Work through the decisions behind a better grooming day.
Start with income, time or the part of the work you want to improve. Each topic takes you from the foundations to practical decisions and a way to check the result.
Choose what to work on
Eight topics. A clear order to learn.
Follow five stages within a topic, or open the guide that answers today's question. Each stage has a practical outcome and extra reading for different situations.
01 · 5 stages · 15 guides
Make your prices cover the work
For a full diary that still leaves too little income.
See the learning stages →
02 · 5 stages · 15 guides
Plan a day you can finish
For groomers whose bookings fit the diary but run past closing time.
See the learning stages →
03 · 5 stages · 17 guides
Take bookings the day can support
For anyone who discovers the missing information after confirming the appointment.
See the learning stages →
04 · 5 stages · 18 guides
Help clients return when their dog is due
For shops where rebooking, messages and client history depend on someone remembering.
See the learning stages →
05 · 5 stages · 12 guides
Build a team that can share the work
For your first hire or a team whose responsibilities need to become clearer.
See the learning stages →
06 · 5 stages · 7 guides
Choose equipment for the work you do
For groomers buying, replacing or maintaining tools and shared equipment.
See the learning stages →
07 · 5 stages · 15 guides
Build your grooming skills
For people choosing training, getting their first role or developing independent work.
See the learning stages →
08 · 5 stages · 6 guides
Learn from grooming competitions
For working groomers considering competition or making use of judges’ feedback.
See the learning stages →
Or start with your situation
Starting out, working solo or building a team?
These paths draw on several topics to put the decisions for your situation in order.
Path 01
Become a dog groomer
You are learning the work or trying to get your first proper role.
Follow this pathPath 02
Open your first grooming business
You can groom, and now you are turning the work into a business.
Follow this pathPath 03
Make a solo business work
It is just you, and a full diary is starting to make the day worse.
Follow this pathPath 04
Build a grooming team
You are preparing to hire or the work no longer fits in one person's head.
Follow this pathMore guides
Who should be able to confirm a dog grooming booking?
Let a grooming booking confirm itself only when everything needed to accept it is already known. New dogs, changed coats and changed dogs should wait for a person.
When to stop a dog groom rather than push through
When a groom should end early, who in your salon can call it, how the dog still leaves finished, and what to record before the next booking is taken.
How to fill a last-minute dog grooming cancellation
A cancelled groom releases a named groomer, a length, a piece of equipment and a handover. How to fill the block without pushing the rest of the day over.
When is a dog grooming business ready to hire?
Booked out for weeks isn't the signal to hire. You're ready when the overflow repeats, you have hours to supervise, and your margin can fund the training dip.
Is your dog groomer an employee or a contractor?
An ABN and a signed contract don't settle it. How Fair Work's whole-of-relationship test decides a groomer's status in Australia, and why super is a separate check.
Put it into practice.
See how Seglo handles bookings, staff, client updates and the working day in one place.