same here :(

This is why I groom my Yorkie at home!
 

I bathe, groom, and trim my Yorkie at home. It is not hard to do if you begin when your dog is young. Read-up on dog grooming articles for good advice, like always putting part of a cotton-ball in your dog's ears to keep water out of their ears while washing, and be sure to remove the cotton balls as soon as dog is out of the tub. Never use high heat temps to blow dry a dog! Use "non-stinging-eyes shampoo" on the dog's head and still try to keep the suds out of any dog's eyes, and comb-out snarls Before bathing your dog. Use good quality, non-drying of the skin, dog shampoo, NOT your human shampoo!!
I've only taken a dog of mine to a groomer two times in my whole life:
One time was when my parents paid to have my miniature Schnauzer bathed and groomed when they took their own Schnauzer to their long-time groomer. Both dogs came out with tails wagging and looked fine--we asked the groomer to put both dogs in adjoining dog crates at his shop...which we think KEPT my dog calm because he could see and smell "Schnapps" beside him until it was time for us to pick them up.
The second time was 20 years later when I won a "free bath & grooming" at our local pet store's grooming salon. This time it was my 5 lb. Yorkie. He looked nervous, but the lady who groomed him talked to him constantly, and Taffy came out smelling and looking very nice. He actually loves to have his hair dried when I groom him at home, so the salon's hair dryer did not bother him at all. I enjoyed watching her trim Taffy's legs, and I later bought the same round-tipped scissors (Made by Yellow Dog Company) in the pet store's product aisle. They are much safer than regular scissors due to the rounded-off points and cut wonderfully.
It was SO sad to watch this older couple mourning their little Maltese, but if the dog tried to bite the vet's groomer, it sounds like the dog was scared to start with and the groomer should have spent more time talking to the dog. She also should have worn "protective gloves" if she sensed any signs of the dog being upset! She was probably hurried and reached in to take the dog out too fast...these dog groomers have to work quickly & steadily all day long, but it pays to watch any dog carefully before approaching it. If you are not allowed to watch your own dog being groomed (from a distance so dog is not distracted) then go somewhere else!! Some groomers do not want 'dog owners' in their shop, but in the end, it is your money & your choice about where to go & who grooms your dog!

What a sad story... I do not understand why she threw the dog! I've been bitten before, but never have hit or thrown a dog!

This is another reason I could never drop my babies off at a groomer... It is just not worth the risk. I groom my two myself!

RIP Darby :(

Ugh!! This story makes me sick to my stomach :(:( That poor baby!

I really hope to learn how to groom Billi, fully at home. These stories scare the crap out of me, IDC how rare they are.:mad:

I hate hearing these things i just had zoey's hair trimed today! and before i left the store i was like do you need anything before i leave! lol i was lurking like half and hour before i left! I cant imagine that groomer throwing a 8 pound dog! let alone 2! i swear i think i would have flipped!

Omg...I do not understand the reaction of the groomer at all.Getting bitten is almost part of the job when you work with dogs.I helped groom dogs at a shelter a year ago, and the first thing they show you is how to react in the case of getting bitten (which happens more often than you think).You are actually trained to NOT pull your hand away and keep as calm as possible, because fear and anger smell the same to a dog, so your energy can actually makes matters worse.I don't get why she didnt just remove her hand from the cage and close the door (which to me would have been a more natural reaction because I have been there) but removing her hand from the cage, taking a look at it and then reaching back in only to yank the poor dog out and then throw it against the wall with enougn force to cause massive internal injuries??? Sorry, that just seems crazy to me, and even more so when you consider how small the dog was.Her life was never in any danger and her reaction was not out of the pain from the bite, but because being nipped by the dog had pi**ed her off.If one doesnt have the patience or the nurturing and understanding needed to work with animals, then she should not have been working there in the first place.
How sad and how awful, this is why I do my own grooming :(

Same goes for me... I can't read those type of things. So sad and just...

One of these days, she'll get something/someone precious taken from her. Karma...

This just makes me sick! When I saw it on facebook, my groomer was here, and I read it to her, she started crying! I can't imagine actually throwing a dog, let alone so hard it kills it! Poor excuse for a human being! This did not happen in fear, it happened in anger!

So sad sending out prayers to the Calhouns. Crazy what some people do...The groomer should never groom again and yes some sort of repaymnent for the loss of their baby

I agree.

I totally agree. This is just so sick.

How horrible! And the groomer was at a VET CLINIC. You'd think that your dog would be safer in that kind of environment. People with anger management issues really should not be working in any kind of service position. Tragic.