Pets Beautiful - dog grooming, dog washing , pet grooming
in Vancouver
5620 Dunbar Street,
Vancouver, B.C.,
V6N
1W5
604-261-5310
WE HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE STREET! To
5620 Dunbar.
Gentle dog grooming for all breeds.
When Pets Beautiful opened
in 1968, Dunbar was still a small community. Over the years the dog grooming
business has grown along with the neighbourhood and its families. "Some
customers have been coming for over 30 years with different family dogs!" says
April Ross, who, after working with the original owner Jeannine, for 28 years,
took over the business when Jennine retired in August 2004.
One of the reasons customers keep returning is the
grooming technique used here. Experience handling and relating to dogs takes
years to learn, and when the groomer is able to produce practical, easy to care
styles while not agitating the pet, the pet becomes more trusting and relaxed.
"I try to leave enough hair for the dog to still have style even if it's quite
matted, and one of my gentle grooming techniques is that I don't use combs on
mats."
It is this perfect combination of being able
to produce savvy styles while maintaining trusting relationships with the dogs
and their owners that makes Pets Beautiful exceptional in what it does.
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Grooming tips by April
Skunk spray removal
If your dog has an
encounter with a skunk , the sooner you clean him the better the results.
Over the years I
have tried many products in the grooming salon.
It’s a good idea to
have on hand a bottle of hydrogen peroxide 3 % available at your local grocer
or pharmacy . Also a box of baking soda. Mix one bottle of peroxide with
¼ cup baking soda. Add a drop of Palmolive dish detergent or shampoo and
stir. Rub this mixture in massaging into the skin . Let stand for 10 minutes
then rinse very well. Best if you have a spray nozzle in a shower or laundry
tub. . To rinse the head tip the head back and rinse back away from the eyes,
down the sides of the cheeks also away from the eyes. Another product that
works well is SOS skunk odour removal shampoo. Also pure Ayre odour remover can
be sprayed on the dog between groomings or after the dog has been out in the
rain. This product is made from food safe products and wont hurt your dog if
ingested.
Skunk odour absorbs
into the pores and when the dog gets wet you can smell a slight odour sometimes
for months later. This is why the sooner after the encounter its dealt with the
better results.
Bathing and brushing tips.
Your dog should
always be brushed before bathing. If theres dead coat sitting and your dog is
washed, the dead coat mats tightly into the coat. Imagine a wool sweater that
has been shrunk . The fibers tighten. The dogs woolly coat gets tighter and the
mats become very hard to brush out.
If you like to keep
your dog in a long coat and scissored..its best to keep it well brushed or
bring more often from a good brushing and bath . once its very long..and very
tangled..then the coat needs to be cut down to be able to demat without hurting
the dog. Usually I can cut down to about half and demat. But if the mats have
been washed tight..then the clipper or scissors cant go through..they have to
go under the matting. |
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