Customer Reviews

Ultimate Dog Grooming

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The author has more of a UK/European-centric view of things, meaning she focuses more on hand-stripping certain breeds than clipping them, as is more the custom in the US. That's not a bad thing, as there isn't enough info in US books about hand-stripping and her pattern illustrations are nice and can be adapted to clipping. The breed and step-by-step photos are beautiful. This actually would be a good book to keep in a grooming salon lobby for customers to see.

This book is a good general reference to various dog breeds and typical grooming styles. Where the book falls down is that each breed, other than a few common breeds, is given very little details. For example, the Chinese Crested, which I was interested in, had no pictures to show the grooming, just a small paragraph. As well, no alternative cuts are suggested for some of the breeds that have several cutting styles, only the standard cuts are given.

Has many breeds not covered in other books, still left some out but good variety. Nice color pictures of the breeds, I am currently working in a salon where the girls don't know many of the breeds by sight, this book has really helped them.

Focuses exclusively on grooming - which is good. Covers wide range of breeds - also good. Wish there are more grooming styles featured for the various breeds especially long-haired ones. Only poodles were featured in a number of grooming styles.

This book is not a complete guide to 170 dog breeds.

This book does an OK job of covering the health aspects of grooming. I wouldn't say that it does a better of job of any of your standard "All about dogs" book.

This book is more of a guide on how to groom a dog for show. If your dog is of a breed where the dog is groomed similarly for show as it would be groomed as a pet, this is a great book. If your dog is of a breed where a show worthy grooming is the complete opposite of a functional pet grooming, like maltese, yorkie, or any of the long haired breeds, this book will be useless. Unless you love looking at cute adorable doggies.

I found this book to be full of helpful information with clear instructions and explanations. The pictures are excellent. After reading this anyone would feel comfortable approaching any type of coat. It would be perfect to have in front of you in the salon and it lists every item needed for each design. It goes into great detail of the more tricky styles, as well as combatting any problems. All the info is here. Well worth the purchase.I see myself keeping this one for many, many years to come.

I am trying to start groomming my two Pomeranians to save money but this book is not what I needed. It covers too many breeds and offers few specifics per breed. I also bought the Grooming for Dummies book and that is more what I needed.

This book will be invaluable now as I am going to groom my dog myself. The instructions are easily understood.

My granddaughter-in-law is learning to be a dog groomer. She really enjoyed this book and felt it was a great addition to her library. From what she has told me I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn the right way to groom their dog or other's animals.

This is a very good book for the pet groomer. More thorough than other books I have seen that are directed at the pet groomer. However, there is little detailed information on grooming for show. There is specific information on grooming each breed, but this information, too, is not nearly detailed enough for show. If, however, you are grooming a pet, this book is recommended.