Dog's neck is slashed in grooming

makes me feel less paranoid about taking care of Gavin's grooming myself.
The gal downstairs is a pet groomer, and while she seems nice enough (her BF is another story-always yelling at their poor dog while the GF is away), I wouldn't let her even comb out Gavin. I think she's the petsmart kind of groomer, too. And best thing is (beyond saving $), Gavin and I get bonding (putting up with mommy) time while I comb him out every 2 weeks :D
 
The groomer actually tried to tell the owner that her thumb punctured the dog's skin. Really? She thought the owner would be that dumb.

Reminds me of the groomer that brought in the dog with the huge deep laceration on the top of his nose. She told me that the dog bit himself. I looked her right in the eye and said "he bit himself on the top of the nose? How does that happen? Could you bite your own nose?" :rolleyes2: I mean if the dog whipped its head and caught the scissors ok but bit himself. Seriously. I have seen too many "grooming accidents" and that why me or Rachel grooms my dogs.
 
A few things from someone who used to be a groomer.

That was not done by someones thumb or clippers that to me looks like it was slashed with sissors. Why was she using sissors around the neck? If the dog was matted you use a matt breaker and comb you do not cut the mats out.

Secondly really you won't pay the bill? Did you charge the woman for the groom too? Oh you will pay the bill once it went public and your reputation was as stake.

grrrr makes me so mad. I feel bad the dogs first grooming experiance was painful.

Yes accidents do happen. I was grooming a shih tzu and as I was trimming his foot he decided to kick his foot and the sissor just grazed him it was a tiny little cut we glued it I had the dr look at it and gave antibiotic. We didn't make her pay for the groom or the treatment. It was a pure accident. I didn't cut the whole neck off. This was done because the groomer was in a hurry to get done.
 
I have only had my shelties groomed professionally a couple of times when it wasn't possible for me to do it (too pregnant to reach the dog :lol:) However, I will have to say that all my previous shelties were less than pleased to get groomed, probably because all of them had relatively sparse coats until they were two or so. My current puppy, Olive, had a lot of fuzz when I got her at 8 weeks, and she continues to have an incredibly dense coat. So, even at 8 weeks, I started sitting on the floor with her and grooming her (just with a small pin brush), trimming her pad hair, and brushing her teeth. We made it a game, and now she looooves to be groomed and tooth brushing is heaven! Our current challenge is desensitizing her to the Dremel for her nails. I do not intend on ever using a groomer now as Olive is great about it. Before, my avoidance of groomers was due to the cost, but now, after reading all these horror stories...well, I'm afraid to take her!:uhoh:
 
That article completely disgusts me. At the very least the groomer and business owner should have taken responsibility for what they did. Sounds like they only paid the vet bill in the end because this was brought out in the open, not because they felt any remorse for what they put that poor dog through. :mad:

The rest of the article is equally horrendous! Gluing a dogs ear back on after cutting it off! Severe burns due to cage dryer! Just horrendous! No wonder so few people on this forum trust groomers and I can't even begin to imagine the physical and emotional trauma imposed on those dogs! :mad:

It really makes me feel for the good, reputable grooming professionals out there, to have so many hacks ruining the image of groomers in general. :(
 
Biting it's own nose! That's one very talented dog. I hope the owner recognized that lie when she/he heard it.
I just got back from the vet's office with Phoebe. Met a lady as I was walking out. She has a dog that "looks like Phoebe". Uh huh, it was a Maltese - come on, it's white! That makes it look like a westie right?????
I tell you this because I have spoken to so many people that are not doggy savvy that come up with statements like that that make me want to ask them if being a moron runs in the family. I'm sure that if the groomer told this Maltese woman that the injury was caused by thin skin and the groomer's thumb this woman would believe it. After all, she wants to breed this Maltese bitch and went I tried to gently tell her to talk to her breeder she informed me that she doesn't like that person anymore because she was told the bitch would be between 3 and 4 lbs at maturity and it was 7. So now she is looking to breed to a "teacup" maltese. Time to put a foot in my mouth or get out some crazy glue so that I don't tell her she is an idiot. I'll bet the aforementioned groomer has injured dogs before and fed the people a line that was bought. Trust me, not a stretch.
 
