on-hand with this type of business? That is another important step to learn. The customers whom you get to want a professional to do business with.

There is a lot of capital invested into advertising at the start of your mobile pet grooming business. Think about the ways you will get the word out about your new business. It helps to visit another dog grooming businesses in the area. Get an idea of what to charge and what type of services to offer. Starting out charging low would be a smart idea.

All in all, the mobile pet grooming business offer’s convenience to people who want their pets groomed. They will be relieved to know that this type of service comes to them. There is no need to make a trip to a grooming salon. It will give them more free time and keep them from doing the actual dirty work. Pet owners usually spoil their animals and want the best for them. When they notice that there is a mobile pet grooming business in the area, the chances of them giving you a call would probably be high.

Heather currently has a website dealing with dog grooming that includes an outline of the career with pros and cons with tips to grow your dog grooming business.

You can visit this website Dog-Grooming-Business.Info to learn how to become a professional dog groomer.

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Pet Training Two dogs at the Same Time

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

 

If you have been trying to train multiple pets at the same time, please make sure that you are not doing it in the wrong manner. I am not talking about the training methods for each command, but the training method for each pet.

Pet training, while not hard by itself, can become quite frustrating to an owner who has multiple pets. Dogs are creatures of habit, and they will tend to do those habits which they consider to be beneficial to them. In the case of a multiple dog household, these dogs will tend to play with each other.

When you have more then one pet, you simply cannot train them together properly when you are A)alone or B) working with them both at the same exact time.

With some commands, such as sit, they may both sit, but they are not being given one person’s full attention. If you must train your pets at the same time, then try to get a training partner that can manage one pet while you work with the other.

In the event you cannot get a partner, then leave one pet in the house or crate them. But be prepared for some possible whining. Two pets that spend all day together might feel some separation anxiety. Get over it, this will pass, and you’re not hurting them. You may even decide to go to a location further away so that your pet cannot hear the whining. You want to cut down on as many distractions as you possibly can. When you have your pet alone, you can work with your pet’s full attention.

Make sure that you spend time with each pet for their own specific training regimen. Let them play as a reward for a training session well done.

By all means play with both your pet at the same time if you want. But you will need to take your pets out by themselves and dedicate time for individual training sessions. You will notice that your pets get better much faster, and with less aggravation. As they get progressively better you will be able to work them at the same time.

 

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