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Hola Amigos! Gringo aqui. So you wan my story, eh? Well, you see, I used to live in Enseņada, Mexico...more
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Glad you asked. "De-shedding" is a term coined right here at Transformation Pet Center to refer to the process of ridding the coat of excess dead hair...more


No, it's not something we do on weekends to earn extra money. It is a very specialized and ancient grooming technique...more


Barbara Bird is an educator as well as a practitioner. She has written and given seminars for pet groomers in the U.S. as well as the U.K. Her topics include: Cat Grooming, Customer Relations, Groomer Survival, Chemistry for Groomers and Home Grooming. Private lessons are available for professionals and pet owners who wish to groom their own.
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Mouse Report (AKA Meece Report) - Mamacita's Version
The Story of El Gringo

Mouse Report (AKA Meece Report) - El Gringo's Version

Hola amigos, estoy Gringo agui. I am here for to tell you my story on dis meece report. Ju know that I have been trying to help mi mamacita Barbara get rid of deese meece para many weeks now. No one else around here even tries, except the Kitty gato in the studio who doesn't like me. I tell you thees other beeg dogs, they don't know what is happening. Sometimes they bark when the meece make noise, but only I, El Gringo, know that it is the dam* meece! Theese stupido big perros think it is a burglar or something.

I try and I try and I try to catch the meece. Every day there are more meece more meece. They are all over mi casa. It ees too mush. They run all ober the place and they make mi casa their toilet. I sometimes see them and always I hear them and smell them. They drive me muy loco I tell you! My poor Mamacita does not know what to do. She buys all these traps that don't work, because she has sush a beeg heart that she cannot kill the meece. She catches a few, si', but there are always more meece. Now the meece we have are muy intelligente. Last month we catch all the stupido ones. She no catch one for maybe two weeks. No bueno por nada! Thees ees no good.

So yesterday morning we get up and I find dis meece in the conversacion peet. What ees a conversacion peet, you ask? Thees peet is a place for the dogs to go and dig up the cushions. It is mucho fun! We do thees when Mamacita ees no home. Beeecause she gets muy angry, but we know she doesn't really mean it....Well, here is dis meece in the pit and I only do what any man would do. I know I look like one big fluff ball, but I am one berry quick Bichon. Muy Rapido! I grab that meece. It must of died of a heart attack when I caught it in my lips, because the next thing I know, the thing is muy muerto, very dead. I bring it up out the peet to show my housemates what a macho bichon I am to kill the pesty meece for my Mamacita. And then, of course, I ate it. EEEwwwwwww you say. Mamacita left the room when I got the big back teeth on the liddle thing.

Get real amigos, it was only a little nibble. When I was on my own in Mexico, I ate meece ten times this beeg. One must not leave body parts around to make a mess, ju know. I was berry clean, no blood, nothing left over for the others to fight about. Just NO MORE MOUSE! One down....

Hasta whenever....
El Gringo del Raton

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Schnauzers were the first breed I learned to groom. They often come in pairs. When they live together, they start to look alike. This is either Heidi or Schatzie Grace in a short pet trim.
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Puppies like little Yeti are given exxxtra special care and a loving beginning to the grooming part of life. Our emphasis is on getting acquainted with the groomer and the procedures. It is really best when puppies come for their first grooming around 12-16 weeks old. This is the best time for all socialization to occur. A special puppy session will last only an hour or two at the most.

For pet owners or professional groomers who wish to advance their skills. Lessons include - Better Bichons, More Style for Terriers, Customizing a mixed breed style, The Miniature Schnauzer examined, Techniques of Hand Stripping. Fees range from $60-100 per session.
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