Question For Groomers

[Clyde]

I have no clue, but they are definitely available as that's what we had when I was nursing.

[Nekhbet]

here is a starting point

http://www.oronsaycavaliers.com/pages/K9%20Karts.htm

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Double-deck-metal-t...2QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.dlc.com.au/products/cages/PolyCageCatalog.htm - these are the plastic ones

3 different designs for you

[Crisovar]

The same owners who bleat about the caging would also be the first to sue the pants off you if something happened to their dog whilst in your care, safety and security come first IMO.

[k9kutz]

here is a starting point

http://www.oronsaycavaliers.com/pages/K9%20Karts.htm

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Double-deck-metal-t...2QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.dlc.com.au/products/cages/PolyCageCatalog.htm - these are the plastic ones

3 different designs for you :rolleyes:

Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou !!!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

You are an absolute star- i dont know how you do it but you manage to find these things that i have spent months searching for :rolleyes: - Me Likie!

[Cala]

http://www.apscan.com.au/VPcages.htm

[GoldiesRgr8Poodles2]

We dont cage the dogs at my salon but we also run doggy daycare. I have 2 disclosure statements one for grooming one for daycare to guard against me being suide if fido runs around and slips and hurts himself. I aslo have 4 staff on at all time so the dogs are never left unattended. We also have an outside run (where we put large unsocial dogs that cant be trusted) we have 2 areas in the washroom side so we can separate off the oldies from the youngies. We have a line of crates on the bigger side with cushions inthem and they are left open for dogs that just find it a little too much then they can walk into a crate and curl up and then in the grooming and showroom side we have 2 holding areas again. Again with a line of crates and cages. So if someone doesnt want their dog socialising they dont have to and im happy to crate them but otherwise they all play together. We found it makes dogs excited to come because they are going to play but thats us. Its been working very well for us for the last 5 years.

Just another perspective.

Edited September 21, 2008 by GoldiesRgr8Poodles2

[k9kutz]

http://www.apscan.com.au/VPcages.htm

THANKYOU!

[Clyde]

Saw this the other day and thought of you K9kutz. I didn't check out the measurements but thought aesthetically, they look nice. Plus the tops can be used for product displys, or just storing stuff.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=025

[Dogsfevr]

Here we use the crates or the kennels for dogs being left all day by prior arrangement only.

Dogs here are booked in for said time & to be picked up by said time.

For the small few that dont like crates i say tough.

Infact in 24 plus years of grooming we only had one person who over the phone insisted the dog musnt be crated or placed in a run.We refused the dog as we can not guarantee nor would we lie jus to please here.

I hate the bench idea & refuse to bench my dogs at the royal they go in crates,far to dangerous for my liking.

Many vets have tie points for large dogs after surgery & i again refuse to have my big dogs tied & having a co operative vet sit there after they come out if need be

There is no point having a feral 'fifi" running around lose to try & catch again.

For us crates mean all clients are safe & you need the crates bewteen sweeping,bathing & for those lazy owners who cant turn up on time

[Miss B]

If a few customers don't want their precious Fluffy crated, I'd tell them to take Fluffy elsewhere.

The vet hospital I work at has an in-house groomer two days per week. The grooming dogs are admitted in the mornings, groomed throughout the day and then discharged in the afternoon. At all times while they are not being groomed, they are kept in kennels or runs in the hospital's dog ward. They have a comfy blanket to lay on, fresh water at all times, and the dog ward is air conditioned.

If a customer owns two dogs and wishes them to be kennelled together, then that is fine but other than that, the dogs are not allowed to mingle. Many of them do not socialise well with other dogs anyway, it would be a disaster waiting to happen.

I don't like the idea of benching the dogs, or allowing them to roam and mingle together. As a client, I would not take my dogs to a grooming salon that did not securely crate or kennel my dogs.

[Joshua]

oooh oooh I found this. Much easier then tethering especially with snappy dogs and still hygenic

That looks great... a couple of those should suit you

[k9kutz]

Thanks Clyde for keeping me in mind.

I looked into them cage modules (the type vets have) and they were just way to expensive. A three bank module with 2 small cages on top and one large cage on the bottom was about $12-$15K in stainless steel and $10- $12K in fiberglass, and i would need several of these units for for my requirments. What i have decided to do now is still build the cubby hole system but slot the crates i have now into the holes. ATM i have 8 small/medium crates and 2 Jumbo crates stacked in the salon with boards between each crate so the dogs cant see each other, i will just build the srrounds for the crates and get a few more new crates no point wasting the crated i have now they are only about 12 months old.

Hopefully should look good and each crate can then just be slid out of its cubby hole for vacuming and cleaning etc.

I have decided that not crateing the dogs would just be to stressful for me i will endevour to explaine to clients why crates are good and that they will not traumatise your dog, but at the end of the day if you dont want your dog crated you can go else where.

[Bronty]

Just trying to figure out in my mind how it will work ( the girl who told me about it is not much help she dont remember much about the other place she worked at)

Hi K9kutz.....just reading through some of the answers to you cubby hole question.

I alway crate my grooming clients they are so much safer in a good size crate that has lots

of room for them to move around in.

I have worked in a place where all the dogs wander around. Hated it I was always waiting for a

fight to happen.