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48hr flash sale!!
If you’ve been thinking about coming to one of our seminars… this is your moment 👀 For the next 48 HOURS ONLY, we’ve dropped tickets across ALL upcoming locations 🔥 📍 Brisbane 📍 Hobart 📍 Launceston 📍 Melbourne 💥 FLASH SALE: $200 tickets No catch. No extensions. Once the 48 hours is up… they’re gone. If you’ve been on the fence — this is your sign. https://the-dbt-dog-company.square.site
48hr flash sale!!
0 likes • Mar 29
Got mine☺️
Welcome to our Behavioural Dog Grooming community! I’m thrilled you’re here.
My name is Alyssa, and I’ve dedicated my career to helping dogs, other groomers and their owners transform grooming from a stressful experience into a calm, positive one. With years of hands-on experience in dog grooming salons, I’ve seen firsthand how understanding a dog’s emotions and body language can make all the difference. My passion is teaching gentle, effective techniques that build trust and cooperation, so grooming becomes something both you and your dog can look forward to. Beyond behavioural grooming, I’m also here to support you with everyday pet grooming questions and offer business coaching if you’re looking to grow or improve your grooming services. Whether you’re a pet owner or a professional groomer, this group is a space to learn, share, and get personalized guidance. I’d love to get to know you and your furry friends! Please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your dog — their name, breed, and any grooming behaviour challenges you’re facing. Looking forward to connecting with you all and making grooming a better experience for every dog!
1 like • Mar 28
Hi Alyssa, I am excited to find this group. My background is vet nurse, worked and volunteered with the RSPCA for many years and worked in Animal Management with a council and now certified dog groomer. I am also enrolled in a Pschology and Behaviour course for dogs in an attempt to help me understand dogs better and therefore be the best relationship groomer I can be. I dont want to win awards for the best haircut, I only want to give them the best experience in a salon that I know how, beginning to the end. Finding your community is an added bonus, one that I am looking forward to gaining more insight into the wonderful world of dog grooming.
🚨 FREE WEBINAR FOR GROOMERS 🚨
We’re opening the doors to something special… and it’s completely FREE. Why? Because behavioural grooming is one of the most important — yet least understood — areas of our industry. Every day, groomers are working with dogs showing signs of stress, anxiety, and fear…But many aren’t feeling confident in how to identify it, let alone how to respond to it effectively. That’s exactly why we’re doing this. This webinar isn’t about perfection it’s awareness, understanding, and practical change. We want to help as many groomers as possible :Recognise behavioural signals earlier : Reduce stress in the salon environment :Build safer, more positive grooming experiences :Feel more confident handling challenging dogs And most importantly — we want to introduce you to the foundation of it all: The POA Method (Pause • Observe • Adjust) This simple but powerful framework is designed to help you: ✔ Slow down and assess what’s really happening ✔ Understand the dog in front of you ✔ Make informed, ethical grooming decisions in the moment This is where it starts. Whether you’re new to grooming or years into the industry, this session will shift how you see behaviour in the salon. Spots are open to all Skool members — don’t miss it. 👉 Join us and start changing the way you groom.
0 likes • Mar 27
Just asking. Is this webinar the same as the day seminar coming up in Brisbane in May?
The Problem Isn’t You — It’s The System
Let’s be honest for a minute… The dog grooming industry hasn’t just made things hard —it’s set groomers up to fail. Not because you’re not good enough.But because of what you were taught to prioritise. From the very beginning, the focus isn’t the dog… It’s: 👉 How many dogs you can get through in a day 👉 How fast you can complete a groom 👉 How to stay “on schedule” 👉 How to keep pricing competitive In most multi-groomer salons, success is measured by numbers. “How many dogs did you do today?” “Can you fit one more in?” “Why did that groom take so long?” So you learn very quickly… Speed = good groomer Slowing down = problem And that’s where everything starts to break down. Because no one is teaching you what to do when the dog can’t fit into that system. No one is teaching you how to: ❌ Pause when the dog is overwhelmed ❌ Recognise the early signs before it escalates ❌ Adjust the groom without feeling like you’re “falling behind” ❌ Say “this isn’t safe to continue” without guilt Instead, you’re standing there with a dog that: Doesn’t like the dryer Pulls away for nails Freezes or fights on the table And in the back of your mind is one thought… “I don’t have time for this.” So you push through. Your rush. You hold a little firmer. You try to just “get it done.” And then the dog escalates. Now it’s snapping.Thrashing.Completely shut down. And it feels like it came out of nowhere… But it didn’t. We just weren’t given the space — or the skills — to see it earlier. This is the part no one talks about… 👉 The industry teaches you how to complete grooms but not how to work with behaviour 👉 It teaches output but not regulation 👉 It teaches speed but not awareness So when things go wrong… We blame ourselves. “I should be able to handle this.”“Why does this dog hate grooming?”“Am I just not good enough?” When in reality… You’ve been trying to fit a living, emotional animal into a system designed for production. And those two things don’t align. When you start shifting away from:“How fast can I finish this groom?”
0 likes • Mar 27
After working years in production line mentality salons, I now am fortunate to work in a salon that puts dogs welfare first and am expected to do 4 - 6 dogs a day, giving them breaks if needed. The difference is amazing. The dogs are happier, the owners are very happy and rebook on the spot and I feel calmer.
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Georgina Barboutis
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I am a dog groomer in Australia and desire to learn more about the relationship between dogs and groomer on the table.

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