Bathing

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Published on Wednesday, 26 October 2011 02:49

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Regular bathing of long coated and double coated dogs is recommended, to keep them clean, free of knots/tangles and reduce the chance of skin allergies. Short coated dogs require bathing too, but not as often as double coated dogs, as over bathing a short coated dog can cause its natural oils to come out.

When we bathe a dog we will also ensure its dry and brush it through thoroughly to ensure it is free to knots and tangles, which will keep general upkeep of the coat easier to maintain.

Dogs that require frequent bathing are:

1 Poodles

2. Yorkshire Terriers

3. West Highland White Terriers

4. Schnauzers

5. Spaniels

6. Shih Tzu's / Lhasa apso's

If you need your dog bathed, please bring them in, it is best to ring us beforehand to see if we can bathe your dog on the day as sometimes, as you can imagine we get busy.

Quite often people with short coated dogs, will have their dogs FURminated at the same time

Charity Events

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Published on Friday, 22 April 2011 14:10

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Well Poochie Parlour are doing their bit for charity this year and we are hoping you can help us!

2011

Here are the events we at Poochie Parlour completed for charity:

• As you will probably have heard, Poochie Parlour are ran their own fun dog show for Childline, full details can be found HERE

• Chelsey decided to go all out, and do a 300ft Bungee jump (rather her than me!) and has raised

• Mark, who assists in the online aspect of Poochie Parlour including websites and advertising, decided to do a 70 Mile bike ride from, Leicester to Cambridge! He is doing this through his work group and its for the Freewheelers EVS charity.

We are committed to helping charities, and will he holding further events throughout.

Chelsey

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Published on Monday, 24 October 2011 01:28

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Chelsey Foster-Johnson and Rudy

A master dog groomer from Cambridge has won herself a place at next year’s world famous Crufts show.

Chelsey Foster-Johnson came second in the young kennel club competition for 18 to 24 year-olds at the British Dog Grooming Championship in Stoneleigh, near Coventry, this month.

And her careful combing of 9-month-old miniature schnauzer Rudy also won her second overall and guaranteed the pair a spot at Crufts in March.

Chelsey, 22, who runs Poochie Parlour groomers in Arbury Court with her mother Maxine, bought Rudy from a breeder in Leicester earlier this year.

She said: “Your dog has to be 8 months to enter so he was just old enough and it was the first competition I could enter with him.

“I was competing against 24 others in my category so it was tough.”

The competition required participants to set up and spend two hours grooming their pets by whatever method they felt most comfortable, with judges watching throughout, before the dogs’ coats were finely combed at the end for knots and tangles.

Chelsey, who lives in Cambridge’s Meadows Estate, said: “I took a bit of a risk by grooming him by hand stripping, which can take many hours.

“But I managed to do it in the two hours and the judges were very impressed that I had gone for such a full groom.”

And now Chelsey, who has been a part-owner of the Arbury parlour for three and a half years, will be more than a spectator at Crufts.

She said: “We always go to Crufts anyway but now I am very excited about competing.

“I have always wanted to run my own salon – ever since I was small and I had a Yorkshire Terrier.”

For more information, visit www.poochieparlour.co.uk or call (01223) 309829.

Homepage

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Published on Tuesday, 09 December 2008 01:31

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Welcome to Poochie Parlour, in here you will find information on the us, our qualifications, the shop and our own pets.

Maxine and Chelsey both hold advanced international diplomas in dog grooming, as well as animal first aid, health and safety, and running a business. Chelsey holds an additional National Diploma in animal management.

We are a family run business with mother and daughter being the pet groomers. We pride ourselves in making sure that your beloved pet receives no less that the best possible care and attention during their time with us. Being animal lovers makes our job easy and enjoyable so you can be sure that the atmosphere will make it a pleasurable experience for the animals and owners alike.

We are experienced in all areas of grooming including the specialist area of hand stripping. We pride ourselves in specialising in being able to give helpful advice in most of your animal needs.

Maxine and Chelsey opened Poochie Parlour on the 21st July 2008 to the public, after spending over a year planning, preparing and finishing their ideas and shop design. Poochie Parlour boasts a unique open plan grooming area, so customers can view their pet being groomed and their pet can see outside, for a more relaxing visit.

Poochie Parlour is also a Pet Shop too, we stock many items such as leads, collars, harnesses, toys, treats, shampoo, pet food and much more.

Our spare time is taken up with our own pets, let us introduce them to you

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We have 5 dogs currently, we have :

Scampy - The Jack Russell cross Beagle, who we rescued from Block Fen

Lily - The Yorkshire Terrier, who we rescued from The Yorkie and toy breed rescue

Jodie - The King Charles Cavalier Spaniel - Her owner could no longer look after her and Jodie was getting old and needed a home for the rest of her life, we were happy to take her on.

Star - The Staffordshire Bull Terrier - An often misunderstood bread, we found she needed a home or was going to get put to sleep, after seeing her and hearing her story, how could we leave her, she fitted in perfectly with us.

Rudy - The Miniature Schnauzer - We bought him as a puppy, and Chelsey uses him for competition grooming and showing, dotn't worry, he's not just a show dog and loves play fighting with our other dogs.

You can see more photographs of our pets in the Poochie Parlour Gallery!

Rest in Peace

This is chucky, a mustached parakeet, who we had since he was a baby and was very talkative, Chucky unfortunately joins his buddy Paulie, as he also passed away on June 1st 2010, R.I.P Chucky!

This is Paulie who is a very cheeky Hahn's Macaw. Paulie unfortunately passed away on Saturday 21st March 2009, we all love and miss you Paulie and the house isn't the same without you.

Last of all meet William, our beloved Yorkshire Terrier who passed away on 12th December 2006 aged 17 years. R.I.P William. We all love and miss you.

If you have any products you are not sure about, please ask visit the get in touch, if we don't have what you want, we maybe be able to order if in for you!