Comments on: How Do I Evaluate the Groomer and the Facility? http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/dog-grooming/how-do-i-evaluate-the-groomer-and-the-facility/ Holistic Approach to Pampering Small Dogs Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:32:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: pedipaws review http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/dog-grooming/how-do-i-evaluate-the-groomer-and-the-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-46001 pedipaws review Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:15:32 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/dog-grooming/how-do-i-evaluate-the-groomer-and-the-facility/#comment-46001 Nice post, keep up the good work. Nice post, keep up the good work.

]]> By: Anne http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/dog-grooming/how-do-i-evaluate-the-groomer-and-the-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-40721 Anne Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:52:49 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/dog-grooming/how-do-i-evaluate-the-groomer-and-the-facility/#comment-40721 Thank you so much for your reassuring and thoughtful reply. I was feeling a little defeated and burned out from all the "no" responses I was getting, but your post re-energized me and I finally did find a groomer who will let me stay. You saved our dog from a patchy haircut with my husband's hair clippers. She (and I) say thank you! :) Thank you so much for your reassuring and thoughtful reply. I was feeling a little defeated and burned out from all the “no” responses I was getting, but your post re-energized me and I finally did find a groomer who will let me stay.

You saved our dog from a patchy haircut with my husband’s hair clippers. She (and I) say thank you! :)

]]> By: Renée http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/dog-grooming/how-do-i-evaluate-the-groomer-and-the-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-40474 Renée Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:36:09 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/dog-grooming/how-do-i-evaluate-the-groomer-and-the-facility/#comment-40474 Absolutely Not! A good, passionate, and professional groomer should not be intimated by your request. You just want a re-assurance that everything runs smoothly and comfortably for both the groomer and your dog. After all, you are not there to tell them how your dog should be groomed nor are you obstructing their movement. You are there only in the background. Any groomer should be able to understand the anxiety (hopefully not a lot) the owner and the dog have given the fact that your dog had a bad experience before. A certified groomer only tells us about his/her ability to carry out the job in a professional way, nothing about compassion. Compassion comes from within. Anna, the only piece of advice I can give right now is for you to access the groomer, as you would do to your future daughter/son-in-law or employee/employer. Listen to your gut, if you don’t feel comfortable with that groomer, most likely your dog won’t be comfortable too. Keep trying, I’m sure there’s at least a handful somewhere near or a short distance away from you. It’s not that bleak as you might think. Absolutely Not! A good, passionate, and professional groomer should not be intimated by your request.

You just want a re-assurance that everything runs smoothly and comfortably for both the groomer and your dog. After all, you are not there to tell them how your dog should be groomed nor are you obstructing their movement. You are there only in the background.

Any groomer should be able to understand the anxiety (hopefully not a lot) the owner and the dog have given the fact that your dog had a bad experience before.

A certified groomer only tells us about his/her ability to carry out the job in a professional way, nothing about compassion. Compassion comes from within.

Anna, the only piece of advice I can give right now is for you to access the groomer, as you would do to your future daughter/son-in-law or employee/employer. Listen to your gut, if you don’t feel comfortable with that groomer, most likely your dog won’t be comfortable too. Keep trying, I’m sure there’s at least a handful somewhere near or a short distance away from you. It’s not that bleak as you might think.

]]> By: Anne http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/dog-grooming/how-do-i-evaluate-the-groomer-and-the-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-40466 Anne Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:31:25 +0000 http://www.smalldogsparadise.com/dog-grooming/how-do-i-evaluate-the-groomer-and-the-facility/#comment-40466 Thanks for the tips. I was surprised to see #5: "Is it okay for me to stay during the first grooming session?" The first time we took our dog to be groomed, we didn't know what to look for and had a bad experience with an unprofessional dog groomer. She had "trained herself" with mail-order videos, didn't use a restraining lead on the grooming table, and when our dog (naturally) decided to make a break for it, the groomer caught her by the tail, holding her dangling off the table! Needless to say, we didn't go back there, and now I view staying for the first groom as absolutely essential. She did fine when I stayed for her next groom with a much nicer, more professional groomer, and I had no problem dropping her off after that because I knew he would treat her well. The problem is that we have moved, and it is almost impossible to find a new groomer that will let me stay for the appointment. I have called dozens and asked, only to be answered with lectures about how it makes the dogs excitable and is dangerous. I want to stick to my guns, but my dog is getting shaggier and shaggier, and I have yet to find a groomer who will agree to it. Is this really that strange of a request? Do you think it is okay to trust a groomer with a certificate from a legitimate school even if they won't let me stay? I'd appreciate any advice I can get. Thanks!! Thanks for the tips. I was surprised to see #5: “Is it okay for me to stay during the first grooming session?”

The first time we took our dog to be groomed, we didn’t know what to look for and had a bad experience with an unprofessional dog groomer. She had “trained herself” with mail-order videos, didn’t use a restraining lead on the grooming table, and when our dog (naturally) decided to make a break for it, the groomer caught her by the tail, holding her dangling off the table!

Needless to say, we didn’t go back there, and now I view staying for the first groom as absolutely essential. She did fine when I stayed for her next groom with a much nicer, more professional groomer, and I had no problem dropping her off after that because I knew he would treat her well.

The problem is that we have moved, and it is almost impossible to find a new groomer that will let me stay for the appointment. I have called dozens and asked, only to be answered with lectures about how it makes the dogs excitable and is dangerous. I want to stick to my guns, but my dog is getting shaggier and shaggier, and I have yet to find a groomer who will agree to it.

Is this really that strange of a request? Do you think it is okay to trust a groomer with a certificate from a legitimate school even if they won’t let me stay? I’d appreciate any advice I can get. Thanks!!

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