The Writing Groomer

When I was a kid, I COULDN'T WAIT to grow up. I hated being a kid. Didn't have many friends until high school - and let's face i...

This year, I participated in NaNoWriMo for the first time. NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to start writing...

When I was a new groomer, I HATED grooming difficult dogs. The wiggling frustrated me, the biting scared me, and I didn't yet have the t...

In my opinion, groomers should not approach grooming senior dogs the same way that they approach grooming younger dogs. Senior dogs need sp...

Well, Hello again! It's been more than 2 years since my last blog post. A variety of factors have kept me away, but a renewed sense o...

"Don't cry, don't cry," she said, "I can't help you  when you cry. Don't cry, don't cry, we...

Okay, sorry it's been a few days, but I'm finally ready to give you Part 2 of Groomfest, which I attended last weekend. If you have...

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend my first trade show, GroomFest. I had a lot of fun, I learned a lot, and I wanted to s...

CAUTION: Extremely Long! I had such a strange evening tonight, and I am so full of thoughts and emotions that I can't quite sort them...

40 minutes ago, I got out of a massage and was so compelled to write a blog post that I could hardly focus on anything else. I finally got h...