It is scary, selecting a groomer and leaving our pups off.

There are 2 groomers in my area who are not responsible. One has had 2 dogs die from hanging, in similar circs to those you described, in one year! The other guy has a drinking problem which means sometimes he doesn't show up for work and his non licensed techs work on the dogs. Unfortuantely, I was using this guy and found out the hard way, when I picked up my dogs one day and found they had all 4 been shaved down as the unlicensed guys didn't know how else to cope with these coats.

Check out the postings on craigslist in your area, as both the "bad" groomers in this area are regularly posted about on there. Here, they show up under "pets," even though that is not supposed to be a discussion area. you don't have to join to look. Just scan through them daily for a while.

If there is a dog obedience place near you, or an Agility training center, go hang out there and speak to some folks who come in with coated dogs. See where they go for grooming. (My obedience class place does offer grooming, I just don't like their prices!)


Have to admit, when I saw your title, I thought you were going to talk about bad hair cuts, lol. Aside from the fiasco I mentioned above, I do the weirdest things to my 4 as I try to groom them myself! Fortunately, "it is only hair, it will grow out," ha haa.