4th Week at Purdey Pups

Week 4 of the course, and I am still getting so much out of it. All of the dogs I have groomed have been so good with me, I feel very privileged to have been with them. Today I groomed the most beautiful Schnauzer called Alfie. A real sweetie and a very good dog. His fur was all fluffy, he looked more like a bunny rabbit! I am reinstalling my confidence with all dogs. They can feel if you are tense or anxious. You are a good actor for them not to detect any feelings of angst. Miranda is an excellent teacher and very patient. She knows all the good tips and ways round any problems you come against

I gave Ted a spruce up last week as his back legs were looking abit too fluffy. After another bath, he let me clip his back legs again and now he looks all in proportion. Its very pleasing to get compliments that he is looking well groomed. I have made a rod for my own back as he is my walking advertisement for Posh Pooches. Ted will be a very well groomed dog for now on!!!

Other than grooming, the parlour is just about there now. My good mate Dave installed a telephone line in the parlour for the intercom system between the front door and the parlour. This is for customers contacting Posh Pooches from the front door. There are still a few hiccups with this service but hopefully they can be ironed out in the next couple of days. Also I have now a new mobile as I have changed from being an Orange customer to Vodaphone and the telephone number transferred. Just waiting for the sim to be reactivated and then the telephone number should work ok. Its been a bit of a testing time, waiting for all of these things to be done, but once we are there, hopefully it will all be worth the wait.

Grooming a Retriever tomorrow which I am looking forward to. Seeing all the different dogs is just brilliant. I just love it!!! Plain and simple, that's me.

Lakeside

Had a great day at the Lakeside Doggy Fun day on Saturday. How many dogs?! It was brilliant to see all of the different breeds - from Chihuahuas to Newfoundlands. We looked round all the stores and I was tempted to buy Ted a new collar - perhaps save it for Christmas time. Also I had a blitz on sticking my Posh Pooches leaflet on car windscreens!

Purdey Pups

Hi everyone
Looking forward to tomorrow though when I see Miranda at Purdey Pups for my refresher course. This has been a long time in waiting and now it is here, I cannot believe the time has finally come. All I need to provide is myself! And myself is going to be saturated with dog grooming. Sounds good to me.

I have just ordered myself a larger grooming table. The table I have is just about the perfect size for Ted, our welsh terrier. However I do need to cater for larger dogs and would really struggle if I had a newfoundland for one of my doggies to groom! I have to wait 4 weeks for delivery, so by the time that comes, it will nearly be time for the parlour to open officially!

Can't wait for tomorrow to come. Must now pack some sandwiches for tomorrow and take our Ted out for a walk. We got soaked this morning but its now cleared up a bit and even have some sunshine for company.

Have a good week and write next week all about the course and how that is going! Bye for now.

Kate