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04-14-2006, 08:16 AM | #1 |
And Tiger, too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Moore, Oklahoma
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| Okay -- I even brought pictures I don't know if anyone remembers my post from a couple days ago asking for pictures, lol. Well I printed out some pictures of cute puppy cuts. I took Rhapsody into Petsmart to be groomed. I knew she had some matting on her back and tummy where her dresses fastens. These mats have only showed up in the past week. I couldn't get the mats out, and I certainly didn't want to give her bath till the mats were either combed or cut out. So I figure, heck, I'll just take her in to be groomed and save me the time it'd take to work on her. Also Petsmart's puppy package including trim is only $15.00. First the lady tells me the mats are soooo bad, which they aren't, and the reason is because I bathed her with mats in. I told her no, that these mats just showed up. . . explained the dresses . . . and also told her Rhapsody has a cottony coat. She just looked at me like 'yeah right'; and said you have to brush her out every day. I do brush her everyday. . . that's how I know there are mats, because the past few days have been impossible and painful when I've been brushing her. Again she looked at me like I was lying. . . So I pointed out that her tail, legs, and her body that the dress isn't on there were no mats. . . Needless to say, she said she'd have to cut her very, very short. I agreed to do the body short (it would be covered by the dresses, and would be more comfortable for Rhapsody this summer). I told her to trim and shape her legs, tail, head and face. (And of course cut her bottom short to help her potty). Now at this point she tells me that because of what she has to cut the body so short it won't be 14.99, but $39.00. I look at her like she's crazy, because this is the price they charge for a huge dog to be completely shaved. I said that's ridiculous because we are talking about a 2.5lb puppy. I can understand it being $10.00 more, but $24.00 more, no way. At this point I should have followed my instinct, took Rhapsody and left. But after considering it (and thinking that Rhapsody needed a bath, and I had to have those mats gone before then, also thinking about it being easter weekend with pictures and stuff). I agree. I was so horrified when I picked Rhapsody up -- they completely shaved her except her face, and tip of tail!!! I actually started crying when I showed her to my mom and hubby. Sigh, I think I'm going to get a couple grooming videos, and start learning to this myself. I don't think I can take another like this, lol. Of course by the end of the evening I was laughing about it, and turning it into a good thing. Still, always follow gut instinct -- I should have just took Rhapsody home, and called around!!! Sorry so long -- here's my poor baby's picture -- before and after:
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04-14-2006, 08:19 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina
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| Awwww...she is still cute Mom...you can always put her dress on her!!
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04-14-2006, 08:21 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Lover Donating Member | She is a doll....even after her haircut!! Don't feel bad, when we first got Magic I didn't know anything and took her up Petco for a bath and haircut and she came back the exact same way!! But it grew out and we quickly learned her lesson..... Rhapsody is just precious....
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04-14-2006, 08:23 AM | #5 |
And Tiger, too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Moore, Oklahoma
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| Lol, thanks everyone! And yeah, I've only taken the dress off for the picture, and to show my family, lol. My dad, when he first saw her, just started laughing till there were tears coming from his eyes, poor little girl, lol. She also looks so small now; hair really bulks them up!
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04-14-2006, 08:25 AM | #6 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North eastern Illinois Suburbs
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| Awww. rofl....poor baby Well, at least now you can really see her the structure of your little lion w/o having to just feel it! She's nakes, go throw some clothes on that cutie! I can imagine your horrified state when you picked her up, I would've had them call the manager and not pay the full amount! imo You asked for a certain service and you didn't get it. *grr* She's still lovely though! |
04-14-2006, 03:21 PM | #7 |
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| I would have been royally pi^^&%!!!!!!!!! But she is still precious and will really be cute with her dresses to cover her naked butt as my granddaughter says. |
04-14-2006, 03:34 PM | #8 |
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| Did you actually pay for that? I don't believe I would have. I'd have said so sue me. I even brought pictures. You could have done that cut yourself. Well it looks like Rhapsody is going to get a whole new summer wardrobe. LOL |
04-14-2006, 03:38 PM | #9 |
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| AWWW geez ...she still adorable but i liked her hair .. it'll grow soon
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04-14-2006, 04:17 PM | #10 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | She is so adorable with or without hair but I would be mad too!
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04-14-2006, 05:45 PM | #11 |
and Bernie's mom too!" Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pennsylvania
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| awwwww, she's naked! She's still adorable though, but I understand how you feel! Sounds like you're able to laugh about it now, good for you! I was upset for about a week when we had our bad "groomer experience". |
04-14-2006, 06:45 PM | #12 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central California
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| That is a "strip". Looks like a 7 blade. Pretty much what you do if the dog is completely matted...to the skin. Definitely not appropriate if your little pups legs were not matted. Even if her body was matted there is no reason they couldn't blend out to larger legs which would have been really cute. Unfortunately strips are pretty much the norm at Petsmart and Petco. Every time I am in one of those stores the only dogs I see comming out of the grooming salons are stripped. You're probably lucky they left a cute round face. I would have been furious! I hope you let them know how you felt about it. The least they should have done is drop the price back to the $14.99 or offer a free groom in the future (not that you would want to go back). As far as the price goes, I would have to say that a full haircut on a 2 1/2 lb puppy can be more difficult than a full haircut on a full grown 25 lb dog so expecting to pay only $14.99 would have been out of line. I think the puppy package prices are for pretty basic grooming with pads, sanitary, face...but not body, mostly just to get the puppy used to grooming. It will take a while for the fur to grow back but it will eventually. Thats the beauty of hair/fur. It always grows back. In the mean time you get a break from brushing.
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04-14-2006, 06:58 PM | #13 |
Learn Yorkie CPR! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New Jersey
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| They didn't "groom" her, they shaved her. Any idiot could do that! But, she still looks cute. But don't you hate when pay for something and it comes out the wrong way.
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04-14-2006, 09:03 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Missouri
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| She still is very pretty! You can always put a shirt on her and you would never notice!
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04-14-2006, 10:23 PM | #15 |
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| She's still pretty nakey or dressed!!! Pretty baby woof woof XOXO Queen Lily & Mommy Lene |
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