[Dawn125]

That is a "strip". Looks like a 7 blade. Pretty much what you do if the dog is completely matted...to the skin. Definitely not appropriate if your little pups legs were not matted. Even if her body was matted there is no reason they couldn't blend out to larger legs which would have been really cute. Unfortunately strips are pretty much the norm at Petsmart and Petco. Every time I am in one of those stores the only dogs I see comming out of the grooming salons are stripped. You're probably lucky they left a cute round face. I would have been furious! I hope you let them know how you felt about it. The least they should have done is drop the price back to the $14.99 or offer a free groom in the future (not that you would want to go back). As far as the price goes, I would have to say that a full haircut on a 2 1/2 lb puppy can be more difficult than a full haircut on a full grown 25 lb dog so expecting to pay only $14.99 would have been out of line. I think the puppy package prices are for pretty basic grooming with pads, sanitary, face...but not body, mostly just to get the puppy used to grooming.

It will take a while for the fur to grow back but it will eventually. Thats the beauty of hair/fur. It always grows back. In the mean time you get a break from brushing.