Be strong buddy . <| sep |> Not too bad . I have my 4 month old at the salon so my productivity is in the tank . Yesterday , I had to help the new hire . She ' s graduating from grooming school soon but had zero confidence and she ' s as slow as molasses flowing uphill in a Canadian winter . She ' s older I ' m 36 . She ' s in her late 40 s , maybe older and I know she ' s bounced around a few salons because she can ' t groom at the level they need . It doesn ' t matter at my place . We ' re part of a doggy daycare and all my manager cares about is us providing an add on service for our clients . I hope I book up a little more for the holidays . My business suffered when I went on maternity leave and the groomer we had just hired quit due to a family emergency . I ' ve only been grooming for 11 months at this place and just over a year in all so I ' m always afraid of losing clients to more skillful groomers .