Oh hey Mitchell, I’m glad you’ve reached out and have found a groomer that deals with traumatized dogs from grooming. We’ve all heard the horror stories that go on in some of the back rooms where dogs are groomed. Some people have absolutely no business being around animals, let alone grooming them. There are a lot of really good kind hearted groomers and, of course, it’s a business but some are solely out for the quantity of grooms in a day, not the quality and health of the animals they groom. They just have no compassion where dogs are concerned. I also didn’t like the comment that that groomer made to you that she waited periodically for your dog to calm down. Why would your dog, who has been groomed all his life, need calming down sessions? She was just to rough and rushed and might even have been hurting him as she was pulling mats out. Breaks my heart for your little guy to go through something like that at a groomer of all places where now he doesn’t even want to get out of the car probably fearing that you’re taking him back to the groomer. I’m sure since this was a one time thing eventually his fears will pass especially once he’s been groomed by a kind compassionate person. With the groomer you are going to try, I would suggest that when you call for the appointment and let her know what has happened to your dog, that you ask if you might speak to some of her clients that have had this happen to their dog.
Glad you’re using Chris Christensen. I love their products. Funny, I’ve tried the Thick N Thicker product for the same reason. Didn’t help at all with all Hannah’s fly away hair.
