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— Flamingo Sunset — by Dawn Omboy

To Clip or Not to Clip

The Making of “Flamingo Sunset”

Rags to Riches 4 Contest Winners

Buying Businesses with Zero Down

Discussion: Canine Hair Growth

Tail Styles: Flag, Westie, Rat & Poodle

Sunshine State Gets Creative

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F E A T U R E S T O R Y

Sunshine State

Gets Creative!Gets Creative!Gets Creative! Creative Grooming Returns to Florida July 1, 2012

Since 1971 artificial coloring of animals

has been illegal in the Florida state. The

law was initially put in place to protect

chicks and small animals from becoming

impulse buys for children, especially at

Easter time. In the end, the law

blanketed all animals making it illegal for

anyone to color dogs.

A few years ago the annual NDGAA Fun

in the Sun Competition held a creative

competition. This was about the time I

was really getting into creative styling. I

was fortunate to have competed with

Pearl in the very last creative competition

held in the state of Florida, around 1995.

I went away with a first place win under

Judge Michael Lamb, but we all lost

something else that day.

At the end of the competition I was

confronted by local animal control

officers aiming to give me a citation for

coloring a dog in Florida. They were not

nice to those of us who competed, nor to

the show producers for allowing such a

competition to take place where a law

was in place forbidding the coloring of

any animals. I thought to myself, “What is

wrong with these people? Do they not

realize one of the greatest Creative

Divas of all time, Donna Holtzer, lives in

this state?”

I took my dog and tucked my colorful tail

(so to speak) and left the state never to

return since there would never be

another creative styling competition in

Florida.

On October 17, 2007, Gregg Docktor of

the Merryfield School of Pet Grooming in

Fort Lauderdale, FL got the ball rolling to

reform the law preventing creative styling

by pet groomers. He sent a letter to the

governor explaining how this 45 year old

law was outdated and unfair (see letter

on next page).

He explained how the law did not allow

the groomers of Florida to compete in

creative styling competitions, let alone

practice creative styling in the state. It

also prevented creative styling instruction

in professional grooming schools.

To make a long story short, his

persistence helped get the law stricken.

The good news is that on July 1, 2012

groomers in Florida will be free join the

rest of the creative styling community in

a celebration of color! In honor of this

milestone I have decided to sculpt a

Flamingo Sunset into the coat of Birdie

Jade my 4 year old Standard Poodle

(see eGroomer cover photo).

In this article I am going to share with

you the steps I took to do this creative

style and the products I used.

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Certified Master Groomer Dawn Omboy, also known to the grooming industry as “The Queen of Color,” is the author of

Creative Canine Color & Design and Touch of Color instructional DVD’s for Creative Styling. A retired top creative

styling champion, Dawn is an international judge and industry speaker she is also a member of the International Judges

Association. She has been seen several times on the cover of Groomer to Groomer and writes regularly for the

magazine. Dawn is also a two-time nominee for the Cardinal Crystal Achievement Award for Congeniality. She has

appeared on the Today Show, a German documentary and Animal Planet judging a competition. Her passion for

creative styling keeps her busy exploring new products and techniques which she freely shares with fellow groomers

around the globe. The motto for the Queen of Color: making the world more colorful, one dog at a time.


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Birdie Jade has a lot of coat. I am a

“Fluff-a-holic” and the more coat

you have the harder it is to cut in a

design. The dog is always moving

and so is the pattern. Therefore a

shorter coat will be easier to style

and will hold shapes longer. But

that’s just not me. I began by

drawing the pattern in the coat with

the tip of my scissors before

cutting it in. I used a flamingo I

found at Party City as my guide.

See Figure 1 (right)

Next using a small curved

shear I cut in the flamingo

outline combing out the

excess hair so I wouldn’t

lose my line placement.

See Figure 2 (left)




I like quick results. I used

Magic Color by Pet Society

diluted in a spritzer bottle to

color the bird. Spritz and

brush while drying with a

hand held or stand dryer..

See Figure 3 (above)

It takes time to get a dog

ready when working full time.

Work in stages to give the

dog plenty of time off too.

While I groom my assistant

Brandi will bathe and dry

Birdie Jade for me. Then I

can work a bit at a time.

See Figure 4 (below)



I want to have a pretty profile instead of an extreme groom. I sprayed up her

head keeping in mind what I had learned from the Sasha Riess Passionate

Poodle Course. I put her in a pretty balanced trim. Then to get a good visual

I added colored switches to create flowers.

See Figure 5 (top left)

To make sure I liked this look I printed black & white photos of the groom.

See Figure 6 (lower left)

I then used colored chalk to draw out the design before coloring.

See Figure 7 (below)



To create the palm tree tail I banded her tail then used sienna artist chalk for

the trunk. The leaves were done with green blo-pen. I then sprayed with lots of

hairspray and shaped the palm leaves with my hands. The tufts of hair that

would become the purple flowers were banded at the base to help them stand

off the coat after they were sprayed and shaped anything that needed further

shaping was done with scissors.





The color of the purple flowers was done with Avatar weeks earlier and

freshened with purple glitter over the hairspray. The green stems of the

flowers were created by adding the artist chalk dry to the hair. The wing of the

flamingo was sprayed up, and then detailed with darker pink. The bird was

outlined with black chalk to make it pop. The sun was colored with Magic color

Yellow applied the similar to the flamingo. The fiery Sunset was a combination

of red, yellow and orange blo-pens with orange glitter to light it up. Pink nails

finish the style compliments of Warren London.




