Fido needs a bath, Fifi needs her fur trimmed...and while the pets who must submit to your soap and clippers may wish you'd take up a different line of work, trust us, dog groomers have it made.

See, over the last forty years, pet ownership in the United States has tripled: There are now more than ninety-five million cats and eighty-three million dogs who sit, stay, and stink up the house; much to the chagrin of their human owners (source).

This is where you come in. Whether you have a brick-and-mortar pet salon or a mobile grooming truck, you're part of an industry worth more than four billion dollars (source). And because there will always be another dog to wash or another Pomeranian that needs its fur dyed pink, that number is just going to go up.

So, yes, unless the economy tanks and people suddenly decide to brave washing the family Malamute in the tub again in order to save a buck or two, you're set for work for the foreseeable future.

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