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Originally Posted by Sophiesquirt  I had my baby home for 2 1/2 weeks and it was heaven...the best girl ever! Even though she's small at 14 weeks (about 2 1/2 lbs.), she was pad trained, confident and happy.
THEN... yesterday I took her to the groomer (who is supposedly the best around), and I brought home a different dog! Not only was she cut way too short for this weather, she's afraid of going poo and actually tried to eat it last night!! She's skidish, crying and afraid of her own shadow.
Did I take her too young? Anyone else experience this? I feel so bad...I'm even crying.  |
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Originally Posted by Sophiesquirt Thank you very much! She had so many mats in her puppy coat and I couldn't get them out, I just asked the groomer to get out what she could without cutting her too short...lesson learned! |
A good groomer will do what's best in the interest of the puppy regarding matting. You say she had a lot. Then that is the reason your puppy has been cut short. First, she is very young, second its her first hair cut, and third she was matted. You cannot expect a groomer to demat a puppy on its first groom. It is not fair to the puppy. Demating takes a long time and can be a painful process. The best thing to do is take the coat very short. In order to do this the groomer has to use a blade that is short enough to get between the skin and the mat. A lot of the time the owner has no idea how bad the matting actually is on their dog and the groomer gets blamed for only doing their job.
Now you know better, and if you want a nice long coat on your yorkie you should get a leave in conditioner, a pin brush, and a metal comb. Use them every single day and you shouldn't have a problem with matting again.
Your puppy is also pad trained so I'm assuming she doesn't go outside to potty. The length of her hair and the weather shouldn't matter. Put a sweater on her if she is cold. Right now my yorkie is shaved quite short and she still manages to go outside to potty 4-5 times a day in the snow with no problem.
The groomer could have expressed her anal glads which is a new thing to your puppy so that could be why she was scared. Or it could have nothing to do with the grooming. same with the poop eating.
I hope your pup had all her puppy vaccines before you took her out of the house and to a place where other dogs frequent.