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04-11-2012, 07:20 AM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Columbia
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| OMG...Im Scared! Okay, Even though I know Ralph's groomer I have decided that I do not think I am going to get Ralph groomed again, i think i will take a class, or learn how to do it, because this scares me. They say at the end that this is NOT the first time this has happened! This is just scary and saddening to me! PetsMart Sued Over Alleged Grooming Death Of Puppy At Downey Store CBS Los Angeles |
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04-11-2012, 07:30 AM | #2 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| That is so sad! That poor baby and the poor parents! I would NEVER take Peanut to Petsmart Grooming or Petco for that matter. I have a wonderful groomer that he has been going to since he was a pup and I just love her! She also breeds Yorkies so she knows everything there is to know! I also worked at Banfield and I cant stand them!! Worst Vet ever!!
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04-11-2012, 07:30 AM | #3 |
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| If you know your groomers practices then you should not have to panic. This is most likely a case of leaving the dog tethered to the table and the groomer walked away leaving the dog to walk off, jump off or however else to possibly strangle himself. Not a good practice even if you groom at home. Even turning your back an unruly dog may try to jump off the table. Not tethering a dog can lead to broken bones if they jump off the table. This case is in litigation so the allegations may or may not be an accurate account.....but it DOES make sense to know your groomer. I groom my Yorkies myself but Yorkies are single coated and fairly easy to groom. Poodles are not. Don't tar every groomer/grooming establishment because of one case in litigation. If your groomer has been good to you and your dog so far then the odds are that the groomer will continue to be a good groomer. You could ask that the dog not be left at the table.....
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04-11-2012, 07:31 AM | #4 | |
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04-11-2012, 07:35 AM | #5 |
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| That is really scary and so sad. I had a bad experience with a petsmart groomer as well. I know in my heart that they hurt my airedale because he was perfectly healthy when i dropped him off & that evening when i picked him up he was favoring his rear leg. I should have taken him right back to the groomer but instead i took him to the vet the next morning. He was diagnosed with a torn acl. I them immediately called the groomer and the store manager. They completely denied everything , never even considered it could have happened there, never apologized. He had to have surgery later that cost 1400.00 i will never trust another groomer again no matter who they are..... Last edited by MY OSCAR; 04-11-2012 at 07:36 AM. |
04-11-2012, 07:35 AM | #6 |
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| It just scares me. If you google petsmart, and petsmart grooming there are many, many more stories like this! I think that grooming laws need to be very strict, peoples dogs are getting drugged, lost and killed! It is not right at all. |
04-11-2012, 07:36 AM | #7 | |
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I am so sorry that this happened to you and your fur-baby! Do you do all your grooming on your own? | |
04-11-2012, 07:38 AM | #8 |
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| wow. that article is terrifying!
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04-11-2012, 07:38 AM | #9 |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | That is horrible !! I hope they win their case against PetSmart.... Someone was clearly negligent in the death of this pup.
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04-11-2012, 07:43 AM | #10 |
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| The worst part is this not the only case! |
04-11-2012, 07:45 AM | #11 |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | Very shady.... in some degree the vet who did the cremation need to be held accountable as well. Why in the world would they do a cremation without the owners concent. (signed concent) I had to sign off on the cremation of my Shadow when he died. Seems like that should be a common practice, everywhere.
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04-11-2012, 07:55 AM | #12 |
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| That's so sad. It very important that you trust anyone you leave your dog with like a groomer. I have never been fond of Petsmart grooming but all the petsmarts are different. Our vet has a groomer now and that is where Callie gets groomed and all the people there love and know Callie.
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04-11-2012, 08:18 AM | #13 |
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| This is very sad, I can't imagine how they feel..We love our groomer, she has groomed Yoshi for almost 7 years on a monthly basis and now Miss Priss goes with him.
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04-11-2012, 08:21 AM | #14 |
Katie Scarlett's Mommy Donating Member | How awful! That is so sad! We used to take KS to petco but not anymore. We take her to a local professional groomer now and just love her. She is wonderful!
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04-11-2012, 08:25 AM | #15 |
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| We had the loveliest miniature cream poodle who was just over the miniature size limit and could not be shown or bred. So the the show-breeder, who knew my sister well and deigned to let me buy one of her dogs sold the lovely big boy to me. He was glorious looking and gorgeous and had mounds of coat which grew faster than grass in the spring. Out of defense of my bank balance, I soon came to the conclusion that I had to teach myself poodle grooming and buy all the equipment, etc., which was still cheaper than weekly or bimonthly groomer visits not to mention the worry that goes with it. My poor Sundance went through some raggy looks but before long, I got pretty good and could scissor a coat with some credibility and shave, etc., pretty darn cleanly with no burns. It took a total of many hours monthly but that dog looked so darn beautiful after, it was always worth it. So you can do it if you really get into it, study, get great tools and work at it.
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