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April 2013 Creative Groomer Quarterly Preview

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March 2013 Creative Groomer Quarterly Preview

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Ammonia Free?! You’ve Got To Be Kidding….

With the professional grooming industry, as well as the public, becoming more aware of the dangers and health risks posed by using hair bleach on pets, it’s no wonder that the proponents of bleach are scrambling to find ways to justify their careless actions. There have been lots of attempts at justifying their actions, but [...]

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February 2013 Creative Groomers Quarterly Preview

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Paws

Many of my fellow writers here at Zen Dixie are Canadian…or at least Canadian at heart. What’s the one love Canadians share? Hockey. Now, I am not a sports fan. I do know that the object of the game is to get that puck into the opposing teams net…but that’s about the extent of my knowledge concerning hockey. Basically, [...]

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Where’s the vegetables?

by Justine Cosley It never fails that when a groomer is scorned by the public for coloring a dog, their “comeback” is, “But I use vegetable based dyes”. I’ve seen it 1000 times. I’ll be honest. I use to use this line myself. Why did I use it? Because that’s what I was taught to [...]

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Thanks and Giving

I’ve noticed this thing going around on social media such as facebook, where people list something daily that they are thankful for. I’m not so sure why November seems to be the time that everyone gives ‘thanks’ for what they have, it’s really something we should be doing every day of our lives. I’m guilty [...]

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Grateful Cats

Its November now; Thanksgiving time. The time of year we are reminded to be thankful for what we have…and something about some Pilgrims and eating turkey. Anyway, I was pondering over the things in my life that I am so very thankful for. Mostly, that meant my family…the humans and the four legged kids as [...]

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NAPCG members do so much more for their communities than just color dogs.

NAPCG members do so much more for their communities than just color dogs. NAPCG president Bullet Brown and her staff donate much of their time to working with their local Animal Rescue Foundation located in Sylacauga, Alabama and homeless pets who are in desperate need of professional grooming services. Meet Curly. Curly was dropped at [...]

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Barking Beauties helping Beagles!

Barking Beauties helping Beagles!

NAPCG members Tricia Stuckless, Bobbie Sinik, and Dannielle Clark participated in the 10th annual Beagle Paws ‘Walk For Paws’ fund raiser. Beagle Paws is a non-profit rescue based in Newfoundland who focuses on the rehabilitation and adoption of Beagles. Beagle Paws was the vision of founder Sheila Lewis, in 2002 she made [...]

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