Good Evening All,
I'm new to Groomer Talk - in fact, I'm not a groomer (yet) but very much interested. I'm working in the corporate world and it's depressing me. I don't like my job and I find myself daydreaming about running my own grooming and doggie day care center. I'm unable to quit my job and enroll in grooming school as I am not finacially able to go without my income so I did the next best thing... I think, I enrolled my daughter in a dog grooming school. She starts this week and she is very excited about it.
My plan is this; she gets trained in grooming, gets a job for some hands on experience and when she's ready - I open the business. Do you think that would be a bad idea on my part? I mean the fact that I wouldn't be able to groom dogs. She and I have discussed this and she says not to worry, she'll groom and I can take care of the day care part.
While my husband is supportive of the idea, he feels I'm making a mistake by not going to grooming school. He thinks I should go to school on the weekends (while still working during the week). I don't think I can handle both, my job is very demanding and some nights I'm there until 7 or 7:30 in the evening. I'm afraid I'll get burned out - and fast.
Do you think it's foolish to open a grooming business with my daughter, with her being the only one knowing how to groom? Would I be making a mistake?
I'm new to Groomer Talk - in fact, I'm not a groomer (yet) but very much interested. I'm working in the corporate world and it's depressing me. I don't like my job and I find myself daydreaming about running my own grooming and doggie day care center. I'm unable to quit my job and enroll in grooming school as I am not finacially able to go without my income so I did the next best thing... I think, I enrolled my daughter in a dog grooming school. She starts this week and she is very excited about it.
My plan is this; she gets trained in grooming, gets a job for some hands on experience and when she's ready - I open the business. Do you think that would be a bad idea on my part? I mean the fact that I wouldn't be able to groom dogs. She and I have discussed this and she says not to worry, she'll groom and I can take care of the day care part.
While my husband is supportive of the idea, he feels I'm making a mistake by not going to grooming school. He thinks I should go to school on the weekends (while still working during the week). I don't think I can handle both, my job is very demanding and some nights I'm there until 7 or 7:30 in the evening. I'm afraid I'll get burned out - and fast.
Do you think it's foolish to open a grooming business with my daughter, with her being the only one knowing how to groom? Would I be making a mistake?
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