Last week we took Gizmo to PetSmart to get groomed and he left looking very adorable. The groomer tied his hair into a top knot with a little rubberband. We thought it was great because we haven't seen his pretty eyes for quite a while. We decided that from now on we are going to keep his hair this way or atleast until the in between stage grows out. After two days we started to notice that the area around the top knot looked a little abnormal. We took out the rubberband and sadly to say there were mats all over his head. It was so frustrating knowing that there was a possibility he may need to get them shaved off. Just imagine having a bald headed yorkie. That is not a good thing. We picked apart, soaked with conditioning spray, and brushed for about 10 minutes and finally it came loose. Luckily the mats didn't get to the point of no return.
Has anyone ever experience anything like this before? What did we do wrong? Are we supposed to leave it on only for one day? Are we supposed to treat the top knot with some type of special conditioning spray? Please advise.
