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Caribbean Casual Back Deck - Scissor TalkIn this poolside session, our esteemed panel talks about shears, including straights, curves, blenders, and thinners. What are some of the best ways to care for your shears? What types of shears do you need to groom your pets? How you can extend the life of your shears? Where is the best place to shop for scissors? What should you look for in a sharpener? They even discuss ways that you can remove minor dings or burrs in an edge. |
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Caribbean Casual Back Deck Interviews - How We All Got StartedOne of the questions we always get asked, "How did you get started in the grooming industry?" All of us have a common theme -- we are extremely passionate about what we do. However, just because we have passion doesn't mean that being a professional groomer was our early life ambition! Join us as we tell you how we got our start and what keeps us motivated 30+ years later. This is a great video clip for newcomers just starting out or for someone who is questioning whether they should stay in the industry. |
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Caribbean Casual Back Deck Interviews – Ears & GlandsThis topic stems directly from a question from one of our members -- How do you address issues with ears and glands? With a combined 130+ years of grooming experience, it was pretty amazing to find that all of these pros were on the same page with this topic. Find out how they dealt with it years ago and how they all address these two areas today. Times have definitely changed! |
Caribbean Casual Back Deck - Scissor Talk
Shot on location in the British Virgin Islands on the sailing yacht 'Sundowner' withTeri DiMarino, Kathy Rose, Susie Penney, and Melissa Verplank
In this poolside session, our esteemed panel talks about shears, including straights, curves, blenders, and thinners. What are some of the best ways to care for your shears? What types of shears do you need to groom your pets? How you can extend the life of your shears? Where is the best place to shop for scissors? What should you look for in a sharpener? They even discuss ways that you can remove minor dings or burrs in an edge.
In this video you will learn:
- Why we all need different styles of shears
- What types of shears work for different coats
- Why quality equipment can extend the life of your career
- Simple things you can do to extent the life of your shears
Approximate running time: 16 minutes
Make sure you allow the video to pre-load a few minutes prior to viewing for uninterrupted play
(Please note: this video does have some minor sound issues that could not be completely corrected during the editing process plus a bit of salt residue on the lens... imagine that!)
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Teri DiMarino ICMG, NCMG, CAH
Teri is a thirty-five year-plus veteran of the pet styling industry, previously owning and operating a large and successful South Florida salon for twenty-seven years. As a multi Best In Show winning grooming contest competitor Teri was a member of the Read Full Bio
Teri DiMarino ICMG, NCMG, CAH
Teri is a thirty-five year-plus veteran of the pet styling industry, previously owning and operating a large and successful South Florida salon for twenty-seven years. As a multi Best In Show winning grooming contest competitor Teri was a member of the '88, ’89 and ’93 GroomTeam USA Gold Medal winning teams, served as GroomTeam USA team coordinator for the ’90 and ’91 teams as well as GroomTeam USA Treasurer for nearly ten years. She is a multiple Cardinal Crystal Grooming Achievement Award nominee and award winner. Teri is a popular speaker, judge and master of ceremonies at seminars and trade shows across the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Korea, New Zealand and Australia. She initiated the concept of the platform demonstration at grooming trade shows in the 1990’s and while these are familiar to the human hair industry, they had been unseen in the pet styling world until that time.
Teri’s dog show background includes extensive work with Doberman Pinschers in the obedience ring as well as helping found the Doberman Rescue League in South Florida in 1976. She served as President, Vice-President, Adoption Coordinator and Obedience Director. She also bred and showed Tibetan Terriers, having finished numerous breed and obedience champions as well as owner/handling one of her dogs to a National Specialty Best in Show win. Her “eye for a dog” carried over to her salon, where she maintained and groomed many of the local show dogs for their handlers, specializing in the scissor Terrier breeds and Cocker Spaniels.
As one of the charter members of the Boca Raton Dog Club, Teri acted as Match Secretary and Chairman through the grueling AKC licensing qualification process and then went on to hold the position of Show Chairman after licensing was granted. Teri also served a two year term as club President.
Teri has written regular columns and feature articles for the industry publications Pet Business,Grooming Business and Groom & Board magazines. Teri now works regularly with BarkleighProductions and has taken on the position of Industry Consultant along with writing the business column and feature articles inGroomer To Groomer magazine. She has also contributed to the new Animal Planet reality show, Groomer Has It, acting as the shows Professional Consultant.
Teri regularly lectures at trade shows and consults with pet styling businesses, specializing in teaching no-nonsense everyday grooming and bathing techniques, salon set-up, business logic and time management efficiency. Teri now resides in Southern California where she owned a successful mobile grooming business, ”State of the Arf Pet Styling”, and still enjoys grooming in her private salon.