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SueNCricket 2 · 04-16-2008, 04:47 PM

This is exactly why my grooming video's sell so well.
Too many groomers just do what they want and the owners are unhappy.
I have been a groomer for 17+ years. I would never shave a dog all the way down without first having a long discussion with the owner and then getting their permission.
NOW FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN:
Honestly though, I do it a lot when a dog is terrbily matted. I absolutely refuse to attempt to brush out a dog with matts over more than 40% of it's body. This only happens if the owner is not brushing enough. You would not believe the excuses I hear from people...my don/daughter is in charge of brushing...then I ask how old the child is, and I hear everything from 5 years to 15 years old...well, let me tell you a child will not do a proper job of it, so the child is not to blame...another one we hear all the time..."well I had him all brushed out last night) Ya! right! matts do not come out like this over night...tangles yes, matts no...matts take weeks to develope.Bruching out a heavily matted dog is cruel, no other word for it. Cruelty just to satisfy an owners vanity is not acceptable. Ever!

04-16-2008, 04:47 PM	#14
SueNCricket 2 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: MICHIGAN Posts: 214	Learn to groom your Yorkie at home This is exactly why my grooming video's sell so well. Too many groomers just do what they want and the owners are unhappy. I have been a groomer for 17+ years. I would never shave a dog all the way down without first having a long discussion with the owner and then getting their permission. NOW FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN: Honestly though, I do it a lot when a dog is terrbily matted. I absolutely refuse to attempt to brush out a dog with matts over more than 40% of it's body. This only happens if the owner is not brushing enough. You would not believe the excuses I hear from people...my don/daughter is in charge of brushing...then I ask how old the child is, and I hear everything from 5 years to 15 years old...well, let me tell you a child will not do a proper job of it, so the child is not to blame...another one we hear all the time..."well I had him all brushed out last night) Ya! right! matts do not come out like this over night...tangles yes, matts no...matts take weeks to develope.Bruching out a heavily matted dog is cruel, no other word for it. Cruelty just to satisfy an owners vanity is not acceptable. Ever!