La Petit Dog Grooming Salon. in St Clair, New South Wales | Residence

La Petit Dog Grooming Salon.

Locality: St Clair, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9834 2555

Address: 27 Lexington Avenue, 2759 St Clair, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Sometimes it’s like unwrapping a present when I do my job. It’s just so good to get to the baby under all this and let them feel better. 1 week earlier and this could have been avoided. Matting is not only knots it is also painful for your baby.

25.01.2022 I got to meet these 2 little girls today. Ruby and Amber. Such little sweethearts,

25.01.2022 Master Coco , having lunch at the Blue Mountains with his brother after his pamper.

24.01.2022 Miss Marley from Manly,

23.01.2022 I wanted to do up a post after seeing social media be used by disgruntled customers to tear down fellow groomers and insinuate they have traumatized and abused ...a dog after simply cutting a dogs nail too short. Its sad that Facebook is used to defame and deliberately try to destroy a small businesses credibility over a simple and very common mistake. (This did not happen to me) Firstly, we are working with live animals, they wriggle, they flinch, they mouth or bite, they thrash around, tremble and occasionally sit perfectly still. A lot goes into the entire process of grooming a dog, theres much patience, understanding of behavior and reassuring with friendly embrace, but sometimes, well most times, dogs are not perfect little pups for the process and this is where the simple mistake of kwiking a nail can be made. Id have to say, 85-90% of dogs I do dislike having their nails done and will do some of if not all of the above mentioned behaviors but we will try (unless it is dangerous to do so) because we want to keep the client happy and ensure nails are trimmed short so that they continue to recede. A lot of the time owners dont realise, its not the nail that is long - its the kwik. The blood vessel. The part that if you clip into, will bleed. Despite it being apart of the service (unless dangerous to do so) a lot of people will stress please cut the nails they are long but when presented with the nails, they are infact not long enough to take much, or any off. Then there is how the dog responds to having their paws handled and the nail trimmers. A dog thats wriggling, trembling, flinching or mouthing/biting will be harder to trim the nails on and therefor on the odd occasion a nail will be cut too short. Yes it will bleed. Yes we try to stop the bleeding using a powder or gel BUT it will bleed again if the dog licks it off, is jumping around etc. this is not an emergency, it is not a reason to leave bad reviews and post in groups. It is simply a bleeding nail that will more often than not correct on its own. The only time this becomes an issue is if an infection presents itself and for that to occur it would have had to have been cut too short and not properly cleaned and dressed. In 7 years and having cut many nails slightly short - not once has a dog got an infection. Especially after doing pug nails, those guys are notorious for bleeding!! So I guess the point I am trying to make is, if youre not sure ASK the question before going down the path of lynching. If Ive kwiked a nail that Im aware about Ill always let you know. If you notice I have and hadnt mentioned it, raise it with me. We groomers deal with lots of different dogs its not always so black and white. For your reference I have attached a guide on nail trimming

23.01.2022 Miss Mia starting the New Year at La Petit Dog Grooming.

22.01.2022 This is 12yo Rastus. He just moved to St Clair from Nowra.

22.01.2022 Master Olive, he went for lunch to the Blue Mountains with his brother after his pamper.

19.01.2022 The girls came in for a groom yesterday. Love this gang.

19.01.2022 Oh this poor baby.

19.01.2022 Dennis and I were travelling along the M4 a while back and this little dude was in the car beside us...

19.01.2022 Beautiful little Amber. Amber ownes Antoinette.

19.01.2022 I had these 2 little ladies in for a visit. Miss Ruby and Miss Amber,

18.01.2022 Fluffy. Snoopy’s Dad.

18.01.2022 Please keep your fur babies inside and safe with you.

18.01.2022 11 years young Buster. Not finished grooming him but what a difference. Lol.

17.01.2022 When your other dog gets jealous of belly rubs....wait for it.

16.01.2022 Miss Bella had a complete makeover, Bella owns Sharon and fam,,,

15.01.2022 It's a hard life but somebody's got to do it. Miss Shiane at her best

15.01.2022 Beautiful little Ruby, she owns Antoinette.

14.01.2022 Little Miss Mia. So sweet.

13.01.2022 Mr Max came for a little make over with his wifey,

13.01.2022 Awesome Elmo. Elmo ownes Sarah Larmour

13.01.2022 Sir Charlie visits from Coffs Harbour to be Groomed.

12.01.2022 Little Miss Miley came in today with her beau boy Max...

10.01.2022 Thank you Rhonda for introducing me to your baby girls. They are both sweethearts. Was good to see you as well.

10.01.2022 Sir Benji, he does look sad but he really is a sweet little jumping bean.

10.01.2022 This is so true.

10.01.2022 I had the pleasure of meeting this little man on Tuesday, this is *Chubby*, he is 3mths young and such a heart breaker already.

09.01.2022 YEAH the boys. Rupert and Logan came for a visit today.

09.01.2022 Black magic, Miss Lucy.

09.01.2022 The Rock. Before and after his visit today. Rocky owns Michelle and Phil. He's such a playful little man, love him.

