Dog withdrawn after grooming?
 

Have anyone exeprienced this; after you send your dog for grooming it becomed withdrawned for a couple of days.

I've had a few clients who reported that their dog behaved this way after being groomed by a previous groomer before swtiching to us. Some reported abrasion and injury of some kind. It is terrifying and disturbing to think of the experience the poor dog endured while being groomed to cause it to behave like that. :mad:

Alamak !
 

Aiyo Bro !.

Some groomers leave part tiimers and un-trained personal to groom. They don't understand that certain parts of the dog's are sensitive and some parts of the dogs should get extra sensitive grooming. The withdrawal is actualy more serious then some people take it to be.

It is a loss of trust of the Dog towards it's owners :the people who brought the dog there.

That is why it is always best to stick to a groomer you know and trust and one that is willing to earn the trust of the dog.

I hope the poor dog recovers soon, poor thing.

David, don't take it personally when you don't find a response to your post. We all don't know each other in the beginning so it takes awhile to warm up. People will be attracted to respond if they feel comfortable with the way we express ourselves. :D

Back to the subject of grooming. Have anyone experience this with your dog groomer? :(

Just to add to David's comments....
 

David agree and disagree with you. What you said about part timers and untrained personnel grooming dogs and causing all this withdrawn behavior is true but I like to add that I think the bottom line is whether the groomer is really patient and basically love animals....you might be inexperienced, but that doesn't mean you got to be rough.

Putting the dog up high on the grooming stand is already stressful for the dog what more if the groomer is rough and I can tell you its not just the inexperienced who cause this problem....choose the groomer who is patient and is not heavily scheduled and then choose their skills. Of course the decision is very much easier if your dog is basically well behaved.

Regards


Kitsilano

Kitsilano,
Excellent points there. ;) I think what's important is for dog owners to realise that it takes 1.5 to 2 hours to properly groom a dog. You can't rush. It is wise to avoid grooming service that offers dirt cheap rates that are likely to overbook. ;)