Birdie Jade fits right in the flock of flamingos in our yard,

The only thing I see this needs is a winning Florida lottery ticket. But truly I

think all Florida just won the Creative Lottery!

Because I won the last Creative competition in Florida I hope to be able to

judge the first and continue to teach and inspire many groomers for years to

come.

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A flag tail is seen on many breeds including Golden Retriever, Setters, Pomeranian, Sheltie and Shih Tzu. The flag tail style is easy to achieve in just a few steps. First, hold the entire tail in your hand and trim the excess coat off the tip of the tail (Photo 1). Hold the tail out and trim the rest of the tail in a flag shape (Photo 2). Hold the tail up. Use thinning shears and neaten the base of the tail (Photo 3). The flag tail may be left at any desired length based on the client requests. The length is determined by where the first cut is made at the tip. A flag tail should never be longer than the hock for a point of reference.

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The West Highland White Terrier should have a carrot shaped tail. When the Westie is groomed for show they are hand stripped. Their body coat should be about two inches in length with long leg furnishings. The length of coat on their tail should balance with the body coat yet shaped like a carrot. You will notice the tail of a show dog is much longer than when groomed for pet trims for that reason. For pet trims a #4F, #5F or a #2 snap on comb is recommended to set the body pattern. The tail should be set to the same general length as the body (Photo 1). Trim the coat at the tip of the tail as close to the tip as possible. Comb out the coat and use thinning shears to shape the tail like a carrot (Photo 2). The coat on the top and sides of the tail should be slightly longer than the underside of the tail. Trim the underside of the tail tight (Photo 3). The rectum area should be clipped clean and tidy using a #10 blade. The finished tail should be shaped nicely and balance with the body coat (Photo 4).

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The Rat Tail by Jodi Murphy

The Bedlington Terrier and Irish Water Spaniel have rat tails. It has become trendy to put Poodles in Bedlington trims in the grooming competition ring. When executing a rat tail a #10, #15 or #40 blade may be used based on the sensitivity of the dogs skin. Clip 2/3 of the top of the tail from the tip towards the base either against the grain or with the grain (Photo 1). Clip the complete underside of the tail in the same manner from the tip to the rectum (Photo 2). The top of the tail from the base to the clippered area should be scissored in a "V" shape (Photo 3). Scissor the coat into the clippered areas until it is well-blended (Photo 4).

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The Poodle Tail by Jodi Murphy

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The poodle tail can be done in three easy steps. When held up, the tail should be no longer than the top of the poodle's skull. Once you determine where that is, comb all the coat down to the tip of the tail and trim off the excess coat (Photo 1). Holding the tip of the tail up comb all the coat down to the base of the tail. Using curved shears trim the coat around the bottom of the tail at your clipper line. When holding the tail down over the rectum the clipper work should come to the bottom of the rectum (Photo 2). Once those two cuts are made the majority of the tail has been set. Hold the tail and comb the coat out. The only coat left should be the middle. Using curved shears scissor the middle of the tail to blend into the rest of the tail (Photo 3). The actual length of the poodles tail will determine whether you will get a round tail or an oblong tail. If the poodle has a longer tail you will get an oblong shape. If the poodle has a shorter tail you will get more of a round tail (Photo 4).

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A C L O S E R L O O K

As the summer heats up, so does the

conversation among groomers about the

pros and cons of clipping down double-

coated dogs.

Summer is the season for clip downs, or

is it? There are many groomers hold the

position that pet owners are asking for

shave downs, and we have the tools and

skills to do the job. We should do it. If

one groomer refuses, another will accept

the client and take home the money.

Many groomers agree with pet owners

that removing a thick coat is the humane

response. On the other hand, a growing

number of groomers are reluctant to

shave some coats and will attempt to

educate the client and redirect them to a

less radical solution to the heat problem.

Function of the Canine Coat

Together the skin and coat of all

mammals form the largest sensory

organ. Hair is an appendage of the skin;

it is not a separate system. The main

purpose of dog hair is to regulate body

temperature; it holds in body heat in the

winter and dissipates heat from the sun

in the summer.1, 2 The coat also provides

protection from environmental elements

and the sun.3 The canine coat features a

compound hair follicle where there are

several or many secondary (undercoat)

hairs and a single primary (topcoat) hair.

The longer the hair, the more it can

dissipate the heat away from the skin.

Light colored hair reflects heat, while

dark colored hair absorbs and holds

heat. Black, short-haired dogs are the

most uncomfortable in the heat and long,

light-haired animals will be the most

comfortable.2 Profuse or thick

undercoat, however, will trap heat next to

the skin, regardless of color.

It is a common mistake by humans to

assume that dogs experience their coats

the same as we would experience their

coats. Humans have eccrine sweat

glands over most of the body that serve

thermoregulation. Dogs do not. Dogs

pant, humans sweat. When dogs pant

on a hot day, it does not mean that they

need to have their entire hair coat

removed.

Here’s how one science writer puts it: “In

the case of man, the removal of clothing

during hot weather increases the ability

to lose heat by evaporation of moisture.

The dog does not have this ability and

therefore his insulation is a protection to

him during hot weather. If the animal

loses his insulation during very hot

weather, by having his coat clipped for

instance, he runs the risk of not being

able to maintain his body temperature.

