Unhappy Dog Groomer

[Burro (He/Haw)]

I want to preface this letter by telling you what a huge dog lover I am. Any breed, any size, any color, any age...I love them all. So please don't take the following as mean or personal.

As a professional groomer, there are a few things I need to say to you. In part just to get it off my chest, but perhaps you will even learn something that makes your association with professional groomers easier on the future.

First of all...let's address the obvious. Your dog is NOT a breed...your dog is a mutt. There is nothing wrong with being a mutt. I own several and I am just as proud of my mixed breed kids as my pure bred kids. I know you want to justify the shitload of money you spent 'buying' a mixed breed dog, but I tend to call a spade a spade....your dog is a mutt.

Secondly, I don't give a shit what the breeder told you....you cannot possibly be stupid enough to believe that a mixed poodle breed only needs grooming yearly. What....the....****?! Do you only get you human child's hair cut once a year? If you do choose the 'once a year' grooming schedule, please keep your god damned mouth shut when your professional groomer has to shave your dog down as smooth as a cue ball. I'm sure the breeder told you that we have a magic formula that gets matts out....but that was a lie too.

Yes....it does cost you out the ass to have your doodle groomed by a professional. Why, you ask? Well, you made a conscious decision to purchase a genetic disaster! Not only did you buy a mixed breed dog, you bought one that combines hair with fur....that equals a grooming nightmare. More often than not, this particular mixed breed is high energy, is not well behaved (especially if you chose the once a year schedule), and is a neurotic nightmare. You my friend, will pay out the ass for my time and skill.

Lastly, do NOT walk your ass into my salon and proceed to tell me that you 'have papers'. I once sent a photo of a goat in with a registration application to UKC and told them it was a rare herding breed...they sent my papers out within a month. Yes....I registered a ****ing goat with the same people who gave you 'papers'.

Like I said, please don't take this personally. I love all dogs...including doodles. You are the one I can't stand.

Sincerely, Every ****ing Groomer That Has to Deal With Your Ignorance.

:funnier: :funnier:

[CertInsaneC5]

:funniest: :funniest: :funniest:

[Mike Mercury]

Yes....it does cost you out the ass to have your doodle groomed by a professional.

Why, you ask? Well, you made a conscious decision to purchase a genetic disaster!

:rofl:

[mrvette]

Our Chiwawa gets the nails cut maybe once a month.....

:seasix:

THAT is the wife's project, be ME no pets of any kind....


:issues:

[LATB]

My pup had the shampoo - nails etc done yesterday. No problems. Except of course they put little bows on her head when done. That lasted about 2 seconds. Those folks at Petsmart should known shes a Tomboy. After all, she tried to fight every dog in the joint. :Jeff '79:

[LisaJohn]

It's takes longer to get Fletcher a hair appointment than me. He gets his hair done every three months.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

We groom our own dogs. The Dals are easy. The little Wires take a long time to do, you have to hand strip the coat. I've also had a few client dogs that needed a lot of grooming prior to a show. I usually call Sherry, buy her lunch and get her to help. :D

[LATB]

We have been doing the shampoo and nails and teeth ourselves. We had a freebie grooming at Petsmart.

[SnikPlosskin]

In all the years I've owned German Shepherds, I've never taken one to a groomer. :confused5:

We just do it ourselves. Lots of brushing, occasional baths (usually when the Stink - O - Meter reads 7.5 "hurl").

We trim their nails (also referred to All Star Wrestling). Give them shots. Brush or cut out mats (the long coated Shepherds have very fine hair around their manes and ears).

I've even cleaned their teeth using a dental scraper (that takes some mutual trust right there...)

[LisaJohn]

LATB, we always got a large emery board and filed our pups nails several times a week for a few seconds so they would get used to having their nails trimmed.
Here's a tip--don't use SATB's emery board! Get Chloe her own.

