hair of the Dogs

First off let me introduce myself. My Name is Colette I am a National Certified Master dog groomer in Atascadero CA. I eat sleep work and play with dogs on a daily basis. My clothes, coffee, and everything I live and work with is covered with dog hair of one color to the next. Sound familiar Groomers LOL...

My husband Nestor is a loving understanding man from Argentina, who speaks very little English, he lives and breaths my world and loves every minute of it as well. Good thing seeing we own Atascadero Bipi Gi's Dog Grooming, and as partners we work together every day. He's always there to say Hello to all our furry friends that enter the shop. Customers love the idea that their dog gets Spanish lessons for free and to see how much attention each little critter gets from him.
Not many men like to share their wife's passions, I guess I am lucky to find someone who has the same passion for animals as much as I do. They truly are our life. By the way he's covered with hair too!

Angelina is our newest and spokespup for the shop. She is singing happy birthday to me. God we love this hairy little beggar. She to, loves to greet everyone as well. I never had a dog that wormed her way into my heart as quick as she did. She had me at Hello.
Our other two dogs Miles and Ozzie, the cat Tito and our bird Joey
all co-habitat together with us in a little 2 bedroom house with a big back yard to run and play, with out a care in the world.
Mind you, our pets aren't spoiled one little bit, Nestor and I have just been well trained by them.

Bed time is always a real treat, trying to sleep with 3 dogs and a cat all tangled together at your feet, or on your head, walking across your belly in the middle of the night, or having one of them literally push you out of bed to give them space to stretch. NOW that going a bit to far. But for the love of dogs we put up with it and go lay on the couch, not always the smartest thing, They follow you!!

Going to the bath room with 4 animals watching gets a bit crowed, and if your lucky enough to close the door before they all try to beat you to it, they sit out side blocking the hallway crying, just to make you feel guilty. Speaking of guilt, try eating dinner while it's still hot. Joey our bird waits patiently with bell in hand and rings it off the cage door until you cut him his peace of steak and hand it to him. African greys are relentless. If you ignore him he cries Joey's hungrrryyyy and rings the bell some more. He will not be fooled with a piece of carrot either, he says where's the beef! Some day I'm going to steal that stupid bell!
Tito our cat has a dog complex, I really think he's part dog! I do! he will quickly respond when Nestor says TITO COME!!! or when we whistle, he likes dog food better that cat food, he climbs trees, but he is always falling out of them, don't laugh he does! he has no sense of balance. If he rolls over he falls off the bed! He isn't normal! But we love him just the same.

Dog Grooming isn't just a job for us it's a way of life, you have to have a sense of humor, a passion for animals, and like hairy coffee. You have to have the knowledge of a Veterinarian, patience's of a saint, the professionalism of a high paid corporate executive, you have to listen like a shrink, have the understanding of a scholar, and most of all compassion of God. It's not just dog grooming it's a  profession that requires skill, talent, respect, and love for all animals and their human companions. I love my way of life, hope you do too.

Well now that you have met me and my family, share a little about you. This blog is for dog lovers and we hope to bring you items of interest and share our knowledge about pets, feel free to comment and ask questions about your pets, also any grooming issues you may have. We would love to communicate with you.
{{{Huggs to all my pets}}}
Colette