Grooming Fads

[123Linda]

Think back. What grooming fads have come and gone?????

[DogGamut]

kind of hard to classify something as a fad when the thing is an art form that is particular to the individual as far as cuts or styles go. everything I do is tried and tested and likely never going away unless something better pops up.

[violet2]

I am having a hard time thinking of one although the lion's trim on a dog was heavily requested a couple years ago when there was a story in the media about neighbors reported a lion on the loose, and it turned out to be a dog in lion's trim. We got like 10 requests for the trim, and then boom, no one continued with style on a dog. So that's a customer fad we experienced.

[violet2]

Not really a fad but sort of to small degree was the facial. We got lots of requests for them, no longer, and just include it as part of grooms.

[yankeedoodlepoodle]

I remember when some said the mohawk would be but proved them wrong.

[HoneyandChewiespal]

Around here it's passé to color any fur ( ears, feet, faux hawks).
Also the 'Boo' style on Poms is quickly fading.

[HoneyandChewiespal]

Oh, and feather attachments are going by the wayside. No one wants to deal with the matting

[TootsiePie]

Yep never hear about wanting feathers any more.

[Countrygrl]

For me it is nail polish.....thank goodness.... No one asked for it anymore.

[10muddypaws]

Agreed, nail polish. Not in a long long time.

[Dragynwing]

I am having a hard time thinking of one although the lion's trim on a dog was heavily requested a couple years ago when there was a story in the media about neighbors reported a lion on the loose, and it turned out to be a dog in lion's trim. We got like 10 requests for the trim, and then boom, no one continued with style on a dog. So that's a customer fad we experienced.

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[KarlaSnyder]

Breed fads come to mind. Back in the 60s and 70s, poodles were the 'it' breed. Oodles of poodles-lots of mins and toys with a few standards thrown in. There were no shih tzu, bichons, and who had even heard of a havanese? Dutch cuts and sweetheart trims were common. Poodles were colored pink, blue, or purple with matching nail polish and bows. Matted poodles were put in palm springs clips. Today, I have more bichons in my card files than poodles, and more shih tzu than any thing else. Wonder what we'll be grooming 20 years from now?

[Brit]

We never get asked for nail polish, except maybe once a year during holidays.

[Moo]

Oh, and feather attachments are going by the wayside. No one wants to deal with the matting

My female dogs live in their feathers from Groom A to Groom B, and I remove the bead the next groom and put a new one in, and I've never had it be involved in a mat, and they usually go three weeks between grooms. And since I usually remove it at table time, I've usually washed and dried with it in.

[petstimes2]

I dont' count on tips, but wouldn't that be horrible if they became a fad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!