Bijou "failed" at the groomers!

[.sarah]

Sorry to hear about that Good luck with the vets!

[xParisx]

Aww! poor bijou... hope everything turns out ok. x

[Corinna]

sounds like what iI had to do forone of the chows I recused years ago. You will have to go in and watch how they groom then do it your self. It's a pain but the safest for you and Bijou. I had a small problem with RB Merlin but I found a place that let me take him in his crate acouple days a week( I worked across the street ) a they would talk to him and I would have my lunch with him after a couple weeks they would walk him and after 2 months he allowed them to groom him. Maybe you could find some one patient enough to work with her.

[shais_mom]

Poor Thing!
Keegan is the opposite. The only thing she tolerates me doing is bath and brush. She is fabulous at the groomers! I can't even touch Keegan's paws. At the vet it took 3 of us to hold her down to cut her nails. At the groomer - she can do it herself!

[wolfsoul]

Aw, that's too bad.

Honestly though, I don't know if the light sedation will work. At the shop I work at, wew refuse to groom sedateddogs. Dogs that are sedated are not in their right minds and they go absolutely bonkers -- biting, screaming -- they don't know where they are or what's going on; they are just terrified. I would give it a try, but I'm just warning you, it's alot easier to groom a dog when they are in a good state of mind. We also won't groom a dog with the owner around because people just don't understand that we are not hurting the dog when the dog is screaming and biting us and completely freaking out. They automatically think that we are brushing the dog too hard or holding the dog too tight or that we burned it or cut it or pulled it's hair.

Hope it works out for you and Bijou can get groomed. Good luck.

[Shelteez2]

That's too bad to hear about Bijou.

Where I work we have some dogs that have to be sedated to groom. We will always suggest the owners try that before saying we can't groom a dog at all. In fact in the 5 years I've worked there we've never had a dog that we absolutely couldn't groom. Sometimes sedating the dog just takes the edge off and lets the dog realize that we aren't trying to hurt them. Most dogs after a few groomings don't need to be sedated anymore.

We will also let the owners watch if they want to, but we tell them that they might have to hide from the dog because some dogs act worse if they know their owners are watching.

Good luck in trying to find a solution. If you were closer I would offer to groom that cutie for you.

[lizbud]

Don't feel too bad, Smokey also failed at the groomers. Evidently
he did alright with the bath, but really protested loudly at the blow dryers
they tried to use.He was attemping to bite the lady so they just towel
dried him & told me all about it when I picked him up.This was at PetsMart
and weeks later Smoky would'nt even walk anywere near the salon while
we were in the store.