This week we'll be talking about "Old School" mindsets. Is "old school" thinking making your job harder? Could you be holding on to out dated information without eben knowing it? How can you open yourself to learning new material? 

This week we'll be talking about why some dogs have issues with foot handling and nail care and what we can do to work on it.

The problem may not be the dog. This week we'll talk about the kind of things that we, as groomers, owners, and other pet pros do that can actually teach dogs to hate grooming. 

In the first part, we'll talk about how dog training is so much more than group obedience classes. In the second part we'll  talk about why trainers need to know more about dog grooming and how that serves our shared clientelle. 

In the first part we'll talk about what subthreshold means and why we should care about it. In the second part we'll talk about a pup that I'm working with. 

In the first part we'll talk about how terminology helps us to communicate thoughts, procedures , and ideas so that we can replicate results. In the second part we'll.talk about one particular term that is often misused and confused. 

This week, we'll talk about handling fees. Do handling fees encourage owners to work on their dog's behavior problems? 

In the first part we'll talk about the many reasons that dogs get noisy. In the second part we'll talk about the common things that we say that just add to frustration. 

In the first part we'll talk about dryers and why drying is important and not just a finishing touch like it can be for people. In the second part we"ll talk about how shaving or clipping a dog down is meticulous and tedious work that isn't the best idea for dogs who find grooming difficult.

In the first part we'll talk about all of the things that I think about when I'm working with a dog who is new to me and has a history of "not liking it." In the second part, we'll talk about how the process played out.