I'm very happy to post here because I saw first hand how our "#1" dog groomer in our area handled one of my babies.
First of all, I stayed there for the whole thing and I tell you what, it can be a brutal terrorizing thing for a dog. I can't for the life of me understand how people can leave their babies there when it's really not that hard to trim nails and cut hair. I cut with scissors or clippers with no problems.
The groomer wasn't "tender" when handling my baby.... AND that was when I was standing right there! I don't like how she kept my baby there on the table with a
hangman's noose, oops, my bad, a "tether" around baby's neck. I didn't like how there was too much slack either. If baby decided to jump off the table from being scared, there was enough "noose" to allow it to happen.(hang by the neck) When noosed, excuse me, when "tethered", there should only be enough slack to work with and not allow enough for the dog to jump off the table. The groomer left the table several times to tend to other things... kept leaving then coming back.
I asked the guy bathing one of the other dogs why the dog is whining and whimpering? He said, "Probably because the water is cold."
I didn't like it when the groomer asked me about 4 times that I can leave and come back later. I said "
NO! I never take my eyes off my babies."
The blower the dog groomers use are LARGE, very large! It's like being in front of a noisy wind turbine. Imagine your baby being alone and being subjected to all this? If anything, hopefully you have the time to be there and watch and comfort your baby while it's being "groomed".
I took one of my babies once to the groomers and never again. From that experience I was determined to cut their hair myself... and I did.
Now that my rant is over, sorry, I did forget I took baby boy to the groomer's once.(this would be twice to the groomers, once for baby girl and once for baby boy) I also learned from the first experience and realized I don't need to pay anyone to do my baby's nails along with giving him a bath, so I did this before hand and told the groomer just a hair cut is fine. She did it in exactly
27 minutes while I held baby boy on the table.
Not all dog groomers are equal. If you take your baby(ies) to the groomers, maybe stay there for the first time to quicken the job as well as to comfort your baby(ies) and see how well your baby(ies) is/are taking it... along with how they are being treated.
Matthias