Added: 12/12/2005 |
Pets beauty servicesDogs and cats are much more than just pets to their owners. In most cases they are rather family. As family members, they are obviously pampered. Hair and nails on paws should be trimmed when they grow long, and the coat needs to be shampooed whenever it becomes dirty.
In most cases it is not cheap at all to trim and dye pet's hair. But hefty prices will not, however, reduce the enthusiasm of pet lovers especially of those who have thoroughbred pets: they say that since they have paid so much for their pets, it is merely natural that they should pay out the money each month to maintain their pets beauty.
According to owners of pet beauty salons, pets beauty services are becoming more and more popular, and clients are getting increasingly demanding in their longing to make their pets look special.
Today the staff of most pet beauty salons can design hair styles for pets in accordance with their species.
For instance, designers can make a Shitzu or a Pekingese appear as if they were dachshunds after trimming session, which is in fact fairly popular. The pet beauty salons are doing great business and clientele sometimes has to wait in line with their pets on weekends.
There are also pet hospitals which provide both medical and pets beauty services. Most pet hospitals have facilities for boarding and training, medical treatment and grooming. In the showrooms are typically all kinds of supplies for pets, such as pet houses, leashes, beds, clothes and an extensive variety of food for pets.
It costs at least US 20,000 to open a middling pet beauty salon. The money goes basically for rent, the purchase of salon equipment and wages to employees.
A pet salon may differ in size from a little more than 10 sq m to 200 sq m, with rents varying between several thousands to tens of thousands USD. Rentals are certainly higher in major districts.
Basic equipment needed for pets beauty salon includes a grooming table, bathtubs, electric scissors, blowers and air-conditioners.
Special tools are necessary if such pets beauty services such as pets claws beauty services or hair dyeing are offered. Still, most clients only require grooming and cleaning services, such as trimming of hair, paw hair trimming, bathing, and ear cleaning. First-time sponsors and people with no experience in this industry can give the less popular pets beauty services a miss.
However, a professional attitude is significant and only pet salons with qualified groomers are able to provide the proper service. Most people take their beloved pets to pets beauty salons for grooming since their qualified groomers can do pets beauty procedures they can't do well at home setting, such as cutting short-haired dogs' nails and trimming the hair around the genitals and on the paws.
For a small pet beauty salon, it is enough to have just one groomer and one assistant. Certainly if the salon is over 100 sq m big, it might require more personnel.
Pet salon chains with their own services and approach will undeniably have a potential in the huge market developing in the US.
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