Tagg said:
Biting it's own nose! That's one very talented dog. I hope the owner recognized that lie when she/he heard it.
I just got back from the vet's office with Phoebe. Met a lady as I was walking out. She has a dog that "looks like Phoebe". Uh huh, it was a Maltese - come on, it's white! That makes it look like a westie right?????
I tell you this because I have spoken to so many people that are not doggy savvy that come up with statements like that that make me want to ask them if being a moron runs in the family. I'm sure that if the groomer told this Maltese woman that the injury was caused by thin skin and the groomer's thumb this woman would believe it. After all, she wants to breed this Maltese bitch and went I tried to gently tell her to talk to her breeder she informed me that she doesn't like that person anymore because she was told the bitch would be between 3 and 4 lbs at maturity and it was 7. So now she is looking to breed to a "teacup" maltese. Time to put a foot in my mouth or get out some crazy glue so that I don't tell her she is an idiot. I'll bet the aforementioned groomer has injured dogs before and fed the people a line that was bought. Trust me, not a stretch.
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ROFL.... oh I totally know where your coming from and its alll true. Try having to deal with these people on a daily basis ( I work at vet) its so hard sometimes to keep my mouth shut.

I think the best one was we had a lady call and say her dog had a hole near its butt. She thinks its sometime of wound. So she comes in I'm like where is the wound shes like right there(wasn't seeing it) I'm like can you show me she points I'm like uh thats the dogs vulva (eye roll) shes like the what(trying to keep a straight face) the vulva your dog is a girl right? Then she looked all embarrassed. (Really and you have children thats scary) thats what I was thinking in my head.
 
bibluegirl said:
ROFL.... oh I totally know where your coming from and its alll true. Try having to deal with these people on a daily basis ( I work at vet) its so hard sometimes to keep my mouth shut.

I think the best one was we had a lady call and say her dog had a hole near its butt. She thinks its sometime of wound. So she comes in I'm like where is the wound shes like right there(wasn't seeing it) I'm like can you show me she points I'm like uh thats the dogs vulva (eye roll) shes like the what(trying to keep a straight face) the vulva your dog is a girl right? Then she looked all embarrassed. (Really and you have children thats scary) thats what I was thinking in my head.
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My favorite is the people that try to remove the nipples on their male dogs thinking it a tick. It has happened atleast 2 times that I remember. First time, I over heard from the back my office manager(25+ yrs at clinic) pointing out that its a nipple. To which the lady, screams "He's a boy dog!) responded to "are you married?", "yes", "does your husband have nipples?" I about died. 2nd dog bit the husband, wife was so upset. When I told them it was a nipple, she said OMG I'd bite you too.

or the lady who came in screaming(hysterical) because it had blood coming from it "boy parts". When I tactiful pointed out that her dog was um excited, she went dead silent, stood straight up, tucked the dog under her arm and walked out the front door without another word. The receptionist asked me about the office call fee. I said the look on her face was payment enough.:lol:
 
I think what shocked me is that shave all dogs unless explicitly told otherwise, because it's faster. The fact that the owner stated that, tells me she knows absolutely nothing about dogs and what their hair does for them. Jeez.

Ever since we took my Yorkie to a "recommended" place, and he came back with nicks and cuts all over him, including (and it was bad) his scrotum, I knew I could never take my dog to a groomer.

I wish they'd regulate it more, require some sort of schooling about different breeds, etc. Even if it's only "major" breeds and teach them to do a simple search online to how the dog should look, and teach them true listening skills to what the owner wants. Trim never means shave. Just like when I get my hair cut, trim doesn't mean take of six inches.

At least the dog looks like he's recovering well. Poor thing. What a horrid story. I hope that place gets shut down.
 
Justicemom said:
My favorite is the people that try to remove the nipples on their male dogs thinking it a tick. It has happened atleast 2 times that I remember. First time, I over heard from the back my office manager(25+ yrs at clinic) pointing out that its a nipple. To which the lady, screams "He's a boy dog!) responded to "are you married?", "yes", "does your husband have nipples?" I about died. 2nd dog bit the husband, wife was so upset. When I told them it was a nipple, she said OMG I'd bite you too.

or the lady who came in screaming(hysterical) because it had blood coming from it "boy parts". When I tactiful pointed out that her dog was um excited, she went dead silent, stood straight up, tucked the dog under her arm and walked out the front door without another word. The receptionist asked me about the office call fee. I said the look on her face was payment enough.:lol:
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Yes lol we get that too owners trying to remove the nipple. Last week we had a dog come in with a burn on his head because his owner found a tick and was told the way to kill a tick is to take a match to it. Um not when its still on the dog dummy. Last time I checked hair burns.
 
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