08.01.2022 Sir Max before and after hus visit tidsy. He owns Kobie, Danny and Addison. Has a little attitude but a sweetie,

08.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1308885219275444&id=227183577445619

08.01.2022 Hello. The salon will be closed from Friday, March 13th and reopen on Wednesday, March 25th. Hello. The salon will be closed from Friday, March 13th and reopen on Wednesday, March 25th.

07.01.2022 Meet Tim. Tim was saved from the pound and now has a beautiful family to love him.

07.01.2022 Happy New Year. Welcome to 2019. A brand new year with brand new beginnings. La Petit Grooming is back to normal hours from Monday,January 7th. Once again thank you for your continued support and friendship. Looking forward to seeing you in the New Year. Jodie

06.01.2022 Brooklyn really does love me.

05.01.2022 I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for your ongoing support of my little salon , I adore all your babies as if they are personally my own. I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year. Looking forward to seeing you all in 2019.

04.01.2022 This poor baby needs a family to love her. Heart breaking

04.01.2022 Reasons why your groomer may be falling behind on schedule (aka "IS MY DOG DONE YET?") 1.) A dog pooped or peed in the cage and had to get re-bathed, blow dryed... and brushed. 2.) Someone came in for a walk-in nail trim and then at the last minute decided they wanted nail polish too, or anal glands or ear plucking or a foot trim, or just to tell you FiFi's life story. 3.) The phone won't stop ringing & they all want to come in tomorrow and it's a choice between answer it now, or return 47 voicemails at the end of the day 4.) An employee or a co-worker needed your help with a challenging dog or an emergency 5.) Your pet fought tooth-and-nail for the blow dryer and we can't cut dirty hair or wet hair so we have no choice other than to wait for your pet to dry before we finish its groom 6.) One of our clients forgot to mention their pet has fleas and now we are busy disinfecting every corner of the salon and the vacuum filter 7.) An owner just came in to tell us their pet had passed away and we just spent 20 minutes holding them and crying our eyes out 8.) It's near a holiday and everyone got the bright idea to call last minute and I'm being guilt-tripped into taking extra groom's that I definitely don't have time for 9.) Everyone and their cousin stopped in for a nail trim today because the whole family is going to be over for dinner for the holidays (5 nail trims can easily put u 30 minutes behind) 10.) My kid had a half day at school and I had to leave work to go get him and then bring him back here with me. 11.) I just realized it's been 24 hours since I've had solid food and I had to stop for a second and eat something before I pass out 12.) Poop. Poop everywhere, these dogs think I'm a janitor. 13.) The puppy that I have scheduled before your dog decided it doesn't want to get groomed today and is resisting the process so hard to the point where it's put me behind 14.) Someone scheduled a large dog haircut (4 hrs) in a small dog spot (usually 2 hrs) 15.) I got bit pretty bad and had to doctor myself up, now I'm moving slower than usual as the gauze makes it hard to hold my clippers 16.) An owner lied and said their dog was not matted or aggressive (all the regrets on squeezing them in) now 2 hours is turning into 3 hours and you're still not even done and you have no skin left on your knuckles now 17.) Malfunction of equipment certainly happens from time to time and puts us behind, especially when that "never been groomed 6 month old large breed dog" donkey kicks your clippers out of your hand across the room. Anyone have a spare pair of $200 Clippers laying around? No? Dang it. 18.) Chances are your groomer picked up extra hours and even came in on their day off this holiday season. With ours being a very physical job, many groomers develop back problems and carpal tunnel and wrist issues and neck pain: your groomer might just be moving a little slower than usual today because they HURT! 19.) A pet parent came back early before we were finished with the groom, and their pet got so excited and so Wiggly that it took 30 minutes for it to calm down so we could finish our job. 20.) Someone dropped off their pet 30 minutes late, but we didn't want to miss out on our Commission so we agreed to still groom the dog even though it means putting us behind for the rest of the day Mostly we are not on schedule because we are human beings and not robots, and we work on moving targets that don't even speak the same language as us ( We have to be super careful not to injure your pet while it is in our care). We have bodily functions and we get sore and hungry, we stop to help out our coworkers and when s*** hits the fan the last thing we want to hear is how long we've had your dog for. WE KNOW. Most of us get paid per dog, trust us we definitely want to return your pet in a timely fashion and move on to the next appointment ( we are commission-based so the longer we take on your pet the less our hourly average is) BUT rushing us while we have sharp objects in our hands and a moving Target on our table only causes more stress and rushing us does not create a safe environment for your pets. I created this post so that maybe pet owners would start to see us as human beings. Many pet parents have no idea what goes on at the salon once they drop their pet off, so please share this so that our profession can be better understood by the general public.

03.01.2022 Charli and Ollie after a visit. Exhausted. Hehe.

03.01.2022 Miss Cassie came for a visit this morning.

03.01.2022 I definitely don't want ANY of your food!

01.01.2022 New Banner. Loving it.

01.01.2022 Snoopy. Well overdue for a pamper.