Hang in -- I have had both good and bad grooming experiences. I took my dog to the groomer 4 or 5 times before the groomer and I had the same picture in our head of what I wanted my dog to look like.
And - I think it is acceptable to have your dog cut a little shorter than you might have wanted. After all ----it is a haircut! And, with a little bit shorter cut, it does last longer. BUT - we do not want our dogs "butched."
Sometimes matts do have to be cut off, and sometimes I knew that my dog did not have a lot of matts, and that this was only an excuse for the "too short haircut."
Anyway - I love my groomer, and we did struggle together to get the right cut for my dog, and now she knows what I want. Even so, it still ends up a little shorter than we both want once in a while. But we all survive.
My friend has a show dog - a bichon - and she spends $65 a week to keep her dog looking perfect. ----------We don't want to go there, do we!!!
It makes sense that if we want our little Yorkies cuts to last 6 weeks to two months- they will have to have too start out a little shorter at first.
******* I didn't like the way the groomer cut one of my dogs years ago, so I went groomer-jumping looking for a groomer that would cut her the way I wanted. I think that was a mistake. I never got anywhere.
I think it's better for your dog to get used to one groomer, and it's better if you stay with one groomer and work together until you get the cut you want. My groomer says that everyone who comes in has a "different picture" in their head, and it's hard to always understand exactly what people want. A picture is very helpful.
Carol Jean |