[CertInsaneC5]

Waits for Snake to report on his first pet grooming project. :waiting:

edit: he beat me too it. :Jeff '79:

[LisaJohn]

We groom our own dogs. The Dals are easy. The little Wires take a long time to do, you have to hand strip the coat. I've also had a few client dogs that needed a lot of grooming prior to a show. I usually call Sherry, buy her lunch and get her to help. :D

I know my limits. I can trim his bangs between groomings. The groomer does a lot better than I could. And Fletcher always seems happy to see her.

[CertInsaneC5]

In all the years I've owned German Shepherds, I've never taken one to a groomer. :confused5:

We just do it ourselves. Lots of brushing, occasional baths (usually when the Stink - O - Meter reads 7.5 "hurl").

We trim their nails (also referred to All Star Wrestling). Give them shots. Brush or cut out mats (the long coated Shepherds have very fine hair around their manes and ears).

I've even cleaned their teeth using a dental scraper (that takes some mutual trust right there...)

We need vids of this. :waiting:

[VatorMan]

We have groomed ours for the past 10 years. Bought the table, prof. Clippers, etc... And yes, Poodle anything is a PITA to groom. :lol:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/Dogs/dogs03-06002.jpg

[Cybercowboy]

That's hilarious. We take two of our cats to groomers. The other two are fine without. Mick goes to an actual groomer, it's a like a spa day for him, he loves it. Ozzy, on the other hand, goes to the vet where they gas him so he doesn't kill them while they shave him into something called a lion cut.

[Stumpy]

I don't think I'd want a dog that had to go to the groomers.

[MrPeabody]

We've been using the same groomer for over ten years. Both dogs go every six weeks. This groomer even found one of our current dogs for us at a rescue organization she volunteers her services to. We get a multiple dog discount and pay $60 to get both dogs done. Another plus to this groomer is she has some veterinary assistant experience and has spotted things like ear infections we didn't see.

[LisaJohn]

Fletcher, the tornado surviving cockapoo mutt adopted from the humane society, is first dog I've had that has to go to the groomer.

[MrPeabody]

Ten reasons your dog's hair cut costs more than yours:

Warren Eckstein: 10 Reasons Your Dog's hair cut costs more than yours (http://www.warreneckstein.com/b/10-Reasons-Your-Dogs-hair-cut-costs-more-than-yours/-402949521898987748.html)

[Stumpy]

#1 is a 50-50 deal

[SnikPlosskin]

Much depends on the type of coat I would think. GSDs have a double coat and shed like no other. We don't trim them, we just brush out garbage bags full of hair.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

We've got a lot of grooming tools here. Thinning shears, Big scissors, small scissors, curved scissors, stripping knives, comb's, brushes, a Dremel with a barrel sander for nails, two grooming tables with arms, and a few scrapers for teeth.

Some of our dogs are perfectly OK getting their nails done, and a couple hate it. We start handling feet the minute they're whelped, but some of them just never get used to it.

[LATB]

Lab don't need no haircut

[JRD77VET]

............. We start handling feet the minute they're whelped, but some of them just never get used to it.

When we first took Levi ( greater swiss mountain dog-- he'll end up 150-160+ lbs full grown ) to the vet, Dr Makum said to handle his feet as much as possible to make nail trimming easier.

Now he's almost 15 months old and 111 lbs ( as of Tuesday ) and enjoys seeing the girls at the vets. :hurray:

He's good for them and they enjoy seeing him. "Oh, he's so cute" :kingpin:

[LATB]

Chloe. Our 5 month old Lab puppy has no problem with handling feet or cleaning teeth.

Now. If I can train the separation anxiety out of her I'll be golden.

[island14]

Reminds me of a story...

My Grandma's wild ole Tom Cat was always gone for weeks at a time, but one time it came back with its fur just full of burrs.

She decided to cut them out with scissors as it was too tangled to pull them out one at a time.

After awhile my grandfather looked over and said.

"Hattie.. what in the lords name are you doing woman?"

She replied

"I'm cutting all these darned burrs out."

Papaw said..


"That's its darn balls woman! leave that poor cat alone.."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


She almost snipped it.... :yesnod: