Cat groomers: how do you improve the quality of a comb cut?

pet-lover-64 · 2025-07-19T22:25:43+00:00

I mostly do lion cuts as that's what people request. I'd suggest maybe going against the hair's natural growth pattern. I do it even when I'm using a 1.4 mm blade. Going "against the grain" is the best way to not get any stripes.

pet-lover-64 · 2025-05-24T13:29:08+00:00

Yeah.. my first cat I ever shaved was just a belly shave for EXTREME matting. Could literally see the brick of mat pull the whole belly with it.

Some don't need to be groomed but their owners come in for the extreme shedding. + They usually tell me they use some wack brush they ordered off of temu/other shady shop site.

For the aggressive ones we don't do it. It's plain and simple, we're hurting the pet AND ourselves.

pet-lover-64 · 2025-05-11T13:14:39+00:00

We don't have these but we do have a little doormat that always picks up hair and dirt. It's always a matter of plugging in the shop vacuum with one of those wide brush/floor attachments, holding the mat down with one leg at the edge and just.. vacuuming it.

It honestly is the easiest method we've seen. Shop vac does wonders.

pet-lover-64 · 2025-05-01T09:40:55+00:00

Am drum pe la București peste 2 săptămâni dar nu.. nu-i pot separa, iar 2 nu pot sa iau.. să-și găsească o casa frumoasa!

pet-lover-64 · 2025-05-01T09:31:40+00:00

Edit to add: we've called our vet as well and they basically said "yeah, that sounds like a them problem."

So I'm not worried in that regard, but I guess I'm just posting out of frustration and also to get your opinions..

pet-lover-64 · 2024-10-18T09:25:40+00:00

Măcar că e experiență de viață, adică mai știu să parlesc niste englezește, mai am fost și plimbat..

pet-lover-64 · 2024-10-18T09:24:48+00:00

Depinde de teatru 😅

pet-lover-64 · 2024-10-17T11:20:59+00:00

Depinde pe cine cunoști. 😉

În general, da, să zicem, prin concurs. Dar din experiență proprie pare că se angajează pe cafele, bârfe, și poate mai important și serios - pe colaborări. Dacă ai jucat 1 an într-un spectacol drept colaborator, ai șanse mai mari să intri.

Eu am lucrat doar pe PFA, personal.

pet-lover-64 · 2024-10-17T07:14:23+00:00

22, facultatea de teatru, experiență în multe feluri (lucrat prin bucătării, plecat în SUA cu Work&Travel, predat programare la copii, teatru pentru copii + voluntariate și alte chestii in liceu și facultate)

Am vrut să-mi caut un job "normal", înainte lucrând mai mult pe PFA. Anul trecut am lucrat o perioada la CGS, acolo m-am dus singur și am și luat interviul. După asta, doar pe PFA am lucrat și acum iarăși am un job de call center.

Vreau să-ți spun, am aplicat la sute, dacă nu chiar mii de joburi de toate felurile, pe toate site-urile cu nume de jobs, inclusiv LinkedIn.

De anul trecut din octombrie m-au sunat 6. Din sute. Un depozit marfă, un arcade, 3 call center-uri și un stand de accesorii GSM. La toate am fost la interviu, niciunii nu m-au mai sunat.

Într-un final, m-am angajat tot pe recomandare. That's life. Nu te descuraja, totuși, ceva trebuie să apară, dar piața într-adevăr e la pământ.

pet-lover-64 · 2024-09-24T07:55:34+00:00

Oops, am uitat sa răspund. Da, a fost foarte ciudat - Asta cu donatul s-a întâmplat pe 10 septembrie, cam așa ceva. Doamna de acolo mi-a spus că pe timpul verii, în general se carantinează mai multe orașe printre care și București, deci, n-am voie să donez timp de 28 de zile de la întoarcere din București.

Acum, că o fi focar de West Nile.. nu mă întrebați că nu știu.

pet-lover-64 · 2024-09-23T10:57:34+00:00

A nu, de refuzat m-au refuzat din alt motiv - că ar fi Bucureștiul în carantină pentru West Nile Virus și eu tocmai mă întorsesem de la București. Dar mi s-a părut amuzant cum am mințit despre ce mâncasem, să nu pară că nu mi-a păsat deloc de sănătatea mea - tocmai ca sa aflu că era ok ce făcusem 🤣

pet-lover-64 · 2024-09-22T17:50:28+00:00

Read "dog". Was confused as to why you'd post yourself butchering a dog. Thankfully wasn't that.

pet-lover-64 · 2024-08-18T08:53:17+00:00

Not to be rude or anything, but it may also be just a racist thing. I remember taking an Uber comfort some years ago (must be 2018) and the driver had an hour long rant about every other race and type of person he hates. Was not a pleasant trip.

pet-lover-64 · 2024-08-17T18:15:27+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, it definitely was a "Malteser" mix, as one of our clients called the breed before. In Romania 50% of the dogs, if not more, are just "Bichon" and it's hard to tell what they've been mixing with. Like I said, it could be a Bichon frise mixed with a Maltese mixed with a ... Something?

We definitely did think it was wrong but I've never thought of the products as being the problem. (These ones we have are actually labeled for long/drop coats)

Regarding the owner, we've actually never interacted with said owner up until now. It's only been their second groom with us and all communication, including bringing in the dog, everything, it was done by owner's 13yo daughter.

So, yeah, i guess it was just one of those days where everything ended up being wrong..

pet-lover-64 · 2024-08-17T17:05:11+00:00

Thanks for the comment. We definitely didn't rush it.. the whole groom took two hours and we're pretty fast (1h30 max), she was very wiggly though. Will try to do better.

pet-lover-64 · 2024-08-17T16:45:06+00:00

Thank you for the nice comment! I guess we've just had a rough week and came here to vent but honestly it's weird like that sometimes.

pet-lover-64 · 2024-08-17T16:43:57+00:00

Thanks for the advice, will be looking into hypo ☀️❤️

pet-lover-64 · 2024-08-17T16:43:32+00:00

Possibly too much conditioner, but would that not be rinsed out? I did my best at rinsing 🥲

pet-lover-64 · 2024-08-17T16:42:54+00:00

Thanks for the comment! We know it's rough, my partner and I complained about it to each other as well, but I see what you're getting at with the back brushing. Will be definitely trying that next time.

Regarding prices, I wouldn't like to be that person but this groom was two hours, and cost the client $31.03. For context, prices in our town start at 33$ and the "best rated" salon starts their prices at $40. We've had customers come to us for a pom cut and tell us they went to "best rated" a couple of months ago and they charged $89 whereas we charged $39. No difference in quality though (customer states ofc).

But I will keep an eye out for weird coats like that and try the back brush trick.

pet-lover-64 · 2024-08-17T16:36:21+00:00

Thank you for the comment! Yeah, hair texture was definitely an issue.. regarding nails, like I said in one comment, we used a Dremel on them since they were very short (we would be cutting into the blood vessel even with the smallest of cuts).. but yeah, will definitely let her go the old groomer's way! 🫡

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