Dear All YTer's:
I had the WORSE expereince yesterday with a groomer and what she did to my furbaby! I investigated and researched groomers in my area (Boston) area. I chose a groomer through the recommendation of local other Yorkie owners who trusted this woman with their babies.
I dropped my Barclay off and explained that I wanted him trimmed and cleaned up (he had all his beautiful puppy hair and he was looking scruffy). I combed and brushed him everynight as he chewed his Dingo on my lap, but he still needed a cut. She looked him over and said she could do it but he did have a small mat on his head. She said she could cut it out and work around it. She told me to come back in 2 hours to pick him up. Within 20 minutes she called me and said that the mat on his head was more than she expected and the overall cut would have to be "shorter" than we agreed. I returned in 2 hours to find my baby completely sharved!!!! Face and all. I haven't stop crying. . .he doesn't look like the little boy I dropped off, in fact he looks like a completely different dog and I am having a hard time recognizing him. . .if I didn't hear him bark I would never have know that this was my baby. I was so angry and in shock, I was shaking all over and couldn't wait to run out of this place with my baby. I took him home and he hasn't stop licking himself and rubbing himself against the bottom of the sofa. Prior to leaving she kept saying to me, "sorry, it had to be done. . .I know you're shocked but we had no other choice. . .Shouldn't she have called me to tell me that they were going to completely shave him. I feel so shocked and hurt that I trusted them and they did something I didn't want. Have any of you had this experience? If so how long did it take for their fur to grow back? I can see his skin on his belly, back and legs!!!! It's hot here and I am so afraid to take him out, he is so vulnerable to the sun. My poor, poor baby. The only positive thing about this disaster is that he is getting neutered on Thursday, at least he will be clean around the surgical area. He looks depressed to me, he is not eating and I am in shock everytime I look at him because he looks so different. I am crying as I write this because I feel so guilty about taking him. Please let me know if ANY of you had this experience. I am most interested in his coat growing back. He use to be black and brown, now he is silver and skin. Thank you for reading I know it's long but through my tears I feel this forum is the best place for support and answers. I will NEVER take him to get professionally groomed again, I am going to read and learn how to groom him on my own, which is what I should have done in the first place. Thanks for reading
