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| KAREN'S GROOMING CORNER THIS IS A PAGE FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE INTO THE HAIR OF THE DOG! I'VE HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL DOG & CAT GROOMER FOR 17 YEARS NOW.I CURRENTLY RESIDE AT THE BEST VETERINARIAN CLINIC IN MEMPHIS,TN.(WALNUT GROVE ANIMAL CLINIC)I ONLY DO GROOMING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY AND I AM USUALLY BOOKED TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE.RESERVATIONS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.THIS IS MY DAY JOB.BY NIGHT I AM BREEDER,OWNER, KENNEL CLEANER AND DOG AND PUPPY TRAINER.I GOT MY FIRST GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD. I WAS IN LOVE FROM THEN ON OUT WITH THE BREED AND HOW INTELLIGENT THEY ARE.FROM THERE I CAME TO TN IN 1991 AND BECAME A BRUSHER/BATHER FOR A LOCAL GROOMING ROOM.I WORKED HARD EVERY DAY SO I COULD SPEND SOME TIME WATCHING THE PROS GROOM THE DOGS I HAD BATHED AND COMBED OUT.I ALREADY KNEW HOW TO USE A PAIR OF CLIPPERS.I HAVE OWNED HORSES SINCE I WAS 13 YEARS OLD AND WHEN I LIVED UP NORTH EVERYONE THAT HAD HORSES AND RODE OFTEN WOULD KEEP THEIR MOUNTS CLIPPED DOWN FOR THE WINTER,AND KEEP STABLE BLANKETS ON THEM.I HAD TOLD THE PROS ALL OF THIS AND THE OWNER MASTER GROOMER HANDED ME A PAIR OF CLIPPERS AND A MINIATURE POODLE AND SAID "CLIP HER FEET CLEAN"I HAD WATCHED HER DO IT FOR YEAR AND HALF SO TO TOWN I WENT ON THIS LITTLE POODLE.I THINK I HAD ALL FOUR FEET CLEAN AND NOT CUT UP IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES.THAT IS WHEN I WAS TOLD I WAS A NATURAL,THAT I NEEDED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN DOG GROOMING.I WENT WITH IT AND I AM LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY.I LOVE MY JOB.I LOVE WHERE I WORK AND I LOVE MY BOSS AND THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH.UPON THAT NOTE I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF MY DOGS I HAVE GROOMED THROUGHOUT THE         YEARS. ENJOY!        | |
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