Peace Of Tail Grooming Room

09/29/2026

09/28/2026

The FREE emergency skunk kits outside are temporarily all gone after a busy run of skunk mishaps! 🦨
More available tomorrow.

08/29/2026

THIS. 👏🐾

I’m so excited to see Endless Pawssibilities offering this.

One of the things I wish more dog owners knew is that grooming is a skill dogs can learn.

Having their paws held, nails trimmed, face touched, ears handled, body positioned, clippers around them… these are BIG asks when a dog hasn’t learned what to expect or that they’re safe while it’s happening.

And the more comfortable your dog becomes with being handled, the better the experience can be for everyone, your dog, their groomer, their vet, and YOU at home.

I love seeing opportunities like this that help our dogs learn what we’re asking of them, while teaching us how to work WITH them. 🤍

Grooming doesn’t have to be something we simply get through.

They can learn how to do it WITH us.

Cooperative care for the win. 🐾

mel ✌🏼
Peace Of Tail Grooming Room

Does your dog suddenly forget how to function when the nail clippers come out? 😅

Maybe they pull their paws away, fight brushing, hate having their ears touched, wiggle nonstop on the grooming table, or become stressed the second the vet starts handling them.

For a lot of dogs, these things don’t just get easier with time. They need to actually be taught how to feel comfortable with being handled.

That’s exactly what we’ll be working on in our Cooperative Care Foundations class. 🐾

We’ll build skills that can help with:
• Nail trims
• Brushing and grooming
• Paw, ear, face, and body handling
• Vet exams
• Wearing and removing equipment
• Being positioned or gently restrained for care
• Learning to stay calm and participate instead of struggling through it

The goal isn’t just to get the job done, it’s to help your dog understand what’s happening and feel safer during everyday care.

If you’ve ever thought, “My dog HATES having that done,” this class may be exactly what you need.

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08/20/2026

𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 🐾

Charlie here chose violence today.

Charlie is VERY particular about having his front legs and paws touched.

First, he showed me his teeth.
Then he attempted to land said teeth on my hand.

As the photo clearly demonstrates, Charlie shows no remorse. 😂

What I 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 have captured on video was what happened next.
But I was a little busy learning Charlie’s language.
We’re still dating, after all.
He’s only been faithful to one groomer so far. 😂

Instead of growling at him…
I growled at the brush.
I firmly told the brush, “NO. Be nice to Charlie.”

And wouldn’t you know it…

Charlie let me hold his leg and paw and brush him.
So I praised Charlie.
And the brush, obviously. 😂

We repeated the same little performance with the scissors.
So now I’m talking to dogs and my grooming tools on the regular 🤷🏻‍♀️

Nails were another story.

Even with some extra support, we got down to ONE paw left when Charlie made it pretty clear he’d had enough.
So we listened.

Charlie isn’t an aggressive dog.
He was afraid. Petrified even.
And there’s a difference.

I didn’t “fix” Charlie.
I met him in between.

In between 𝙉𝙊 and 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺， 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘺.
In between fear and trust.
In between what needed to be done and what needed to be respected.

That’s where peace is sometimes found.
Not in getting past the boundary…
recognizing it, working with it, and knowing when enough is enough.

Be like Charlie.

Know your boundaries.
Communicate them clearly.
And once you’ve been heard…
maybe don’t bite the person trying to help you. 😂

Peace out ✌🏼
mel xo