Notes from the driveway

Latest Route days A route that ends near home The shortest loop is the wrong goal for a grooming van. Plan the day backwards from your own driveway and you get home with the tank drained before dinner. Walt Brannigan Sep 22, 2026 · 5 min read Read the post Business Sep 15, 2026 What to charge for a mobile groom in 2026 What 1,140 vans charge for a bath, a full groom and a deshed, and how to raise your own prices without forty awkward conversations. Tessa Hollander · 6 min read Clients Sep 8, 2026 The no-show text that works A reminder that reads like a dentist gets swiped away. One that asks about the side gate gets a reply from 94% of owners. Andre Whitlow · 4 min read Clients Aug 28, 2026 Vaccine records without the awkward conversation Which three vaccines a mobile groomer needs on file, how to collect them once, and the text that moves the hard conversation a week early. Carol Espinoza · 5 min read Route days Aug 18, 2026 Deshed season, without the sore shoulders Fall is the busiest eight weeks of the year for double coats. Price the deshed as its own service, cap it at two a day, and let the regulars in first. Tessa Hollander · 5 min read Business Aug 6, 2026 When to buy the second van A second van is a different business, not twice the first one. Three numbers to have in place before you sign for it. Walt Brannigan · 6 min read