 1st Grooming, very sad.
We took out handsome Yorkie this morning to his first grooming session. When we went to pick Chewbacca up it was a pretty decent shock.
Chewbacca is 6 months old and after a few home clip grooming we wanted to give him an official and professional grooming. Sadly he came out SHAVED.. and by shaved, sure there is a little hair but it seems as though #1 clippers were used or even shorter.
The groomer said she had to do that because on his rear end was matted. Now... I love my little guy more than my ol lady probably( just kidding ) and I really just cant believe he was in any kind of condition that required shaving instead of GROOMING.
I guess I'm writing this to vent a little bit but to kind of get opinions and answers...
I feel as though I made a huge mistake going to this groomer and expecting anything more than what we got. I was not there when my other half picked up our boy so I called when they got home and the groomer was beyond rude and borderline just awful.. I was told over the phone I don't take care of my dog and that's why he was shaved.. and like I said before that is just very VERY untrue. Heck, when we moved into our new place last month I ripped up and had new carpet laid down in the basement just because the potential of fleas from the last tenant.. After I mentioned about how I have done my research and feel that shaving a Yorkie due to any kind of matting is the VERY LAST RESORT under any condition and so forth she changed her story and said she shaved him so his adult coat can come in??
If that's common to shave on the first grooming then I suppose I have to accept it.
To conclude my story and for Professional Groomers that will read this: What is the average price to charge / pay for a grooming session? Before I was hung up on the 2nd time the lady said I should be happy with paying what I paid as she makes 1k's of dollors on just one dog all the time and to never question her expertise again.... Really? ;/ |