Since Keisha's fur was one big ball of knots, the groomer said she needs to cut her short, but for some odd reason, she made my daughter sign papers about this so-called "short" haircut. I don't think my daughter really read the papers well but I just had a sinking feeling this was not going to be good.
I am not going to defend the groomer but I am going to defend groomers as a whole . A lot of people bring dogs in in such a mess that there is no alternative but to shave them off. That means under the matting and sometimes this has to be very close. One thing I have found is that when you shave off a dog that close there can always be problems with the dog and owner. First of all the dog that is that matted is not groomed well at home or it wouldn't be in this condition in the first place. So sometimes they are very hard to work on, just getting the hair off is sometimes a challenge. Then once you get it off the one thing that can happen that I try and tell everyone is that now there is no hair on the body and the tail will tickel the dog and make it walk funny for a few days, almost sideways and it will be a bit uncomfortable. That is the reason for the signing of the release papers. Some dogs have been so neglected that they are in such bad shape that there are sores and sometimes even maggets under the hair and matts. The owners do not stay and watch if they did they would see how much work it is to get a mess like that cleaned up.
There have been many times I wanted to call the Humaine Society on owners, a big ball of matts is no way to keep your dog.
I do not believe the groomers just sat there and beat your dog, why would they do that??????
It is easy for a vet to be shocked at seeing a dog after a buzz cut, but it is not fair he did not see the before, at our shop we also take pictures before for this very reason and when I tell the clients the dog is going to get a short cut I explaine to them it is going to be under all the matts down to the skin in some cases. We are only groomers not miricle workers.....
The groomer did tell you she was going to cut her short , and you signed a paper to release her.....
I sure hope you girl is back to normal in a few days, I know every one is being very supportive of you and I am too I just feel sorry that your dog was in this condition in the first place. There are always two sides to every story, and yours is the way you saw it. I always want to hear the other side of the story too.
If she had you sign a paper it must have been pretty bad.
I am just defending groomers, not all of us are bad and we do a lot of good work to take care of your beloved pets. Again I am sorry your dog is not feeling well I do hope in a day or two when the hair starts growing back that she gets back to normal. |