Two years to the month since first launching the business, the proprietor of a canine grooming salon is celebrating its enlargement after opening her first store.
The Dog & Collar Salon started the subsequent chapter of its story final Saturday, when it opened the doorways to shoppers at its new premises on the High Street, Haverhill.
The businesses proprietor, Anna Pavey, has been operating it since November 2021 from a transformed storage at her home in Haverhill, however determined to maneuver into a store premises so as to have the ability to provide extra to her shoppers.
Just a number of days after the transfer into what was as soon as an e-cig store, however one which stood empty for a lot of months, Anna, 20, stated: “It’s going great. It’s going really well.
“It’s a bit like anything. It is just one of those things, you’ve got to go and do it and hope for the best.
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“It’s going well so far. We are pretty busy until January.”
To assist with what is available in being in an even bigger premises, Anna is being assisted by her mum, Jo, who is ready to assist with the washing and drying, with the opposite features of the grooming all the way down to Anna, who has the required {qualifications}.
Anna’s curiosity in canine grooming started whereas nonetheless at college, the place she already knew it was a profession for her. Getting her first canine – a cockapoo – on the age of 12 solely helped to deepen that curiosity.
After ending faculty she spent two years in school buying City & Guilds {qualifications} in canine grooming.
She additionally used to volunteer on the canine groomer’s to whom she took her personal pet, and having the additional area afforded by the store premises will, stated Anna, give her the possibility to supply the identical alternatives to others who need to study extra concerning the occupation.
Anna provides a full vary of canine grooming companies.
A full groom, tub and dry, hand stripping, nail clipping, ear cleansing, puppy intros, mud baths and spa remedies. All breeds and sizes of dogs are catered for.
Her business has developed a robust buyer base since being based, fuelled purely by word-of-mouth and her presence on Facebook and Instagram. She doesn’t have a web site.
And she has not been affected by the cost-of-living disaster as a result of, as Anna identified, canine grooming is a necessity and never a luxurious for his or her homeowners.
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“People love their dogs.
“It’s more of a maintenance thing rather than ‘we will treat our dog’,”