His skin temperature loss probably is not

only inefficient but, since he does not

perspire, he will probably increase the

temperature of his skin and his body

temperature as well.” 4

Coat Growth and Growth Types

Mammalian hair grows in a three-phase

process: anagen, or growth phase,

catagen, a transition phase, and telogen,

the resting phase. Two distinct types of

canine coat can be identified by their

main growth patterns: Anagen

Predominant coats have a majority of

hairs in the growing stage at any time.

The growth stage is prolonged. Hair

growth and shedding occurs in a mosaic

pattern, sprinkled throughout the body.

These are coats of indeterminate length

that can be trimmed with little concern for

re-growth. Examples of this type of coat

are Poodles and Shih Tzu. Most of the

“low shedding” breeds have anagen

predominant coats. Telogen

Predominant coats will have a majority

To Clip or Not to Clip A Summertime Converation

by Barbara Bird, CMG

Barbara Bird, aka

BBird, has been

grooming since

1971 and opened

Transformation

Pet Center in

Tucson, Arizona in

1977. In the

salon, BBird

specializes in

Bichons and

scissored trims,

hand stripping of Terriers, and cat

grooming. She has been writing and

speaking to groomers for over a

decade, and received the Cardinal

Crystal Achievement Award as

Grooming Journalist of the Year for

2006 and 2007. A regular contributor

to Pet Age magazine, Barbara also

writes for The Bichon Frise Reporter.

She has authored and self-published

three books, including Beyond Suds

and Scent - Understanding Pet

Shampoos and Conditioners. She has

also developed a line of aromatherapy

products, The Scented Groomer.

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of hairs in the resting phase at any time.

This type of coat is found on Nordic

breeds (aka Spitz breeds), such as

Huskies, Malamutes, Chows, and

Pomeranians.

The telogen phase for these dogs may

be prolonged, even for years.5 Hair

growth, as well as catagen transition and

telogen phase is patterned and occurs in

waves, often in relation to changes of

light and temperature in the environment.

Characteristic of these coats is that the

secondary hairs are on a much faster

cycle than the guard hairs. When coats

of this type are shaved down, they

sometimes present problems re-growing

a new coat.

Post Clipping Alopecia – Hair

Cycle Arrest

Post Clipping Alopecia simply means

lack of hair growth after clipping. It is a

medical category coined by veterinarians

to identify cases where dogs were

shaved for surgeries and had significant

delay in growing hair at various sites.

Post-grooming problems with hair growth

are included in this category. Although

most medical references will maintain

that the hair will grow back within 12-24

months, some veteran groomers have

witnessed extended or permanent failure

of the coat to regrow, or situations where

the coat itself is permanently altered,

becomes wooly, thick, fuzzy, is lacking in

guard hairs, or loses color.

Dr. Linda Frank, a leading researcher in

the study of canine hair and alopecia,

considers post-clipping alopecia to be a

condition of hair cycle arrest. Simply put,

the hairs enter the telogen phase and

eventually fall out, but new growth is not

initiated.5 A similar condition exists

among a group of disorders called

Alopecia X, which include what

Malamute breeders call Coat Funk and

Pomeranian breeders call Black Skin

Disease. Alopecia X disorder(s) are

spontaneous, not related to clipping.6, 7

The incidence of post-clipping alopecia

from grooming is unknown. Many cases

go unreported and undiagnosed. About

Alopecia X, the Pomeranian Charitable

Trust notes that, “The reports of cases

that recoat using a particular method

(and not having responded to other

methods) tend to confirm the concept

that we are looking at multiple causes

which can produce similar results. The

number of confirmed ‘Clipper Alopecia’

cases appears with greater frequency

than thought previously. Commonly

Example of Post Clipping Alopecia — Chow Chow

these cases recoat spontaneously after

two years.” 8

In some cases of poor re-growth or hair

loss, the dog has an underlying health

problem such as hypothyroidism that has

not yet been detected. The shave down

just brings the condition to light. It is

important that dogs with post-clipping

alopecia be referred to a veterinarian to

be tested for endocrine disorders. These

diseases are treatable and have effects

on the overall health of the animal.

Alopecia X and post clipping alopecia

have no established treatments.

Does the clipping itself cause the

arrest of the hair growth cycle?

Inquiring minds want to know! The

cause of poor re-growth or hair loss after

clipping has not been determined. Dr.

Frank says, “The plush-coated breeds

may have Alopecia X or simply have

been shaved during the normal telogen

phase of the hair cycle.” 5 McKeever

Veterinary Dermatology Clinic says, “The

exact mechanism is unknown, but one

theory is that decreased perfusion of hair

follicles, secondary to vasoconstriction

due to cooling of the skin by removal of

the hair, may lead to premature

termination of the growing phase.

Alternatively, it may simply reflect a very

long resting period before the next hair

growth cycle.6

It is not possible to determine if the dog

that suffers from hair loss after a shave

down has a pre-existing Alopecia X that

may have manifested regardless of the

grooming. Because these poor hair

growth conditions are considered

cosmetic and have no far reaching health

concerns, they have low priority for

study. The uncertainty about the cause

of post-clipping alopecia has much to do

with the fact that scientists have not yet

been able to identify the precise trigger

that sends a hair from telogen phase into

anagen phase and the creation of a new

hair shaft.

