She's a cutey. Past experience has taught me TO BE VERY EXPLICIT and REPEAT exactly what you want. Our little man went to the groomer at 5 months and all we asked was for them to "trim" his hair around his eyes...They SHAVED OFF HIS TOP KNOT starting just above his nose. I was in tears. If I understand you correctly, you don't want her cut short just trimmed...cleaned up right? Tell the groomer...not the receptionist...that this is her first grooming and you want a sanitary cut, nails clipped, and then you need to explain how much you want trimmed and where. For example, the corner of her eyes where the hair might poke her....do you want it cut super short or just trimmed? Also, decide what you want to do with her top knot. If you want to put it up...tell her not to touch the top knot. If you want to lose the top knot and do a visor thing be very specific. Personally, I wouldn't suggest saying, "Puppy Cut" because that means different things to different people. Some people consider it almost shaved. Show the groomer how how much hair on her body you want cut. I'm sorry this is so long but we have been very upset by two different groomers. One last thing.....how do you know she needs her anal glands expressed? Is she scooting on the floor? I honestly don't know about that one but it might be a little intense for her on her first groom. These are just my opinions....I wish someone had told me what to look out for because it would have saved some bad haircuts on my baby. I tell my groomer "less is more" in regards to the amount of hair cut because you can always cut it more but it takes a decent amount of time to grow it back. Good luck to you. |