We tried a new groomer today - and I think I am totally done shelling out money to groomers.
Roxie & Bubba have long coats & have not been to the groomer in more than a yr, I've tried to do it and home & now I'm convinced I need to do it all.
First thing, I walk in & there were no bows in their hair
- I have never taken a dog to the groomer & left without a bow. (I had their hair down when I took them in, because I had combed them out before going & thought why put a band in & she's going to cut it out in 10 min.) But she said she doesn't do bows
Anyone else have a groomer who doesn't do bows or tie the hair back??
Then when I got home, I was even more upset, once I had a chance to check them over. I had gone in with a list of how I wanted things. This was my list:
Shave Top 1/3 of ears
Pluck inside the ear
Do not cut any hair on the head except near ears
Sanitary cut on tummy
Shave a LITTLE on their bums
Shape feet and trim under them
Clip nails – carefully
Check Anal Glands
Trim & even coat - remove very little
Now the coat overall looked fine - she didn't take too much off. So that was a positive. But I went to pull Bubba's hair up & saw that she cut the front hairs on his head
- Now he has a bunch of little pieces hanging in his eyes or will soon be hanging in his eyes - I am so upset about this. Also she shaved the hair on the bridge area between his eyes - there's no hair there
Then I checked his bum - she did not even trim at all there or on the tummy!!
This was a huge reason I took them to a groomer, because I can never get them to stand still long enough without being afraid, I'm going to hurt that little area.
Then I happened to notice blood on one of his paws - the nails were soooooo short
- Roxie had one bloody paw too
and she had tear stains on her face & she never does, so I know she was crying
Her private area had not been cared for either. Nor had her ears been done well.
It was $40 for each dog and I'm not sure what she even did! Then after the thread about tipping the groomer made me feel like I was not doing the right thing - so for the first time in my life I tipped a dog groomer
- I will never do that again with a new groomer - they will have to prove to me that they provided good service. It is so hard to check your babies over, when the groomer is working with another dog or another customer.
She did send home a bag for each dog filled with homemade treats & Buddy Biscuits, but overall I am just disappointed & mad at myself for throwing money away, that I didn't have.
Sorry for such a long rant -- what could I have done to communicated better with her? What should I do now? I'm so irritated that their little bums weren't cared for and hair in Bubba's eyes