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Originally Posted by Brutus'mama I was going to take Brutus to the groomers but he doesn't even like when I brush him so I couldn't imagine how he would be with a stranger. I did groom him myself but it took a while. I take him to get his nails cut though. |
Strange that you mention this.... I had the same idea, so I was brushing Chloe myself, the ONLY groomer who has done my Chloe was my sister, UNTIL today. My sister lives in NY, I live in Michigan.. Snowy months I don't drive back home. She needed her butt shaved again, eyes clipped, paws trimmed & I don't trust myself to do this. She is a job brushing everynight and tries to make a game of it and she has tons of fun! (in actuality she exhausts me by the time I am done although tired but I do enjoy this brushing time)While interviewing a dozen groomers, I made the stink someone else brought up about her being my baby, being afraid to leave her and so on, Chloe & interviewed groomers. The mobile groomer who does my step-daughters 2 doggies, agreed to do Chloe's nails, butt, eyes & ears for only $10. if I chose to bath her myself (probably because she was already making enough $$ on the other 2 dogs at this trip) The shops weren't interested in half a job. Many do the nails only but I also wanted eyes, butt, feet.. Some seemed angry when I asked if I could stay, one told me sure but I will charge you more. Some I plain out didn't like the personality of. One I decided I liked so, I took Chloe today for her first trip for a full grooming. (The manager I spoke to was not the woman who actually wound up grooming CHloe tho. I was told I must leave her for 3 to 4 hours, they could call when she was done. I brought her blanket, a snuggle toy, her own bisquits. When I picked her up, she wasn't that anxious to get to me (I thought this was a good sign) She finally walked across the counter to me and gave me a snuggle (no xx-excitment including accidental lick up my nostrils or across my entire face which is the normal greeting) The woman said she had a great first time experience & mentioned she didn't push Chloe to much so didn't clip in front of her ears as she normally would have. As I was leaving, she casually mentioned it took 3 of the groomers to get the bow in her hair. (I would have settled for no bow if this was a problem- for Chloe not them!) she was very Quiet on the drive home. Tonight she is still quiet and when I got her brush to brush her as we do every single night, she lay there and allowed it ??????
NO BIG GAME, NO TUG OF WAR, NO WRESTLING MATCH. I'm worried now.... The only time I remember Chloe ever co-operating and changing her mind on what she wants to do was the day I spanked her for pulling out of her collar and running in front of my neighbors running car!!!
...Two little finger spanking and she never ever pulled out of her collar again! She was insulted with me. So, although it will be more relaxing brushing "a non-moving target" I WANT TO KNOW, how they got her to switch the rules to what she thought was a game...... I am worried they spanked her and I did it that one time ONLY because she was almost run over, that's different.... I am so unsettled about this inside. It's good but how did they get it good, I wish she could talk to me... and she did not appear to be frightened of the woman either but then I thought when she does a no no at the house here, she comes to me to cuddle... Maybe the lady had her cuddling because she made her feel like she did a no no. Then I thought maybe this is all my fault because if I was a good mommy, I should have corrected her when she first started making a game out of brushing her. But it was kind of funny, so I didn't...I am so distraught and nothing really bad happened, you'd think I lost her the way I am acting (I called my sister crying - she laughed at me)...........I want to go back there tomorrow and just see what CHloe's reaction would be.......... I'm not normally a nutcase - just since I got this ball of fur! Oh how I wish she could talk this out with me.