Hiring Your First Bather or Assistant

When you are consistently booked solid and turning away clients, it is time for help.

Signs you are ready: Turning away 5+ clients per week, waitlist over 3 weeks, working 6 days and burning out.

Start with a bather: Part-time, 2-3 days. They handle baths, drying, nails. You focus on haircuts. Pay $12-$18 per hour.

The math: Bather costs $100 per day, frees you to groom 2 more dogs at $85 equals $70 extra profit per day equals $1,400 per month additional.

Hiring is scary. But staying solo means your income has a ceiling. First hire is the first step toward a business, not just a job.