mineral oil in the eyes
 

do you do the mineral oil in the eyes pre bath?????:animal-pa:)

thanks!

grandmatoall
 

Thank you so much. I have had trouble getting my TJ to leave his bow in. Now, thanks to your information, I know how to properly do it. Wish me luck.

Bobbi mom of Sandy & TJ

I'm so glad you posted this site, which I'll be using from now on.
I just got back from the grooming place, if you can call it that.After a few days debating on long or short, I decided to go short for summer and will grow in time for winter.I had my appointment for this morning , I requested a puppy cut...
Max looks like a lawn mower went over him!!!! some long hairs some short, on side of his face longer than the other, his front legs had some hairs to the floor, which I saw before I left, so I asked the lady to please fix it,
When I got home and took his bandanna off, I realized that it was all wrong, I took him back, the lady got so mad, and got the dog she was doing and put him back in the cage, when all the dogs started barking, she started hitting the front of the cages scramming to Shut Up, she tried to fix shaving his body, not shaved completely, I would say a number 2.My poor baby, he had a long to the floor coat, that has been so hard to keep up, and now ...I hate to say, but he looks horrible.
Has any of you had this problem, I don't know what to do, I just wonder what happens when we are not there, I've been going to this place for 3 years, but this is the first time I've had this happen.
Any suggestions?

Oh your poor baby and those poor dogs.
How dare she slam the cages like that!!!
It's tough enough for us to drop our dogs off at a new groomer and place our trust in them.But...........
It's even harder on our furkids.
My first experience was not only infuriating but a nightmare.
My Yorkie's first grooming was to say the least, the worst experience for both of us.
Jack was 16 weeks old when I took him in for his first grooming.
Upon picking him up, he looked wonderful but I noticed something was off.
He had been shaking and when I took him home, my baby was limping.
I picked him up and checked out his back leg and paw.
The leg was fine but he wouldn't let me go near his paw.
I figured maybe it was aggrivated from his nail clipping.
We all know how much our babies hate that...
Well the next day he was still limping so I said thats it and took him right in to our local vet.
After examining him, the vet concluded that his paw was fractured.
She said some groomers are not careful when clipping their nails and fractured his back right paw.
Well thats all I needed to hear.
When we got home, I phoned her and tried to explain what had happened.
She said she was sorry and dared to tell me that this happens alot ,especially with the small breeds because they are figidy.?????????????
Yeah right!!
Needless to say, I told her to go back to school and develope some handling skills.
This was not normal and I will never bring Jack back there.
Since that experience, to this day, Jack doesn't like any of his paws touched.
The experience traumatized him and I learned how to clip his nails.
It takes me awhile because, I try to be as gentle as I can and stop to give him a break, when he gets too anxious.
Kat

I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone on this, I did'nt even want to think I was over reacting...I'll be keeping a close eye on him, ever since we got back he is just laying on his bed, and that is not usual with him.
I wonder if there is a number or an address where this things can be reported.
I feel so guilty, and upset and on top of that, I had to pay these people for a job badly done!!!!:mad:
I just hope I find a new place, or I'll be doing it myself..

Good question....unfortunately I don't think theres any groomers union to report abuse to...but in your case, what u witnessed, " the hitting of the cages"...that's a form of animal cruelty isn't it???
I would think so.
Time to call the humane society.
And if I were you...I would contact the better business bureau and file a grievance on her and the shop.
Atleast the public will know about her horrible animal skills.
JMO
Kat

I was just wondering as a first time Yorkie owner when is the first time he should see a groomer besides the daily brushing he gets from me .Wiz is just over 3 months old so I am not sure if that is too young for anything besides a daily brushing . Speaking of which , which is the best type of brush to use as I have a tried a people brush , a dog comb , and a cat slicker .. and he still looks like a messy scalawag ?

Hi would you send the link again, I can’t see it and I can REALLY use the help right now.

http://media.wiley.com/product_data/...0764568809.pdf

http://media.wiley.com/product_data/...0764568809.pdf

NewYorkie,
if you can't open the link, I'll email the document to you. I saved it to my computer.

I'm looking for help with grooming!!!
 

i'm new to this site and i would like to know if anyone can hekp me learn how to groom my new yorkie. We just rescued an older yorkie from the pound:animal36 Her name is Lilly and her hair is sooo long and when we got her the poop was stuck and matted on her backside:( We trimmed all that off and need to know what to do about the rest of her. her eyes are really crusty also and I wash them 3 times a day with a warm washcloth and put neosporin on them but they are still runny. Can anyone PLEASE send me a picture of what a groomed yorkie looks like and maybe some advice about treating her eyes kris98tie12780@live.com is my email and it would be greatly appreciated:animal-pa:animal-pa:animal-pa

thanks so much!

This is so helpful!:thumbup:

RE:
 

What a great help!

"Yorkshire Terrier's for Dummies"
 

this is the best book I've bought !!!

hi
 

thank you so much this site was so helpfull for me thanks so much :animal-pa

Thank you!!!! :thumbup:

Thank you so much for that article!!!!

good post
 

Thanks , i have doing some of my own grooming , and I just read some of the info on this site sounds great. thanks again !!!!:D
Bark @ u later
manina, miley:aimeeyork and max:aimeeyork

Thank you, I always wondered how to wrap the long coats.:cool::thumbup::aimeeyork
-wolflover and miley

im sure a few of yu may have seen this, but for those that havent, i thought it was interesting

Grooming the Yorkshire Terrier
 

yeah i dont show either---and i thought the same thing about the teasing of the hair for the topknot. seems like its alot those little dogs go thru, although im sure going to those extremes are what is exspected in the show ring. they do look pretty though!

My Yorkie is having the same thing. We bath him every week, so it stays clean most of the time, But we are sceptical about taking him to the groomers so young. He allows me to groom him from top to bottom, but he wont let my partner. And i'm guessing it will be the same with a groomer.
And i cant find anything online that says a defined date to take your puppie to the groomer.

Great reference, thanks!

I agree !!!!
 

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: There is no way I will put my babies thur that, or my self.
bark@ulater!!!!!!!
manina,miley,max

awesome info
 

This is very informative!!

Could you email it to me please?? I would love to read this but I can't get it to open on my computer, I can't get ANY of the links to work. If so, my address is caitlyn_122006@yahoo.com I would love it if you could help! THanks

pI LOVE my Sadie, and take pride in keeping her well groomed, I think she's beautiful & yes, I'm sure I'm biased, but I've often been complimented on how beautiful she is. The Yorkie in the video was gorgeous, and I know you have to put effort into show coats, my Sadie sports one. However, hair color, flat ironing & hairspray? Beautiful as that dog was (even before), it didn't seem necessary to put it through that. Haircolor?! Was I the only one to notice how sad the dogs eyes looked? They seemed 'glassy' & distant. I for one couldnt put Sadie through all of that, her top-not may not be perfectly "bubbled" but she's perfect to me, and very happy too, I might add. :D :spyorkie