Competition pedigree
A champion-level competitor who took Best All Round Groomer 2025 at the Liz Paul Awards and Groomer of the Year 2023, competing at national shows against the UK's leading stylists.
Our ambassador
Abbie Toogood and Dog Grooming Insurance
Specialist insurance protection, backed by an award-winning stylist who works with groomers every day.
Biography
Abbie Toogood: Award-Winning Stylist and Grooming Brand Founder
Abbie Toogood combines competition-level styling with the day-to-day realities of running a grooming business, and recommends DogGroomingInsurance.co.uk to the groomers she teaches and competes alongside.
Career highlights
- Groomer of the Year 2023 — recognised for consistency and finish across breed and creative categories.
- Best All Round Groomer 2025 at the Liz Paul Awards.
- BBC One Pooch Perfect — bringing professional grooming standards to a national television audience.
- Champion-level competitor at UK and international grooming shows.
Education and industry contribution
- Qualified through the iPET Network in 2017 and continually adding advanced styling and handling qualifications.
- Runs workshops and seminars for groomers looking to move from salon work into competition.
- Mentors newly qualified groomers on scissoring, hand-stripping and finishing technique.
- Founder of The Brutal Poodle — a grooming brand built around craft, quality tools and community.
Why she recommends us
- Cover designed around how grooming businesses actually operate, not a generic trade policy.
- Treatment risk and care, custody and control included as standard.
- A team that answers the phone and explains the wording before you buy.
- Support for salon, mobile, home-based groomers, trainers and academies.
Why it matters to you
What this relationship brings policyholders
Qualifications and teaching
Qualified through the iPET Network in 2017 and has continued to build on that with advanced styling training, sharing her techniques with groomers through workshops, seminars and one-to-one coaching.
Creative and commercial
Founder of the grooming brand The Brutal Poodle, and a familiar face from BBC One's Pooch Perfect — bringing creative styling to a mainstream audience while running a busy working salon.
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