A Quick Guide to Shear Care
by Jeff Andrews of Northern Tails Sharpening When you buy new shears or receive your shears back from the sharpener, they are adjusted to cut. When I adjust shears it…
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Making Masterpieces Out of Nightmares in Record Time – Part Two
by Dave Campanella of Best Shot Pet Products The Next Step: Your Business Runs On Shampoo Recently, I wrote about how to bathe a matted dog without any pre-brushing…
Selecting a Pet Grooming School
by Grooming Business in a Box® www.groomingbusinessinabox.com Before you take your first step on the career path into the grooming industry you must make vitally important decisions which will affect…
Recent IRS Decisions Against Employers of I.C. Groomers
Originally published in eGroomer Journal Spring 2013 Discussions of independent contractor (I.C.) classification amongst groomers typically focus on the groomers hired as an independent contractors. Are these I.C.’s doing this,…
Setting Your Grooming Time Standards
by Grooming Business in a Box®, originally published in eGroomer Journal Spring 2012 Our goal as employers should be to pay the best wages in return for the best grooming…
To Sharpen or Not to Sharpen Blades
Determining When Blades Are Bad…or Not Worth Sharpening Again by Jeff Andrews, Northern Tails Sharpening, Inc. www.northerntails.com Do you know when a blade is worth re-sharpening? Or when it is…
Hidden Income How to Boost Income with Healthcare Add-ons
Originally published in eGroomer Journal (2012) by Bruce Muller is Director of Pet Products at SmartHealth, Inc. www.smarthealth.com These days, precious dollars are harder to come by. Some salons are…
Giving Back: Groomers to the Rescue
by Daryl Conner “They just seem to find me.” These six words were repeated to me over and over when I asked pet stylists why they were involved in animal…
Gravy of Profitability in Pet Grooming
Pet owners pay more to have their pets not only bathed, but also styled by professional groomers. It seems logical to expect more net operating profit when you sell a…
Independent Contractor Misclassification Crackdown
Originally published in eGroomer Journal Fall 2011. Misclassifying a worker as an independent contractor (I.C.) results in severe consequences, including back taxes, wages and benefits, and civil and criminal penalties.…