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01-04-2013, 09:17 PM | #16 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: california
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| I know how you feel about pet store grooming. Unfortuanately I can't find anyone else to groom my saint, Shelby. most places don't have the equipment for such a large dog. However the rescue that I volunteer with is in a pet store every weekend for adoptions. Our dogs are right outside the grooming windows where we can see and hear everything going on. Needless to say I don't take my maltese or yorkies there. I have never seen so many shaved dogs or heard so much yelping. If people would stay and watch their dogs get groomed the grooming area would go out of buisiness. |
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01-04-2013, 10:56 PM | #17 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oakland County MI
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| can you find a small owner operated place, mine lets me sit and wait while she cuts and trims Lola but I do bathe her first. I also have a yorkie pom, I would love to see more pictures of Brutus
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01-04-2013, 11:05 PM | #18 | |
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01-05-2013, 05:14 AM | #19 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NY
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| Did you ask this new place how long it will take them to do your dog and how they will care for it? It kind of looks like a doggy grooming assembly line. A groomer with a smaller scale shop that is not cramming dogs in all day long usually will work by an accurate appointment schedule. My groomer has a salon in the back of her house. She is busy but does one dog at a time. She has a small dog daycare and one employee. She has her own show dogs (Shih Tzu's) and has done show dog grooming for over 20 years. Most of the groomers you see out there now were trained by other groomers or had classes that were very basic. It seems like every where you turn there are people ready to take advantage of people who either want a dog or have one and need help caring for it. |
01-05-2013, 05:59 AM | #20 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
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| No, I haven't talked to the "new" place - yet. I figure I have 5 weeks to go visit them instead of a phone call. I also got a referral to another place and it looks (online) great. I want to check them both out in person. On another note - poor Brutus ended up looking like a squirrel - again. Really irks me since I showed her a picture of him in a cut I wanted. She did something weird to his ears - they have the tips shaved????? Reminds me of bat ears. I'll see if he will cooperate and let me get some pic's - he wouldn't last night (I think he's embarrased).
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01-05-2013, 06:08 AM | #21 |
BANNED! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Washington DC
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| AWWWWWW..... Hey there!! Sorry to hear about your grooming troubles ... I have yet to find anywhere here that I would feel comfortable taking Riley... I have always done him myself. I kind of just go with it. He lets me do whatever I want to him but sometimes it takes me several days because I will do sections at a time. Not only does he get a litte antsy but it is a lot for me too. Hoping you find a nice place to take him in the next five weeks!! |
01-05-2013, 08:38 AM | #22 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland UK
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| I take alfie to the groomer parlour but i make an appointment and go in with him and stand while she is cutting him. I tell her what i want done and she explains to me while she is doing it and asks if i am ok about what she is going to do. We are in Scotland so dont know if the grooming parlors are different here.
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01-05-2013, 08:54 AM | #23 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canton, GA
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| I am probably the one person out of the normal who does her Yorkie to a Pet Store for grooming. Sophie Kate has been groomed by Petco in Milton GA for the last 3 years. After trying a few other groomers and having horrible luck I finally found an awesome groomer at my local Petco. This was totally by luck, I had Sophie Kate with me in the store once after a really bad grooming (hair not even on her face, they shaved her legs) and I was talking to the cashier about the bad grooming experience. The cashier called out Angela who is the Manager, she offered to clean up Sophie Kate for me which she did and my baby looked almost perfect (minus her hairless legs). Angela gave me a tour of the grooming area and a list of references who use her (note she has been grooming for over 20 years). I also asked about the "ovens"/drying pens and was told that if I specified that Sophie Kate could not go in them they would make sure she is dried with a dryer. I am by no means stating that all pet store or even all Petco's operate under the same guidelines. What I am really trying to get across is the point that I had a lot of problems with groomers in the past and learned early on to tour the facility and be very specific on what they can and cannot do with my dog.
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01-05-2013, 05:02 PM | #24 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
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| Bat Ears! For some reason I cant manage my attachments and post a pic..... but when I can I will - esp of his ears.
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01-05-2013, 10:30 PM | #25 | |
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01-06-2013, 03:34 AM | #26 | |
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01-06-2013, 05:05 AM | #27 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
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| Bat Ears! See what I mean? I've never seen ears shaved like this before.
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01-06-2013, 05:07 AM | #28 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
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| Before Picture This is what his little face looked like before.
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01-06-2013, 05:10 AM | #29 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| that doesnt look like a yorkie cut usually the face is longer than the body and the hair on the ears is longer and feathered I dont blame you for being upset. I can give you the name of a groomer in Indy that knows how to cut yorkies but thats most likely too far for you to go
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01-06-2013, 05:18 AM | #30 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
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| Thanks for the offer, Chachi but Indy is a little to far to go. I'm just going to check a few places out and ask to see pictures of some Yorkies they have done in the past. I'm not doing a "drop off" so if they don't do real time appointments then I won't waste my time visiting them.
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