My Yorkie Maddy is 8 months old (her birthday was yesterday
) & she REALLY needs to be groomed. Her coat is getting so long & shaggy & her nails are growing very rapidly. But she is terrified of the grooming process. She runs away from & bites at the groomer's & their tools. In fact, she doesn't even like getting brushed by us at home. We have no idea why or what to do. One groomer even made the comment "You guys must keep her in a cage all day because she is so scary." & that really upset us because Maddy is NEVER in a cage & we take her everywhere with us so she is used to places other than our home. We [try to] brush her nearly everyday & she still hates the brush & we have a set of hair clippers at home that we'll sometimes turn on so she can get used to the sound of them (as suggested by a groomer) but she just bites at them.
The only time she's ever been groomed was after she got spayed & was heavily medicated. Someone suggested that we try to get her groomed while she is asleep (like medicated) but that doesn't seem very safe, should we try it?
Please help!