Once they identify what triggers the




growth message, they will be closer to

knowing what is missing in hair cycle

arrest. Meanwhile, it’s important to

remember that while we can’t say that

clipping causes hair cycle arrest, we also

can’t say that it doesn’t.

Why do some coats grow back

and others don’t?

We simply don’t know. The fact that

close clipping does not always result in

hair cycle arrest would suggest that there

are multiple factors in play that create the

alopecia. The clipping must line up with

some other factors. Unfortunately,

previous clipping with successful

regrowth is not a reliable predictor of

what might happen the next time a dog is

clipped down. Older dogs seem at

greater risk, possibly because the

amount of telogen hairs increases in

senior dogs. Very young dogs with coats

that are not fully developed also seem at

greater risk. Overall health is certainly a

factor to consider. Outdoor dogs are

more subject to sunburn, which can

further complicate coat growth. None of

these factors, however, can be relied

upon to predict whether a particular dog

is going to re-grow a shaved coat. It’s a

roulette game. Use your clippers and

take your chances!

Many rescue organizations dealing with

Nordic breeds are making strong

recommendations that their breed not be

clipped down except in a situation of

medical necessity. 9, 10 This position

against shave downs is not a fad or a

trend; it is a position that has evolved

through decades of experience and the

realization of the possible consequences

of the decision to remove a whole coat.

A dog’s coat may attract a mate in the

wild, but in the City, it attracts a pet

owner. Loss of the animal’s appearance

can make a rescue unadoptable. It can

be devastating to a pet owner, especially

when other people make assumptions

about the animal being ill or poorly cared

for. Engaging the veterinarian in the

decision to clip off a Nordic coat makes

(Continued from page 39) the procedure and extension of

veterinary care, and the vet bears the

burden if the coat does not re-grow.

Alternative Approaches

A thorough carding of the coat or

deshedding will usually render a Nordic

coat “breathable” and comfortable for the

dog. Deshedding is best done on clean,

conditioned, coat. To attempt to brush

out a matted Malamute before the bath is

groomer torture. A bathing system is a

must-have for working products through

thick double coats. SaveUrFur has

designed a system to power shed in the

tub with their special products. Likewise,

a recirculating bathing system will power

shampoo through the double coat and

use the conditioner to slide hair off the

dog. By using water pressure to break

through the packed coat and slide

undercoat into the tub, you can save up

to half your time of blow drying with hair

flying.

Using silicone-based products can help

remove vast amounts of packed

undercoat. Silicone ingredients dry to a

glass-like surface on the hair shaft and

help the loose hair slide out. You can

spray a silicone detangler on a damp

coat and dry it in. If you have a

recirculating bathing system, you can

add one or two ounces of silicone

detangler to your conditioning phase and

rinse it through. There also deshedding

products available from several

manufacturers. Good products, good

water pressure and a powerful dryer will

enable the groomer to work out nearly

any double coat. Clipping the underbelly

and underchest can help a thick-coated

dog cool off without damaging the coat.

The rear end and forechest can be

trimmed with a snap-on comb to further

lighten the look and feel of the coat

without risking coat damage, coat

alteration or poor re-growth. Air can

move through the coat, the dog can cool

off by laying on a cool surface, and you

have achieved a trimmed up

“summarized” appearance. Win-Win!


Bbird’s Gallery

In an Arizona summer this short black-

coated dog would sizzle and need to avoid

exercise under the hot sun.

This long-haired Akita was comfortable all

Summer after his shedding phase.

This is Buddy, a Border Collie mix that has

been deshed and trimmed for the summer

in Arizona. Most of the profusely shedding

coat was removed in the tub.




We know that hair goes through four stages: During anagen or growth phase the hair is attached to the dermal papilla, the source of

growth. This stage has different durations, depending upon breed and coat type. In studying mouse hair, scientists have identified

eight sub-stages of anagen. The catagen phase is characterized by the detachment of the hair from the matrix that created it. The

inner sheath closes around the bottom of the hair shaft forming a club hair. This hair bulb is often visible to the naked eye. An

interesting feature of the catagen phase is the phenomenon of apoptosis or cell death. This is virtually cellular suicide, and is part of

the detachment process. As the hair shaft detaches from the growth matrix and dermal papilla, it moves upward to a final resting

place closer to the surface of the skin. The hair then enters the telogen or resting phase, where neither growth nor apoptosis occurs.

The final stage is exogen, or shedding, which occurs when the hair exits the follicle and the matrix begins to prepare for new growth to

occur.

Although the exact mechanism for signaling new hair growth, from telogen to anagen and transition from anagen to catagen stages

has not been scientifically unlocked, scientists now know that the hair follicle contains stem cells which migrate from a location part

way up the hair follicle, called the “bulge”, to the lower region where they engage the dermal papilla and form the hair matr ix that

generates a new hair shaft. Another interesting fact about hair follicle stem cells is that they migrate not only up and down the hair

follicle and dermis, but onto the surface of the skin as well. It is thought that these traveling stem cells participate in wound healing of

the skin.

The exact mechanism of communication and signaling that is required for the dermal papilla to grow a new hair shaft has not been

identified; scientists have identified several factors in this process. The good news is that there is considerable interest in unlocking

this mystery, as it has implications for other organ regeneration.

