Hello everyone!
I am a professional groomer. I don't own Yorkies (have English Cocker Spaniels and a Shih-Tzu) but I get to enjoy Yorkies almost every day grooming lots of them!
I have a customer whose Yorkie I groomed in late August. She is 2 years old, has erect ears and is done in a puppy cut. She is very well behaved and never has any issues, is always a pleasure to groom.
So imagine my shock when the owner came in today, without the dog, and told me that the dogs ears were down when she picked her up and have not gone back up since!
She says she has been to the vet several times--the first time was right after the grooming, she had a co-incidental appointment right after grooming--the vet told her the first time that the dog had gotten ear mites from the shop, and that we had probably broken her ear cartilage!!
We pride ourselves on a very clean ,safe, humane shop. Our equipment is cleaned in Barbasol between every dog, dificult dogs are not manhandled (especially not tiny dogs like Yorkies!) we either work with the owner or send the dog home. And as I stated before, this dog is a very easy dog to groom, very good girl, no problems.
I have worked for vets before, and can't even imagine what it would take to break ear cartilage in one ear, let alone both!! I'm pretty P.O'd at her vet for saying such a ridiculous thing
So all this is by way of asking, does anyone know what could cause the ears to fall in a 2 year old Yorkie? Any insights are appreciated, this one's really got me stumped
(And I'll be reading your grooming section regularly!
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