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DobieClose said:
I did and I posted, but only saw a West Mansfield post from 2010. I’m hoping to find someone to let me help out so I can learn something before this spring.
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I just saw you posted on the Ohio thread, I quoted you there. :p That thread is pretty active, people come and go, you may locate someone near by.
 
DobieClose said:
I’m watching and waiting.
I would even appreciate some online learning for raising chicks (goats, beehives &bat houses) in my area.
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The one member I do know in central Ohio is this woman, @chicknmania she is near Columbus. Hopefully she stops by soon.
 
Welcome to BYC. As a high schooler, I got "major"credit from a work study program. I got home on the bus, then had to walk to the grooming shop. I was supposed to get $ 1. per dog for bathing them and brushing/combing out all their mats. The boss said she'd give me 50 cents, the groomers were total cheap skates and half the time refused to give me anything. They would stand the dog in the empty tub dry and say they had started the bath. B.S.

BTW the dogs were muzzled because they were trying to bite the groomers. But when they handed over the dog for me to work on, they took off the muzzles. Really cute huh!! None the less I prevailed. I watched everything the groomers and boss did and taught myself how to replicate it.

My school friends(?) were only too glad to help me out by letting me groom & bathe their Poodles. The parents gave me nothing for doing so. I worked through summer vacation and had $ 87. I decided to put an ad in the local news/shopping newspaper. I charged $ 10. per dog and did them in my home.

The former boss and her cohorts were hurting because I was getting so many dogs to trim. A police man came to the house when I was at school and told my mother it was not legal for me to trim dogs at home. That scared me half to death. I had a small, "some kind of insurance policy "that my mother said matured and I could have the money. BTW the policeman was an off duty cop sent around to intimidate me. He ended up becoming a customer and thru him I learned how to trim Schnauzers.

We found an empty store (actually much too big for what I needed) but, rented it. When it was ready for me to move in(???) we discovered the owner of a human beauty shop had taken the furnace from the store and dumped his burned -out one in exchange.

Opening day, discovered only had cold water and the shop was very cold also. The guy that owned the strip of stores including mine had a working furnace installed. Thank goodness. I can say I did a whole lot of crying when I was alone in the shop. Enter, one of the two barbers next store came over to provide some support.

I only started with a couple customers so he told me to leave all the hair clippings on the floor, and start sweeping it up whenever anyone came in - so it looked like I had some business. Actually NO, just the same pile of hair to move around on the floor.

My store was very near the local girls high school and the "wonderful," ones used to throw things at my huge shop picture window. Try getting dry "milk shakes," off the glass. The barber was nice enough to clean my windows. BTW he was married and was just a very nice man - NOT trying to win me over. I probably wouldn't have made it, without his encouragement.

I know this is all boring but the point I'm trying to make is, IF you stick to it, you can find a way to succeed. I had a business checking account and thought I was rich when I could write checks to pay for the utility bills etc. Honestly I thought that was a miracle. I didn't stop to realize I was just making enough to pay bills.

With actually having a business, I was able to order dog supplies at big discounts. The flip side of the coin was when my adult friends / kennel owners) bought things wholesale and then stiffed me for the bill.

Sorry this is so long, boring and has nothing to do with chickens. But I wanted to bring out that if you stick to it you can eventually find a way to succeed. When we moved out of the city and into a suburb, I lost most of my customers because it was a long ride to come to my new location. But, I started a breeding/show kennel (Cockers) and depended on sales, stud service and now & then grooming.

I charged $ 10 per trimming just like my beginnings and never raised the amount unless the dog was solid mats (had to be shaved down) and /or needed treatment for fleas. My sister hooked me up to a tax consultant so I could pay an estimated amount to the government thus later getting "social security" monthly payments way down the road when I reached retirement age.
 
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Welcome to BYC. As a high schooler, I got "major"credit from a work study program. I got home on the bus, then had to walk to the grooming shop. I was supposed to get $ 1. per dog for bathing them and brushing/combing out all their mats. The boss said she'd give me 50 cents, the groomers were total cheap skates and half the time refused to give me anything. They would stand the dog in the empty tub dry and say they had started the bath. B.S.

BTW the dogs were muzzled because they were trying to bite the groomers. But when they handed over the dog for me to work on, they took off the muzzles. Really cute huh!! None the less I prevailed. I watched everything the groomers and boss did and taught myself how to replicate it.

My school friends(?) were only too glad to help me out by letting me groom & bathe their Poodles. The parents gave me nothing for doing so. I worked through summer vacation and had $ 87. I decided to put an ad in the local news/shopping newspaper. I charged $ 10. per dog and did them in my home.

The former boss and her cohorts were hurting because I was getting so many dogs to trim. A police man came to the house when I was at school and told my mother it was not legal for me to trim dogs at home. That scared me half to death. I had a small, "some kind of insurance policy "that my mother said matured and I could have the money. BTW the policeman was an off duty cop sent around to intimidate me. He ended up becoming a customer and thru him I learned how to trim Schnauzers.

We found an empty store (actually much too big for what I needed) but, rented it. When it was ready for me to move in(???) we discovered the owner of a human beauty shop had taken the furnace from the store and dumped his burned -out one in exchange.

Opening day, discovered only had cold water and the shop was very cold also. The guy that owned the strip of stores including mine had a working furnace installed. Thank goodness. I can say I did a whole lot of crying when I was alone in the shop. Enter, one of the two barbers next store came over to provide some support.

I only started with a couple customers so he told me to leave all the hair clippings on the floor, and start sweeping it up whenever anyone came in - so it looked like I had some business. Actually NO, just the same pile of hair to move around on the floor.

My store was very near the local girls high school and the "wonderful," ones used to throw things at my huge shop picture window. Try getting dry "milk shakes," off the glass. The barber was nice enough to clean my windows. BTW he was married and was just a very nice man - NOT trying to win me over. I probably wouldn't have made it, without his encouragement.

I know this is all boring but the point I'm trying to make is, IF you stick to it, you can find a way to succeed. I had a business checking account and thought I was rich when I could write checks to pay for the utility bills etc. Honestly I thought that was a miracle. I didn't stop to realize I was just making enough to pay bills.

With actually having a business, I was able to order dog supplies at big discounts. The flip side of the coin was when my adult friends / kennel owners) bought things wholesale and then stiffed me for the bill.

Sorry this is so long, boring and has nothing to do with chickens. But I wanted to bring out that if you stick to it you can eventually find a way to succeed. When we moved out of the city and into a suburb, I lost most of my customers because it was a long ride to come to my new location. But, I started a breeding/show kennel (Cockers) and depended on sales, stud service and now & then grooming.

I charged $ 10 per trimming just like my beginnings and never raised the amount unless the dog was solid mats (had to be shaved down) and /or needed treatment for fleas. My sister hooked me up to a tax consultant so I could pay an estimated amount to the government thus later getting "social security" monthly payments way down the road when I reached retirement age.
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That was not boring at all. It’s a pretty cool story. I do pretty much everything myself from building, flooring, electrical , plumbing and mechanics all from watching YouTube videos. My only big failure so far was YouTube poodle grooming. He looked AWFUL!
come over and I’ll give you $15 and a tip!😉
 
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