DNA programs hair growth. In undercoated breeds of dogs, such as Husky, Malamute, Chow Chow, Pomeranian, the secondary

hairs that form the soft undercoat have a rapid often seasonal growth and shedding pattern, whereas the primary hairs are slow

growing and have an extended telogen resting phase.

We know that hair (Northern breeds) sheds (exogen/telopsis phase) partly in response to changes in environmental light and

temperature. But we do not know the nature of the signaling mechanism. And we do not know what signals a new hair to grow.

Dogs with Post-Clipping Alopecia, or Hair Cycle Disorder, sometimes seem to go through an extended kenogen or empty follicle

stage, as well as an extended telogen or resting phase. Does the hair coat itself play some role in the transmission of signals to the

hair follicle to begin a new anagen (growth) phase? When we clip the coat short, do we somehow risk short-circuiting the growth

cycle signaling system? This question cannot be answered until scientists come up with more information regarding the growth

signal.

Although groomers have noted instances where a clipped coat grows back with a very different texture, with either the undercoat or

guard hairs being wiry or even kinky, there is no literature identifying or discussing this phenomenon. Nor does there seem to have

been any scientific study of the alterations that happen following clipping of the harsh-coated terrier. It is possible that the study of re-

growth of clipped terrier coat might shed some light on the changes in Nordic breed coats.

One thing that appears with terrier coats is that clipping alters the ratio of guard hairs to primary hairs, part of which is responsible for

the dilution of color and loss of texture in coats that are clipped. This may also happen when clipping coats of Nordic breeds,

especially after repeated clipping, or clipping again before the coat has been thoroughly replaced. When we clip a Siberian Husky,

Chow Chow or Malamute on an once-or-twice-a year basis, we may be interrupting the re-establishment of the normal hair cycling.

These coats are not genetically programmed to completely replace themselves year after year. When we take an altered coat and

clip it again, do we further throw it out of balance? Just asking!

There is no scientific indication that simply removing older telogen hairs does anything to promote hair growth. The groomers’ notion

that the old hair somehow blocks the hair follicle and prevents new hair from sprouting is not held up by the findings on hair growth.

Departure of old hair is not a signal factor for initiation of anagen phase or new hair. In fact the previous notion that a new growing

hair somehow pushes up the old hair and forces it to shed has been disputed by more recent findings that new hair grows parallel to

old and is independent. Also, the current understanding of shedding as a distinct phase, exogen, that has its own signal mechanism

contradicts this old theory. ▲

What We Know and Don’t Know About Canine Hair Growth

A Discussion by Barbara Bird, CMG



REFERENCES AND FURTHER READINGS

1. Structure and Function of the Skin and Hair Coat in Dogs, Virginia Wells, www.petplace.com.

2. Hair Length and Temperature Tolerance, Robert Jay Russell, Ph.D, Web Article, May 1997. http://www.lgd.org/library/hairlength.htm.

3. Sunburn in Dogs: An Overview, author unknown, http://www.petwave.com/Dogs/Dog-Health-Center/Skin-Disorders/Sunburn/Overview.aspx

4. Temperature Adaptation in Northern Dogs, Ted Greenlee, Northern Dog News, March 1971.

5. Hair Today Gone Tomorrow, Dr. Linda Frank, Seminar Notes March, 2007, http://www.pomeraniancharitabletrust.org/5022/5064.html Note: An overview of canine alopecia by a key scientist in the field, written in a less technical style than her scholarly works.

6. Post Clipping Alopecia, McKeever Veterinary Dermatology Clinic, Eden Prairie, MN, online library, www.mckeevervetderm.com/8701.html.

7. Alopecia X, Linda A. Frank, MS, DVM, Diplomate ACVD, Presentation to the Australian College of Veterinary Dermatology, July 2011, ANZCVS Dermatology Chapter Proceedings 2011.

8. Recoated Pomeranian. A pictorial review of an alopecic Pomeranian restored to good coat by a groomer. Method including daily scrubbing of the skin. http://www.pomeraniancharitabletrust.org/5022/18991.html.

9. Bay Area Rescue Keeshonden www.keeshonrescue.org. “They need their thick coats to protect their skin. A clipped coat mats more quickly and is more easily damaged. Keeshonden are also prone to a condition called "post-clipping alopecia," which can happen any time a Keeshond is clipped. Veterinary dermatologists advise that this breed should be clipped only for medical reasons.”

10. South Florida Siberian Husky Rescue, http://www.sibrescue.com/tip-shave.html “Shaving the dog does nothing to keep the dog cool. It just makes the human feel better when looking at the coated dog. The Siberian Husky has little to no pigmentation in its skin. If you shave the Husky, you expose it to the sun without protection. Now you have a dog that can come up with a variety of skin problems including skin cancer.”

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AND READING ABOUT HAIR LOSS

Alopecia X, http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_alopecia_x.html. Categorizes Post Clipping Alopecia under Alopecia X.

Understanding Coat Funk, Daitsch, Vicki, PhD, www.malamutehealth.org, 2004. http://www.malamutehealth.org/articles/cf_understanding.htm

Lack of Hair Growth in Dogs, Dr. Rosanna Marsalla, PetPlace.com. http://www.petplace.com/dogs/lack-of-hair-growth-in-dogs/page1.aspx. Note: A good explanation of factors which affect hair growth.

