Groomer Research

Yesterday I visited the groomer that I have picked out for Emme. She has been in business for 13 years and seems very nice, She was grooming a golden retriever while I was there and I could see her interacting with a dog. I asked her a lot of questions and was comfortable with the answers. I asked her about drying cages and she took me back to where the dogs waited to be trimmed. They blow dry them mostly dry and then put them into large wire crates in a room off the grooming room. In the room are three fans that circulate the air. She said that there is not heat and no danger to the dogs. The dogs are not in this area very long because the whole visit takes only two hours. Many of the groomers I called said that it took 4 hours. With getting a bath and then being trimmed it doesn't sound like the dogs are in the crates an excessive amount of time.

I made an appointment for Emme for Monday afternoon. She gets her last puppy shots this Friday and I wanted her trimmed up as soon after that as possible. The hair on her body is about three inches long and she is just like a little Swiffer picking up everything she comes near. Trimmed down, she should be a little easier to care for. The groomer suggested that for the first visit she only bath Emme and trim around her face and bottom. I told her that I couldn't wait another 8 weeks for the second appointment to get rid of some of the hair. Emme is so cute, but so fluffy. The groomer said that she would try trimming and see how Emme handled it. I am hoping that she will be as good for the groomer as she is for me when I am brushing her and we get her trimmed next week. It would make everything easier.