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Originally Posted by Patti

Sorry your babies had such a bad experience with the groomers.

Thank you. I still feel bad about it and just hope she didn't make his fear worse.

Originally Posted by MyTrixie143

Aw, I am sorry your babies had such a horrible experience. I bet they were so glad to be home. Have you considered doing them yourself? It's really not hard and it will save you money and the pain of looking for a good groomer that can meet your satisfaction.

Has Chase been groomed before by a groomer at the groomer's? You mentioned that your old groomer came to you whereas with the new groomer you went to her.

I really hate muzzles and I would be upset that someone put one on my baby but at the same time I would have done the same thing after getting bit. After you are bit once with a dog, you don't want to risk a second time.

I think I will try to groom him myself. That way I can take the time he needs and I can make sure he's safe. No, he had never been to a groomer before, our old one always came to our house.

Originally Posted by Britster

I'm so sorry.

I am afraid I traumatized Jackson for life when I took him to Petsmart years ago. I do not even think he was 1 yet and my friend was getting her yorkies nails clipped so I figured I'd get Jackson's done.

Well, he's very timid, you just need to take things slow with him. I brought him in and he wiggled a bit in their arms of course. One person basically held him down, one muzzled him, one cut nails real quick ... I was traumatized and it all happened so fast, I couldn't even stop it really. He even expressed his anal glands he was so scared (ever since, he now does this every time he's at the vet, etc).

I still feel guilty about it, and when we go to petsmart, he still (at 4 1/2) freezes up by the register because he thinks we're going into the grooming room.

Jax is extremely scared at vets, groomers, etc, but he is SO timid and scared, he kind of just shuts down. I can never imagine him biting. The muzzling was completely unnecessary.

Our current groomer has told me his problem areas are also his feet (he gets wiggly) but she says she can cut his nails fine, it's just when she's clipping his legs/feet. I ask every time, she always says he's good for her, just wiggly by feet.

I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

Poor Jackson Chase and Calvin have had so many changes over the last 3 months, and I'm sure they are still confused. Calvin is really wiggly with his feet too, but he's really good for everything else. She shaved the tips of his ears (which I don't like, but it's my fault for not telling her beforehand), and they don't match. One is shaved closer than the other. His body length is different on each side too. She was obviously in a big hurry with him too, and I would expect it to look a lot better for $50.