Mobile groomers offer owners a number of superior benefits. The mobile groomer comes to the home, works around the owner’s schedule, with no need to soil a family vehicle while taking a dirty pet to a groomer.
Today, mobile grooming trucks are sophisticated pieces of equipment. They are equipped with hot and cold running water, electrical generators, air conditioning and heating units, and a number of tools dedicated to grooming your pet. The mobile groomer has everything laid out at their fingertips, and brings the entire workshop to a customer’s doorstep.
How Pet Owners Benefit
Mobile groomers offer the owner more personal freedom. There’s no need to waste time picking up and dropping off at a pet salon, or even waiting around and killing the time necessary for the “mall groomer.” Not only is the pet still at home, but the owner is as well. And many times, we have seen it where the owner is actually not at home. They simply leave an entry code to the basement or garage door, and based on trust, allow the groomer to get and return the animal to its pen. The groomer finishes the job and finds payment in an envelope taped to a nearby table or door.
Mud, Flea, and Tick Season
Pet owners will confirm, particularly those of larger breeds, that there are certain times of the year when grooming becomes an absolute necessity. Not only are coats shedding after long cold winters, but mud is everywhere. And the hunting desire in many breeds is so powerful, that by instinct it will seek out the musk or feces of wild animals and roll in it, so as to hide it’s own odor from potential prey. One trip to the groomer may leave the family vehicle muddy and reeking so that even a gallon of deodorizer and a ton of elbow grease won’t help.
How Pets Benefit As Well
The pet benefits as well. Because the pet is still within its marked territory and scent trail, it senses that it is still “at home,” which is much less stressful for the animal. Mobile groomers give pets individual service, where the animal is not left in a cage surrounded by dozens of other animals, thereby reducing the possibility of catching ailments, such as kennel cough. Lastly, many mobile groomers work solo and over time become familiar with the pet’s quirks, traits, and special needs, making it a better experience for the pet and owner alike.
Animals mark their territory. It is an instinct which is both primal and necessary. They build up a connection to their territory which is emotional, as well as physical. It is a connection that they will fight to defend. To their minds, their survival is at stake. And territory marking gives clear warning to other animals to steer clear or be prepared for the consequences.
And this notion of “territory” is why we believe animals stress so much in going to a groomer. You are physically removing the pet from its comfort zone, and inserting them into what they perceive as a danger zone. While, the smells of a grooming salon may escape the nose of a pet owner, the animal, whose sense of smell is an estimated 10,000 times stronger, is well aware of where they are.
Mobile grooming eliminates this threat. The animal may resist the first few times at grooming, but will come to realize that it is still well within its scent territory. And because many groomers work solo, the animal becomes familiar with the groomer’s scent and may even be fascinated by the scent of other animals on the groomer. The groomer’s scent, over time, will be incorporated into the animal’s territory. And we have found that if an animal is groomed from the time it is a puppy or kitten, that the fear of grooming never develops.
Conclusion:
Many owners rank the benefits of mobile grooming as superior to salon grooming. Grooming itself eliminates what many owners consider to be an onerous task, that of bathing and grooming their pet. Mobile grooming just takes it to another level. And your pet knows that at the end of the process that there are many benefits for it as well. Where, they found themselves dirty, uncomfortable and pushed away by their owners, that they get a whole lot more hugs and attention, now that they are clean and odor free. And that feels good for the pet and for the owner.