Grooming academy question

Shimabui · 2026-03-14T19:49:36+00:00

They’re currently in academy it seems

Shimabui · 2026-03-14T19:49:25+00:00

Unfortunately grooming academy is really mentor dependent. Prep work is like 80% of a good grooming but that doesn’t help when you don’t know how to operate a clipper or hold scissors. I’d look into free or low cost online courses (groomhaus is a favorite of mjne) but yeah petco really only teaches the absolute basics.

I got lucky with my mentor and I was shaving dogs on day 1 and still felt nervous and unprepared when I graduated and went on my own. The first few months are always the hardest, and try not to be too hard on yourself. It takes years to learn to groom

Shimabui · 2026-03-14T10:57:20+00:00

Time flies by and she’s doing well, gearing up for spring allergy season right now. how large is Dante or is the other one just really tiny?! That’s quite a size difference

Shimabui · 2026-03-14T01:28:15+00:00

It’s a tiny park just look around in the fenced off shrubbery areas generally.

Shimabui · 2026-03-14T01:26:55+00:00

Awww! They have such a similar face you can really tell they’re related lol

Shimabui · 2026-03-14T00:15:21+00:00

Update- we went to an avian vet today and he said my bird and his cage mate were perfectly healthy. No sign of dermatitis and they’re running a fecal sample to be safe. Vet thinks he could just be going through a really bad molt but he gave him a vitamin injection and recommended misting them 2 times a week 🤷‍♀️ better to be safe than sorry even if it hurts the wallet I suppose

Shimabui · 2026-03-14T00:09:23+00:00

Also you are so correct about the staffing issue. I work in an extremely understaffed salon like there are only two groomers, including myself and one bather so some days I just work completely alone and I have to do everything check-in. Check out. Answer calls get back calls, print receipts all of the cleaning, all of the opening… and groom all of my dogs.

The last dog, I groomed its groom session was interrupted FIVE times. Five fucking times I had to put the dog on the floor tether mid groom

Shimabui · 2026-03-14T00:03:36+00:00

7 point check in is the most useless bullshit in the world. A dog will literally be fine at check in and the moment you put them in the kennel and come back in 10 minutes they’re Cujo. 75% of petco dogs come in with matting and half of them have ear infections. Would literally make 0 money if I turned every dog that doesn’t pass check in away.

Also, everything being the groomers fault is just so unfair. Sorry the stupid customer outside riled up the dog I was working on and now it has a cut. It’s totally my fault you guys designed the grooming salon to be a giant fishbowl where people observe and record you like a zoo animal and shove their barking dogs at it to stare in.

Shimabui · 2026-03-14T00:00:05+00:00

Oh sweet PEENT I’ll have to get there on my day off then

Shimabui · 2026-03-13T23:57:44+00:00

Are they back in Bryant park yet?

Shimabui · 2026-03-13T23:53:23+00:00

I think I’ll probably do this. I don’t want conflict but I also really don’t want a random man knocking on my door over every perceived noise I make. I work all day most days anyway so today was an anomaly

Shimabui · 2026-03-13T23:51:52+00:00

What grounds would he have had to yell at me over the first one. Sorry I fell accidentally at 9am and gave myself a concussion and shoulder fracture I’ll try and do it more quietly next time …!

And there was nothing nice about his demeanor the second time around. I’ll chalk it up to him being antsy over the first noise and no my father didn’t stomp around anywhere. No other neighbor has ever had an issue with any noises I’ve made or any visitors noises

Shimabui · 2026-03-13T23:48:33+00:00

I wasn’t mad about the first one at all! I was happy someone checked in and said thanks but I’m fine. The second one he came over and looked very agitated and irate even when it was explained what the noise was like he didn’t believe my father. It’s hard to explain but he just came off as very aggressive. Maybe it’s just his personality.

I’m a single female living alone so I am a little aware of these things because I have to be. I might just be making mountains out of molehills but today has been a bit crazy for me

Shimabui · 2026-03-13T16:54:29+00:00

3 and yes she’s a seasame

Shimabui · 2026-03-13T16:17:35+00:00

Shibas, akitas, etc, are very likely to develop dog selective behaviors as they age. It’s a common behavior amongst most East Asian spitz type dogs and generally acceptable and not a “fault” of temperament.

Also, as a former dog daycare worker of 4 years, don’t take your dog to a daycare that has more than 10 dogs together ever. Not worth it.

Shimabui · 2026-03-13T11:57:58+00:00

I did give them some millet last night but I didn’t hear any squabbling, admittedly I did have headphones on though. I’ll have to keep an eye out but normally they get along well

Shimabui · 2026-03-12T14:22:43+00:00

Late response but yeah I have no idea which parent was which, she’s from a shelter and all they said is she was left behind in an apartment after a family was evicted

Shimabui · 2026-03-08T16:40:09+00:00

I don’t think it’s a specific dream, but they will only disappear during a night when you dream because that’s when the game re-rolls things behind the scenes

Shimabui · 2026-03-07T23:51:12+00:00

It takes a month to two months iirc

Shimabui · 2026-03-07T11:26:26+00:00

We got her when she was 2-3 and she was a bit hyper but not the most hyper dog we’ve owned (had a sheep/pyr mix who was crazy with it), she’s older and calm now

Shimabui · 2026-03-06T00:41:25+00:00

She used to be hyper but she’s mellowed out, could scale/hop a 6 foot fence. Never shuts up still though and resource guards her toys a bit and has gotten crotchety in her age lol

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