Originally posted by wolf_Q
Wow, 40 + dogs per day? We're not even booked up the week right before Christmas lol...There's *lots* of grooming shops in this area, so we get quite a bit of competition. We normally only have 2 people working at a time, and for me 10 dogs (per person) is a large amount. We take walk-ins and call-ins all the time. Many of them are stupid too...I don't know how many times I've seen people walk in at 4:00 and expect their dog to be done that very second! How many groomers do you have at your shop? Right now we're down to 2 groomers and 3 bathers. It's going to be really fun because one of the groomers and one of the bathers is going to be gone the entire week of Christmas.
There are tons of grooming shops here too. Both private ones and the ones in pet stores such as Petcetera and Petsmart.

We have 2 groomers, 1 bather/dryer/groomer (she's learning how to groom so she gets to groom a few dogs after she's done drying), 1 bather/dryer (but she can trim feet so she can finish goldens and shelties etc) and 1 me, LOL I'm basically a bather/dryer. I could learn to groom if I wanted too, but I'm not really sure it appeals to me all that much. I can groom if they need me in a pinch, I know what to do it's just a matter of experience doing it.
We never ever take walk-ins unless it's something like a pug or boxer LOL We normally book about 3 weeks ahead and do 30 dogs a day. Christmas time gets crazy though.