The Grooming Tutor

Being at the highest level of Dog Grooming and having a balanced family life is not easy. It's even more challenging to start a career, get to the top, step away to get married and have children and then get back in the ring and win again. However, that's exactly what Tammy Siert did. It's a wonderful story of passion for Dog Grooming and the perseverance to become great again. Though if you ask us who know her, when was she not great?

Time for Michell to leave the mainland to have a chat with Puerto Rico's best Groomer: Team USA Hall of Famer, Victor Rosado. Maybe you have heard him speak, or used his EDUGROOM educational series, either way if you are into grooming, you are into Victor. His story is inspirational and with more than 100 awards for Sporting, Handstripping, Scissored Breeds and Poodles, his abilities speak for themselves.

If actions speak louder than words, how loud are Gold Medals? Our guest has 3 of them along with 2 Silvers in the last 5 World Team Grooming Championships. Lindsey Dicken joins us to talk about her career path and how she ultimately started on a Vet stage but wound up on the world stage. Her success has come with Bichons and miniature poodles on the table, but really it doesn't matter what you hand her, Lindsey will make it beautiful.

30 years in the Dog Grooming industry has taught Sharon Hall alot, but maybe it's what she has taught Australians that is most important. Sharon and Deb Ryan formed the International Grooming Company back in 2010 and this nationally recognized grooming program and online assessment program changed the game for the Aussies. Now they could all reach their highest levels. A regular on the Australian World Grooming team over the past 10 years, Sharon shares her story of how she has been able to show and title so many different breeds of dogs.

If you have ever desired to be a creative groomer, at some point you must have heard of Lori Craig. Just the name of her Grooming shop alone is enough to help showcase her "mad" skills. She started grooming in 1995 in hopes of following her Grandmother's footsteps, and with 5 Groomer to Groomer covers, multiple Barkleigh honors, including Best All time cover, she has done just that. This proud member of the Wahl team teaches and judges creative styling around the world.

One moment changed Judy Hudson's life. It was when she found out the Groomers where she worked were making more money than the Vets. So she discarded her Vet Tech degree and made it her mission to become one of the best Groomers in the world. With multiple Best in Show and Best All-Around Groomer awards behind her, Judy has staked her claim as someone you need to know. In this episode, you will learn about what really drives her, and by that I mean how she gets around, plus why paying attention to what and who is around you is so important. Without that ability, she might still be a Vet and not a sought after speaker and contest grooming judge.

One might not suspect that Dog Grooming needs laws and regulations, but it does. So who better to lead this group than Teri DiMarino? She may not have known much at the start but quickly adapted as she has done throughout her career. Now, as the current President of the California Professional Pet Groomers Association, Inc. she tells the stories of bills, including SB 969, that would have crippled the grooming industry in California if not for Teri and her team.

Usually when you pick up your dog from the groomer, you expect a nice clean cut. But with the help of Cat Olson, you can get something beyond your wildest dreams. Recently, she took her standard poodle's head and turned it into a spitting image of Big Bird and his butt into Elmo. She might call herself more of a Hair Dresser, but her journey to the top of Dog grooming has been full of TV appearances (including 4 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!) Cat is an exceptional talent, storyteller and avid gameshow participant. Which one was she on? Here's a hint, she had to lie alot...

Anne has been a professional pet stylist since 1995 when she joined the Village Groomer and Pet Supply in Walpole, Mass. Her instructional articles via "The Grooming Table" have led her to be named Journalist of the Year. As a member of GroomTeam USA for 3 years, she now sits on their Board of Directors but that doesn't stop her from sharing her knowledge worldwide as an international educator for the Andis Company. And to think that her career got started only to get her parents off her back!

She is a 3X medalist for GroomTeam USA and one of the most well known and loved Groomers in America, but she didn't start there. Find out how it all began for Pina, what her best memories are from the World Championships, why she loves judging and thinks it's important for every groomer. Plus she does have people who have been influential in her career, who were they and if you stick around you can hear the story about the two of us creating trouble in Barcelona.