Cage free Salon: Is It Safe?

By Michell Evans
July 30, 2018
“Hello Michell. I am lastly opening my own dog grooming salon. I am so excited! I am extremely strongly leaning toward a cage–free salon. There are many reasons for my decision; cages are expensive, the owners don’t like to have their dogs in cages, dogs don’t like being in cages as well as it brings me joy to watch them run around as well as play with each other. I understand this is a questionable subject. I question if you have any type of advice? say thanks to you.” –Karen

Hi Karen. Congratulations on ending up being a salon owner! It is your job, as well as yours alone, to presume the dangers of your new grooming salon. You requirement to ask yourself a number of concerns about the dangers included with a cage–free salon. In the end, it is as much as you.

First as well as foremost, the client expects to get a well–groomed, happy as well as healthy pet back from you in a few hours. security is the number one thing that owners want from you, even if they don’t understand it. They can’t even picture the possible risks, as well as they should not have to. It is your task to make sure they never have a headache come true. The dogs are only in your care for a few hours per month. just focus on providing the service that the client expects—grooming.

Consider that your task is not to provide their pet enrichment, exercise, socialization or fun. Leave that to the businesses who offer those services, like daycares. If you are providing day care services, be cautious to provide a risk-free area separate from the work zone as well as fee the client for the extra service. trip hazards, falling tools as well as confrontations between dogs might cause possible injury to both pets as well as employees.

Second, it is true that quality–built kennels can be an costly investment. In many situations a start–up salon does not requirement extremely many cages. perhaps you can begin with a few utilized airline crates as well as buy something nicer after you have saved some money.
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Groomers get hurt tripping over dogs as well as breaking up dog fights. Dogs get hurt by getting into dog fights, getting tripped over as well as having tools dropped on them. keep in mind that you requirement sufficient cost savings to cover vet expenses as well as to cover the space in the salon’s earnings because of an worker out on worker’s payment leave. These outflows as well as voids come long before any type of insurance coverage compensation. Your liability as well as worker’s payment premiums may go up after a claim.

Cage–free as well as barrier–free are two different things. many salons utilize exercise pens, play pens, infant gates as well as spaces to separate dogs. These are great choices if you have a great deal of square footage. keep in mind that square footage will be more costly than cages. If the dogs are safely away from the work zone as well as separate from other strange dogs, you are still providing a risk-free atmosphere for the dogs.

If you have a few dogs in your clientele who have cage phobia as well as just cannot be caged, set up an reveal groom for that dog to ensure that he/she does not requirement to be caged at all.

Most groomers do not take the time to understand—much less install—pack structure. They don’t understand exactly how strong the pack instincts are in their clients’ pets. These drives can click into high gear when a dog is taken into an area with strange dogs.

When a new dog comes into an area that one more dog claims, the new dog is frequently seen as an intruder into “their personal territory”, rather than a new–found friend. This frequently leads to either territorial aggression, dominance aggression or fear aggression. The problem of rank may have already been settled by the present pack as well as the game may be going according to their rules. The new dog will not understand the rules as well as can quickly get into trouble. In a hectic grooming workspace there is no time to screen these behaviors.

With every single decision you make in your new salon, there should be a danger assessment. You will do yourself, your clients, your clients’ dogs, your workers as well as your business a favor if you always select the safest route. great luck! have a concern you want Michell to answer? Please send concerns to michell@groomingtutor.com

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