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Originally Posted by Mardelin

How sad.....but, the lil poodle ended up having a wonderful life.

I'm a groomer/exhibitor/breeder. In the defense of some new yorkie owners that bring their lil matted pups for their first grooming. Some and not all are afraid to brush their dogs, especially when puppies squeal....they think they're hurting them. So, all they do is bathe them and blow dry them. Now as far as the nails, you know how yorkies are and a new owner just doesn't know how to deal with that.

That's why when I place a pup in a new home, I always ask for the new owners to come with a couple of hours of time. Even though I offer free grooming to my pups for the rest of their lifes, we go through a grooming lesson. Bathing, trimming and cleaning ears. Brushing teeth. Expressing anal glands. Trimming nails, lil bottoms, foot pads and how to trim the paws. How to dry them (since I dry them in my lap and brush as I go). What products to use, brushes, combs, etc. Especially how to hold them while doing all this. Since my puppies start going through the grooming process as soon as they've had their first shots, they're pretty easy to handle and are table trained.

It actually wasn't the first grooming the Yorkies had, sadly. They were very dirty, which looks like months of no baths.