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Tiffany Leenderts Icmg
Tiffiny has a wealth of experience, specialising in Miniature schnauzer grooming. She has won many awards in the handstrip division with schnauzers making it up to champion level.
Tiffiny was the first person in the UK to be become a member of the Hydra world groom team representing the UK, she has also been nominated for ‘groomer of the year’ and ‘judge of the year’ for the Liza Paul awards 2024.
Tiffiny owns a salon in Cambridgeshire, she is Level 3 city and guilds qualified and has her ICMG, she has done many seminars all over the country and has a passion for teaching and sharing knowledge with other dog groomers.
Emma Crawley
Emma is a multi award winning stylist across several classes with various breeds, she has also taken reserve best in show twice & represents Hydra for the UK.
This year Emma has been nominated for both rising stylist of the year & up and coming groomer of the year.
She has been grooming for over 10 years and opened her very successful grooming salon in Surrey 8 years ago. Emma has a wealth of knowledge on dog grooming and has a passion for helping and teaching others in the industry.
Sally Hart
Sally is a dedicated dog groomer with over 30 years in the grooming industry. Whilst working in a breeding and show kennel in South Africa, Sally found her love of grooming.
She opened her first successful salon in 1994 in South Africa. And it was here she began her education journey and offered in-house training for new groomers. After settling in the UK, Sally started to attend grooming seminars and events, and gained her C & G Advanced Dog Grooming Qualification.
As a committee member of The English Groomers Group, an education and support group for groomers and a committee member for Groom Team England, winners of the World Grooming Championships 2022, Sally is committed to the pet grooming industry and improving our pet's well-being through education and support for owners and groomers alike.
Sally has owned her present salon with her husband since 2006 and has continued her passion for sharing her knowledge and experience with fellow groomers. She has written numerous articles, regularly gives seminars and offers 1-1 training and workshops through her grooming education business, Up Your Groom.
Sally’s respected contributions have been recognised with two nominations and an award for the prestigious Liz Paul Speaker of the Year award in 2023. Sally believes that knowledge is key to building confidence in grooming.
The Anderton Family of Absolute Animals
Heidi Anderton
Previously on Groom Team England and best in show achievements, Heidi has been around dogs all her life. With a long history of dogs, her current is pet is Tiffany the standard poodle.
Heidi has operated Absolutely Animals in London since she launched it in 1995. Absolutely Animals now trades as a grooming school for those wishing to learn the art of Dog and Cat Grooming as well as a high end salon.
Heidi believes that continual training and skills gained in seminars, examinations, demonstrations, and competitions are important in delivering a quality service to customers as well as maintaining modern styles in a safe and fun atmosphere.
In the UK and worldwide, Heidi has won numerous awards and is a highly qualified and accomplished pet groomer, some of these include:
- City and Guilds Qualified level 3 in dog grooming 1995
- Higher Diploma in dog grooming 2005
- Member of Guild of Master Groomers 2005 – 2014
- LCGI – Level 4 City and Guilds 2007
- International Certified Master Groomer – 2017
- International Grooming Judge
- Teacher, assessor and IQA
Heidi is a founding member of the British Isles Grooming Association and can answer any questions you have about achieving a successful career and business in the pet grooming field as well as the training required to do this.
Christine Anderton
Following in her mums footsteps Christine has been in the salon since 2010. She has a special passion for animals and is an expert at grooming dogs and cats.
Christine has demonstrated her strength in the field for many years, rising through the ranks and tournaments to become a member of Groom Team England. She makes us so proud.
She currently serves as Absolutely Animals’ manager, head tutor, and groomer. Etti, Kendra, and Aria are three standard poodles that Christine owns.
In terms of accomplishments, Christine is a highly qualified to teacher and assesser, in addition to having her full City & Guilds level 3 in dog grooming.
Christine is a multi-international award-winning groomer with many placements and Best in Show under her belt.
Christine will be representing England in the World grooming competition in September 2024 so we will all be attending to cheer them all on.
Come and see Christine demonstrate a working continental trim on a poodle.
Callum Anderton
The last Anderton to join us in the grooming salon, Callum loves dogs and lives with two standard poodles, Eddie and Stella. Achieving his City and Guilds dog grooming levels 2 and 3 at Absolutely Animals, Callum now enjoys tutoring learners to a high standard and is our instagram guru. Callum is also has a teaching qualification at level 3 and is working towards his LCGI City and Guilds management award.
Working on his education and participating in many grooming shows in the UK and abroad, Callum is having fun with travelling and meeting groomers from across the world, he has achieved lots of prestigious awards and is now in the Champion Poodle Class. Callum will be demonstrating and showing poodle techniques on a terrier trim.
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