The Traveling Groomers Podcast

Mary and Chris answer all your burning questions, including who we would want to have as our celebrity bather.

Mary and Chris discuss the how's and why's of equipment maintenance. Awesome links on on the website. Podcast hosting platforms frown on links. And that 90's beverage, we were talking about that had the gross congealed balls (not tapioca) was Orbitz soda.

Remember this lines to one of Meatloaf's songs. "You'll never find a coupe de ville at the bottom of a cracker jack box, never dig for gold on a sandy beach. Your looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks...." Yeah, it's all about setting expectations with what you're given to work with. Mary and Chris discuss how to establish those expectations.

Most mobile groomers and house callers work by ourselves. We tend to be one man operations even if we have multiple employees. How do we stay motivated to keep on keeping on? Mary And Chris have a whole lot to say about it.

We all get them. Silly client requests. And please give our sound editor some props when the conversation turns to what exactly is an inch. She kept it professional.

Yeah, heatstroke can most certainly occur while grooming in homes and mobile units. Mary and Chris discuss ways to prevent and treat if necessary.

Summertime c an be especially problematic for mobilers and house callers. Mary and Chris discuss way around these problems. Mary wonders who actually designed the roads in New Jersey and were they sober. Chris had a lot to say about the GoT ending. Small children and client alert.

As Mary approached retiring from grooming, She and Chris discuss the process along with career options afterwards.

Join Mary and Chris as they talk about getting the most out of your trade show experience. Also, Mary drops an F bomb!

Mary and Chris dispel many of the grooming myths we have all heard of in our careers.

As usual Mary and Chris manage to combine topics that under normal circumstances have no connection. We present productivity in the mobile groomers world and have thrown in Loki for good measure.

Way too much stuff on marketing to do it in one episode. So, we bring you part 2.

Mary and Chris delve into marketing a mobile or house call business.

Both Mary and Chris practice reiki amongst other modalities and discuss how they incorporate it into their grooming.

Today we talk about routines- but as usual Mary and Chris may go off on a few tangents and also talk about trade shows, balance when dieting, and even a bit of potty humor!

Mary and Chris offer invaluable insights and suggestions to get your business up and running.

Emotional Trigger Warning. Mary and Chris discuss dealing with grief, loss, and other life altering situations while trying to work. Oh, and the Northwest Grooming Show may have been mentioned as well.

Mary and Chris discuss why website security is a must as well as all goings on at APF. I believe we just coined the term "Convention Hangover." You're welcome.

Trials and tribulations of keeping a healthy weight and Pooh Bear makes an unexpected appearance.

Mary and Chris discuss ways to easily take care of ourselves so that we can all enjoy a long career. And we get to meet Spike Jr.