Paws for thought... Debby Knight visits Patricia Taylor-Moore at her newly established salon – The Hounds of Donnington in Telford Shropshire
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atricia Taylor - Moore (Trisha) is a brand new groomer to the industry and this is her story: I grew up in Ashstead, Surrey with cats and a couple of hamsters but had always wanted a dog. Sadly, it wasn’t until I left home and moved up to the Midlands that I acquired a rescue dog. It was a Bedlington crossed with a whippet called Penny. She was skin and bone when I got her and had been clipped short because of a terrible skin condition, she was a sorry sight . She was nine years old when I got her and she lived for another five years. Our bond was strong and she helped me through a tough time in my life and while it was painful to let her go the years of joy we had were well worth the terrible sense of loss at the end of her life. From then on I couldn’t imagine having another dog in my life, but today I have four: another rescue dog, a Jack Russell called Douglas, two ex gundogs Ruby and Lottie and our latest edition a Chow Chow called Bear. I now live in Telford , Shropshire and
Patricia Taylor-Moore
Patricia’s garden salon
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am lucky to have a large secure garden with plenty of space fir my dogs to explore. For over 20 years I worked as a transport manager for DHL , then for the last 10 I was a sales administrator in a local office. In January 2019 I went part time, mainly due to health reasons. However, things didn’t really work out for me in this role and I felt I really
needed a complete change of career. After working in an office environment for many years, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I just knew at the age of 51 I had to do something, after all nobody is going to do it for you. One weekend in August, whilst visiting my sister in Surrey, we discussed my career options. She suggested working with children
