I made an appointment for Xmas eve for Daisy's first haircut at Petco and my first experience with a groomer. Daisy's coat is quite long and I did not want her shaved so I took the advice of fellow YTer's. I showed up with pics of how I wanted her hair done in hand and that I would ask for a scissor cut since I wanted her coat to be a medium length.
Other people were just dropping off their yorkies and leaving with no instructions to the groomer. I started to explain how I wanted her cut to the gal who has you fill out the registration so she got the groomer for me to explain it to. After telling the groomer " I want it no shorter than this pic, she is to be scissor cut not shaved, etc" the groomer told me that they do not scissor cut there. They only use clippers.
Upon hearing that I said thank you but I am not leaving her here.
If I hadn't started leaving instructions they would have shaved my Daisy into a short puppy cut.
Also, they were not having me sign any papers for permission to shave her.
I am so glad I asked here on YT what to expect. I guess the lesson learned is to make sure to be very specific with your groomer.