Black Skin Disease, Pomeranian Club of Canada, www.pcoc.net/black-skin-disease.htm. Note: An overview of the disorder and reporting of several protocols that have successfully recoated affected Poms.

ABOUT HAIR

Hair-science.com. Note: Outstanding graphics and clear explanations of the structure and growth cycle of human hair.

Exogen, Shedding Phase of the Hair Growth Cycle: Characterization of a Mouse Model, Milner, Yoram, et al, Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2002) 119, 639–644; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.01842.x Note: First report describing a distinct shedding phase of the hair cycle, named exogen.“

Teloptosis and Kenogen: Two new concepts in human trichology. Arch Dermatol. 2004 May; 140(5):619-20 http://www.hairsite.com/hair-loss/board_entry-id-32593-page-1-order-qty-category-1.html Note: Far from being pushed off by the underlying new anagen hair, as quite simplistically thought before, the teloptotic hair is the result of the loss of adhesion between cells of the club hair and those of its epithelial envelope.

The canine hair cycle – a guide for the assessment of morphological and immunohistochemical criteria Tabitha Müntener, Marcus G. Doherr, Franco Guscetti, Maja M. Suter, Monika M. Welle, Veterinary Dermatology, Volume 22, Issue 5, pages 383–395, October 2011

Stenn, K. S., and R. Paus. Controls of Hair Follicle Cycling. Physiol Rev 81: 449–494, 2001. Note: A seminal work on the description of the hair growth cycle and its study.

From Telogen to Exogen: Mechanisms Underlying Formation and Subsequent Loss of the Hair Club Fiber, Claire A Higgins, Gillian E Westgate and Colin A B Jahoda Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2009) 129, 2100–2108; doi:10.1038/jid.2009.66; http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/v129/n9/full/jid200966a.html Note: This very technical article gives credence to the notion that both telogen and exogen phases have distinct early and late stages, and gives an intricate insight into the shedding process.

Epithelial stem cells in the hair follicle bulge contribute skin epidermal cells during wound healing (Ito et al., Nature Medicine 2005). Ito M, Liu Y, Yang Z, Nguyen J, Liang F, Morris R, Cotsarelis G . Nature Medicine 2005; 11:1351-1354. PMID: 16288281 Note: This study demonstrated that epithelial bulge cells, which are responsible for hair follicle renewal during the hair cycle, significantly contribute to skin wound healing. This study also demonstrated that epithelial bulge cells are required for hair follicle renewal but not for skin epidermis under normal homeostatic conditions.

Factors that control hair follicle cycling, Desmond J. Tobin BSc., PhD., FRCPath., FSB. Centre for Skin Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, Great Britain. Note: We know that hair becomes increasingly telogenic with age.

Mechanism That Controls Activation Of Stem Cells During Hair Regeneration Identified. University of Southern California. "ScienceDaily, 16 Jan. 2008. Web. 13 May 2012. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080116135214.htm. Note: The findings suggest that hair stem cells are regulated not only by the micro-environment within one hair follicle -- as has previously been thought -- but also by adjacent hair follicles, other skin compartments and systemic hormones, in a hierarchical order.

New Treatments for Baldness? Scientists Find Stem Cells That Tell Hair It's Time to Grow, ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2011), http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110901134641.htm. Note: The researchers identified stem cells within the skin's fatty layer and showed that molecular signals from these cells were necessary to spur hair growth in mice, according to research published in the Sept. 2 issue of the journal Cell. ▲

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Buying Grooming Businesses with Zero Down

We successfully sold our business and

carried the loan. We turned the business

over to the buyer and departed, but we

retained strict demands to review several

operational reports and complete

financial statements provided by the

buyer’s bookkeeper within three weeks

after the close of each month during the

entire loan period. Some sellers accept

these conditions when they simply

cannot find a cash buyer. By carrying the

loan you can earn interest income too.

There are risks. The buyer can make

serious management mistakes and

actually sully the reputation of the

business. Because you are carrying the

paper it is within the realm of possibilities

that you could repossess the business

when the buyer cannot make payments.

You are forced back into ownership and

management. You are back on the job

until you sell again, or simply accept the

loss and close the business.

We accepted these risks because our

buyer had successfully worked under our

employment for several years as a full-

charge groomer. She volunteered to

work after grooming hours learning how

to manage. We did have to occasionally

intervene with advice while carrying the

sale when sales temporarily went down,

or other problems. That is why we

required operational reports. Our zero

down idea is similar. It requires you to:

Know your buyer well.

Offer your private financing.

Continue to “co-manage” in the

background as a consultant.

Have a detailed contract of sale

written by your company attorney.

Limit the zero down sale financing

period to 1 to 2 years.

Buyer should be the new lead

groomer and manager.

Buyer should have a modest cost of

living household and minimal other

debt load. You will learn why just

ahead.

In a challenging economy for selling

businesses pet groomers are doing

relatively well. We know at least half the

advertisers selling their businesses at

PetGroomer.com Classifieds report their

businesses sold to us within six to nine

months. We don’t often know the final

selling prices or the financing details, but

having talked with some advertisers we

know business opportunities (no real

estate included) selling for $50,000 or

more often take longer for one reason,

the lack of cash or financing.

Even when the national economy is

bright selling businesses to pet groomers

has it problems, and once again the most

popular one is lack of cash or financing.

