I'd never have my babies up on a table without one...
When I was younger I watched one of my mothers Poodles jump off of a table while being groomed, the groomer had one hand on the dog and was reaching with her other hand for a comb to fluff her out... Well moms dog decided that she was done and was off... It all happened so fast! It was like slow motion almost... the dog just slipped her grip and pushed off.... she went flying through the air and the groomer twirled around just in time to see her hit the ground. and it was at that impact that everything went to hell... Adults were screaming, freaking out, mom was crying the women were slack jawed... Bon Bon, her black tea cup Poodle had broken her hip and fractured something else... I forget now what it was... God I was so young... But anyone who has heard the sound of a dog in that kind of pain will never forget it!
My girls pulled on the noose a little the first time... but after that, they did NOT fight it... And the key to NOT HANGING your dog is knowing how to PROPERLY use it... Its a tool, and like any tool there is a right/safe and wrong/unsafe way to use it. The noose is not a replacement for supervision while a dog is on the table(I know you all know that), it is just a third hand, one used to secure the dog... freeing one of your hands to use another tool, like a comb or the clippers... If you are within 12 to 18 inches of your dog, you really should not have to worry about him or her hanging, after all that is less than the arms length of most adults.... But if your dog is not being "held" by that third "hand", the noose, you could be 2 inches away and he or she could still slip right through your hand and hit the floor... Why would you take that chance??
And I forget who it was that said that they asked their groomer not to use the noose... If thats the case... Add to that that they please sit on the floor while they groom your baby!!!! Cause in a grooming shop, there are a hundred things to catch a dogs attention and any one of them can send a dog soaring off a table!! At home a fly buzzing around is enough to get Pixie going! Just think what a new dog walking in to the shop will do! Yikes... Before I got my table and noose, I brought on some serious back aches grooming my girls on the living room floor.. lol But I would never have them up on the counter, its just not safe... Sit on the floor if your not using a restraint of some kind....
Thats my 2 cents.... for what its worth...
Sorry, I hope I did not offend anyone... But I get pretty passionate about some stuff every now and then...
Love ya all!