Maybe I'd Better Figure Out How To Bathe JD At Home

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

First, poor Luca suffered a broken tail and eventually had to have part of it surgically removed as the result of a visit to the groomer. :(

Then I saw this story & video about a groomer beating and abusing dogs she was being paid to groom:

 http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/charges-laid-against-calgary-dog-groomer-...

Now, the worst story yet: A dog who died after being thrown against a wall by a groomer at the vet's office!!!!

http://www.pawnation.com/2013/09/09/dog-groomer-throws-maltese-agai...

I'm afraid to leave JD anywhere at this point. 

What I can't figure out is why anyone who could do things like this to a helpless dog chose a profession where they spend their days working with dogs. 

[Leslie and Halas]

Dog-friendly limo!  Now that's a great idea!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

P.S. That new screen name looks excellent, Jay! 

[Jay, Lola and Colonel Esau]

Thanks Karen!

[Camilla and Darwin]

This is so disgusting. It makes me wonder too, about people who work in these fields yet act like they hate animals. I will also say that having applied at many grooming shops, and shopped around, so many of the groomers are really unprofessional and honestly a bit crazy. I wonder why it's so hard to find a sane, moral person in that field? I wish there were more.

[Lonnie & Libby Lu]

OMGosh this just makes me sick to my stomach!  

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I know, Lonnie, me too. After I saw that video with that poor dog trapped on that table while she hit him with that brush, I couldn't get it out of my mind. 

[Lonnie & Libby Lu]

I have been in tears since reading it!   I just do not know how someone can do that!  I trust my groomer and she loves Libby, but that video just tells another story that is so awful.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

The groomer that I really loved and trusted moved and is at another shop too far away to be practical for me. (JD needed weekly baths in the past for his allergy flares.) I have no reason to distrust his current groomer, but she doesn't give me warm fuzzies, either. Maybe I need to shop around a little bit. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Gavin de Becker writes about this, and I totally agree. I think I might look into a mobile groomer for now. At least I wouldn't have to leave him anywhere. 

[Leslie and Halas]

Doesn't Penny use a mobile groomer for Comiskey?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I'm not sure but I'll ask her. Good idea! 

[F, Calla & Luca]

I once tried one with Calla. After two hours she managed to get her bathed and I thought she was done when she came to the door. I told her Calla had had enough, paid her $70, I think and trimmed her myself another time I think it may work well for small dogs but not so well for us.