04/24/2026
A few of you may have noticed recently that your appointment times have been running a little longer lately 🫣 Typically, grooms were around 3-4 hours but recently they’ve been closer to 4-5 hours.
Usually around the holidays, I increase my availability to make sure I can accommodate everyone. Well, my clientele has grown astronomically (NOT complaining, so very thankful for all of your trust). Because of that, I’ve continued taking up to 10 appointments in an 8 hour shift. Most power groomers doing that volume have a personal bather and work longer days. While I do have amazing coworkers how help me with bathing when they can, I still handle a lot myself. Doing more grooms a day will never equal less attention or skimping out on quality. I take great pride in my work.
Also, I’ve unfortunately been dealing with a bad flare-up of ankylosing spondylitis (a form of arthritis that affects my spine and hips), some days I move slower and some days bending to work with larger breeds is quite difficult, almost impossible. So that has definitely affected timing some days.
That said, I don’t have a ton of control over how things are booked but I am working on testing out a few different scheduling options over the next few months to work on getting everyone in and out more efficiently. I truly appreciate your patience and understanding while I figure out the best system.
Thank you all so much for trusting me with your dogs and for supporting me, it genuinely means everything. I’m so happy to be able to do what I love & build such amazing relationships with you all and your pups. If you are ever in a time crunch when it comes to your grooming appointment, please let me know at drop off so I can accommodate the best I can! 🖤
