Cat grooming, especially holistic cat grooming, isn’t something for which there’s a written set of rules. Engineering & math problems have set methods which always have the same outcome. Holistic methods do not; instead, we must learn as much as we can about cat psychology & behavior, in order to apply what we know to…
Just finished a groom where the owner said the cat might be a “little skittish”. The cat was fine & groomed without incident. That’s when the owner said they really expected the cat to rip my face off as several others have tried to bathe it, unsuccessfully. Um, why didn’t they tell me that to…
So, get a call from a woman who called me last year, almost to the same date, but didn’t book. “How exactly do you groom a cat?” she asks. My puzzled silence, as I pondered how best to answer such an all encompassing question (again), spurred her to explain. She’d gone elsewhere a year ago…
For cats that don’t want to roll on their side, this technique may work: 1) Press foot towards belly to start the roll 2) Press the leg towards belly to continue roll 3) Open up belly/groin for shaving
So now there’s an official study showing what we holistic groomers, indeed anyone bonded with cats, have known all along. Mind Your Moods, Cat Owners It’s imperative to keep your emotions & thoughts positive and calm while grooming. Your mental state, which I call vibrations, is a key part of the holistic whole.…
I’d say he’s quite relaxed, post groom…. I used the orange guard on a Bravura. If I’d used the loud clipper vac, the cat might be more “even” but wouldn’t be so relaxed. The client, upon seeing her cat lolling on the table, commented on how much he loved me now than the 1st groom,…
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