another groomer bites the dust. ZERO matts and STILL shaved.

[Joely and Peter and Dood]

Well, I know some of you can relate... We took pictures, we took a diagram, the groomer said he would keep ALL hair over an inch. We came back to this. Barely a half an inch in most places. So much for NYC being the most fashionable city in the world! I will be doing all the grooming from now on. Oh and PS- he had ZERO matts in his previous 4 inch coat. My DH and I spent up to an hour EVERY evening grooming (brushing, de-matting small matts that appeared, etc) and the groomer confirmed when we arrived that he could find NO matts and that we could request it to be clipped to any length we liked. We agreed on a clipper cut of 1 1/12 inches to 2 inches all over, longer on the head, tail, and legs.... THIS is what we got. The good news is Dood doesn't seem to notice the change and we are less fearful of him being dognapped. The bad news... Well, you know.

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AFTER:

[Barbie]

It takes Hercules about 3 months to fully grow his hair back. This is based on his prior shavings - yup, a few other groomers screwed up over the past 11 years that I've had him.