Looking back to when we were operating

our grooming business we assisted

others to buy grooming businesses with

zero down. It does require the business

owner to carry the sale by offering

private financing and to stay involved

with their business for at least a year and

usually not more than two years.

The length of time is not be a great

obstacle for most sellers. Many

advertisers at PetGroomer.com buy one

year ads. They know that selling any

small business commonly takes a year.

Selling in less than a year is a stroke of

luck and good timing, but not the norm.

If the seller accepts the sale might take a

year or more, they are a potential

candidate for selling with zero down. If

no one wants to buy your business it

may sell when you accept zero down.

Offering to sell with some or no private

financing usually generates interest from

potential buyers. There are risks which

we will discuss here. They are more

manageable when the seller already

expects to stay in business for another

year or more while selling. We don’t

recommend offering private financing

when the owner plans to sell their

business, carry the loan and not stay

active as a consultant in the background.

Example. The current owner and lead

groomer sells her business for $60,000

to an employee with zero down (down

payments are OK and preferred). The

current owner groomer is earning

approximately $50,000 a year gross

personal income from the business

before taxes. The buyer plans to cover

the identical grooming and management

duties as the current owner, and thereby

assumes she will now earn the $50,000

instead of the current owner.

Here’s the key! The new owner doesn’t

take the full $50,000 personal income

from the business, not even close. The

new owner agrees to take a minimal

salary of only $20,000 a year, and

everything above it goes to the seller

until the seller is paid $60,000. In this

case it would be $30,000 a year

($50,000 less $20,000 adjusted salary).

Theoretically the buyer will have the

seller paid in two years (2 X $30,000 a

year), and then her personal income will

skyrocket as long as the business is

doing well. New owners may excel and

pay off commitments early much to the

joy of their sellers. In the end, sellers get

their selling prices and interest income,

and buyers become business owners

with zero down.

Do not arrange a sale like this without

the involvement of your attorney and

accountant. Discuss this idea with them.

Let the buyer meet them. Allow the buyer

to have their own professionals too.

Have them package a deal that works for

both buyer and seller.

Sellers must stay involved with their

buyers until paid entirely. By doing so

they are more likely to get paid. Sellers

don’t have to work onsite. Instead their

contracts should require monthly copies

of detailed operational reports, tax

returns and professionally prepared

financials for their review until paid in full.

When selling to employees sellers

should start training them to manage

several months before the sale. ▲


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Too many staff meetings feel like

management is just talking at

employees. That manner is acceptable to

start staff meetings but the floor must be

opened to discussion. Management

needs to know what is on the mind of

every staff member. We suggest using

The Wheel illustration on the next page.

We didn’t use common organization

charts based on hierarchical structures

with management always on top over all

other employees, and supervisors over

all other non-management positions.

Invariably these types of charts lock Pet

Bather positions at the bottom.

Teamwork is poorly communicated with

hierarchical structures. The Wheel format

has no top or bottom. Everyone is

connected to others. The spokes

between job positions imply the

connections between all team members

regardless of their departments. Wheels

collapse when spokes are lost. The

same is true with teams. Each team

member is a supportive spoke in “the

wheel of the grooming operation.”

At staff meetings have a copy of The

Wheel on display. Open a period of

discussion between departments. Start

with one department and ask them to

follow the spokes of their job positions

across the wheel to positions in other

departments. Ask them how their jobs

have been affected recently by other

departments. You may notice that the

attendees have sorted themselves by

departments in your audience.

You need positive discussion between

departments in staff meetings. You may

need to prime the pump to get them

going. For example, ask the pet

groomers how they have been affected

by the bathing department lately.

Perhaps a groomer will say the stretch-

drying has been poor as evidenced by

frequent curly cuffs. Allow the bathing

department to respond. Resolve the

issue with your lead.

Next, the bathing department may

comment. Service orders taken by

receptionists may have been hard to

read, or incomplete. Bring it to a resolve.

Keep discussions going without temper

tantrums and anger, you are the coach.

Listen to what they are even not saying.

If you do this correctly all of the

employees will realize how vulnerable

they are to the work of others. Teamwork

is subject to decay but when it is valued

by the staff lead by an aware coach, it is

the best method of operation. Employees

tend to stay hired longer, and drama

becomes a thing of the past. ▲

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Grooming Time Standards

Our goal as employers should be to

pay the best wages in return for the

best grooming labor we are fortunate

to hire. “Best” would include

productivity, quality, humane pet

care, teamwork, steady attendance

and general adherence to policies

and procedures.

There are tens of thousands of

grooming businesses yet few have

written grooming performance

standards for their employees (or

independent contractors). Fairness

requires grooming employers to set

and apply performance standards to

avoid the risk of bias and confusion

when judging the performances of

their employees.

There are several types of standards

to set for grooming performances

(see From Problems to Profits book).

In this article the focus is productivity

and its standards based on grooming

times.

We expect high grooming quality and

humane pet care. Faster, meaning

shorter grooming times, is never

acceptable where there is a loss of

quality or humane pet care. Don’t be

fooled by those who feel they must

defend their significantly extended

grooming times as better quality.

Extended grooming time alone is no

guarantee of quality grooming or

humane pet care. In fact, the longer

the groom the more time the pet is

separated from its owner.

Setting reasonable grooming times

and productivity levels requires a

common sense approach. 1) Well-

trained, healthy, and experienced

groomers should have the highest

productivity. 2) New groomers have

the lowest. 3) Groomers with

temporary or permanent disabilities

require adjusted productivity

expectations.

