[Doodlebug]

I used to take my Lhasa and Schnauzer to a groomer that I thought was pretty good until the Lhasa got a hernia on her belly and I asked the groomer to please watch out and not cut the hernia. The vet wanted it to grow a bit larger before he performed surgery on the hernia. The groomer said we can't watch for every little bump. They cut into it and the dog was still bleeding when I picked her up. I quit going there.

Another highly recommended place where I had boarded my dogs also did grooming. We paid a small fortune to board our dogs for a few days. We came back from vacation to find our dogs in deplorable conditions sleeping in their own pee and feces. Later they had a fire and lost a lot of animals in the fire. They have also killed several dogs by letting them fall off grooming tables. I will never go back there.

Then I found a groomer who was highly recommended who groomed in her own basement. I took my yorkies to her to have their nails clipped prior to my first full grooming appointment and she let one of my dogs fall off the table RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I almost had a heart attack. I have never gone back there either.

I am now grooming my own dogs. They don't look the best but I know they are safe. I also hate leaving them for 8+ hours a day and they are so stressed out when I pick them up. Some groomers have told me that they don't take them out to potty during the whole day they are there. I just don't want my dogs treated like this. We also never board them anymore. If they can't go with us on vacation, we don't go.

This is just my experience and I know there must be a lot of good groomers out there, I just haven't found them.