Some job candidates want to work

on a basis of productivity to which

they feel comfortable. If it matches

their employer’s expectations, it can

work. Use common sense.

Productive employees delivering

quality grooming and humane pet

care deserve the recognition and

compensation that matches their

standards. They deserve the best

wage levels.

New groomers require more time to

groom pets while they safely raise

their productivity levels with hands-

on experience and supervision. They

should expect to earn less during

this phase until they reach

milestones you set for productivity.

When done properly all employees

are classified according to fair

performance standards. They earn

fair and balanced wages based on

their grooming productivity. As a

result none of the employees should

feel rushed or expected to groom

more than the productivity basis for

their compensation.

Employer expectations should be

documented in personnel job

descriptions and agreements (see

From Problems to Profits book for

samples). Changes will occur. For

example, new groomers will reach

milestone increases in their

productivity and overall performance.

Their personnel files should note

evidence of the progress and the

adjustments made in compensation

and sometimes job titles.

Unfortunately almost everything

discussed thus far does not exist in

most independent grooming

businesses. Where it may exist in

practice, it may not be in

documented form. It must be both or

employers are needlessly at risk of

employment-related problems.

Standards for Grooming Time

Time plays a major role in wage

systems. Grooming is all about

hands-on labor. Time is something

the effective grooming business

manager can easily document daily.

The operations forms and computer

software used by employees should

document time spent on every

grooming. Using actual figures,

instead of estimates or guesses,

owners of businesses can accurately

determine average grooming times

for their pet clientele.

Using average grooming time

standards employers can more

accurately set standards for the job

positions they offer. For example,

here are some time-based standards

set by Madeline Ogle, author of




From Problems to Profits, in her

business during the years 1961-

1986.

Experienced Pet Bather

Average of 12 pets a day in 8

working hours.

Pet bathers prep pets including ears,

nails and de-matting when

necessary. They bathe pets and

hand-dry them, no cage drying.

Experienced bathers do Poodle feet

clipping where required. They can

finish bath-only pets as needed with

“bun and bows,” scissor around feet

and between pads as required. They

note physical and sometimes

behavioral observations of pets on

their respective Madson Pet

Groomer’s Report and Health Alert

forms, and note on the Madson

Client & Pet History Filecards their

initials as the provider of the bathing

services. They contact the manager

when observations indicate a

potential health condition which may

require veterinary care.

The manager signs the Madson Pet

Groomer’s Report and Health Alert

form when conditions warrant a

medical advisory recommendation

advising pet owners to seek

veterinary care.

Bathing Department Supervisor

Average of 10 pets a day in 8

working hours.

The supervisor does fewer bathing

services in order to closely supervise

the bathing operation. New pet

bathers receive instruction and

supervision from the supervisor.

Other supervisory duties included

restocking bathing supplies, mixing

shampoos and conditioners and

(Continued from page 48) ensuring the department was

thoroughly cleaned and in order for

the next working day.

The position provides assurance for

business owners that all people and

pets in the bathing department are

safe at all times, and quality control

guaranteed.

Entry-Level Pet Bather

Average of 4 to 6 pets day in 8

working hours.

Entry-level pet bathers do not do

Poodle feet, special care pets,

scissoring pet feet or intensive de-

matting unless they are in training

and under active supervision.

Today business owners tell us

Madeline’s performance

expectations in terms of pets

groomed are relatively moderate.

Why? Madeline’s business operated

before the advent of high velocity

dryers and improved bathing

products. In the end you as the

owner will have to evaluate and set

your standards for grooming time.

We suggest you compile a chart of

grooming time averages for your

operation. A sample is provided on

the previous page of this article.

Breed Based Grooming Time

Averages

Every business should have a list of

primary breeds and their expected

average grooming times by an

experienced pet groomer or pet

bather as applicable. State a range

of time not spread by more than 20

minutes. For example, state the time

in this format, 45 to 65 minutes.

Ranges account for variables in the

sizes of pets. There are small

Shelties and large Shelties. Ranges

are not only required due to pet

sizes. How modern is your

equipment? Are you using products

that speed up the drying process?

Are you using low quality scissors

instead of high grade scissors? We

know excellent groomers including

ourselves that found scissoring time

was cut by up to one-third when they

used better quality precision shears.

Do you use high velocity dryers?

These are just a few reasons why

grooming times must be stated in

ranges. Don’t use another business

owner’s chart of grooming times

without updating the times specific to

the state of your operation. We

suggest putting a copy of your

completed chart in your employee

handbook. Have job candidates

review copies too.

Refer to the chart when you state

expectations for the number of pets

to be bathed or groomed on

personnel documentation. If you

state 15 bath and dry services in 8

hours (480 minutes) your

expectation is an average of 32

minutes per bathing services. Refer

to your chart. How possible is that

goal on a regular basis when many

of your bath and dry times are well

over 32 minutes? Be reasonable.

There is another important variable

to consider. The times in your chart

should measure dedicated time

grooming one-on-one. Although it is

possible for pet bathers in well-

equipped bathing departments to

have enough space to actively work

on more than one pet at a time, do

not take that into consideration in

setting times for your chart.

You can learn more about time

standards and access fill-in forms

like the chart in this article in CD #4,

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