Groomers: do you clip pugs???

Sunshyne · 04-26-2008, 11:05 AM

Ok so Chloe was boarded last week while we were on vaca. She loved it, I like them, all went great. I signed her up to be groomed the last day because I had so much else to do I didn't want to give her a bath on top of it! I knew she would be playing everyday, getting dirty, etc. Whatever.

So it looks like she had her hair cut! Not shaved, trimmed I guess? I didn't say anything because it was already 5pm, we needed to get home and I really didn't even notice it at first.

I'm not upset about it and she looks fine, but I would never have thought that she would get a haircut! Her hair is so short anyways and pretty even coated. Is this a normal procedure for a pug??

Thanks in advance for your replies!

dane&cockermom · 04-26-2008, 04:49 PM

i've never had anyone come in and ask for their pug to be trimmed up. but it'd do it if they asked.

i had to shave a pug a few weekends ago.

it made me sad that someone wanted to do that. but, it's what they wanted. looked really stupid, but the owner loved it.

borzoimom · 04-26-2008, 05:05 PM

clip a pug??? You have GOT to be kidding...

golden&hovawart · 04-26-2008, 07:09 PM

What do you clip on a pug?.
They are already shorthair!.

micki · 04-26-2008, 07:15 PM

Why would you shave one? It is totally short haired? I own 4 pugs I just can't figure it out?
The only thing I can think of would be lazy people who don't like the shedding some pugs do.

Kotone · 04-26-2008, 07:46 PM

Wow, a shaved pug? That must make them look a lot funnier than usual(no offense, pug owners, lol).

Poor little guy!

Pai · 04-26-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by dane&cockermom

i've never had anyone come in and ask for their pug to be trimmed up. but it'd do it if they asked.

i had to shave a pug a few weekends ago.

it made me sad that someone wanted to do that. but, it's what they wanted. looked really stupid, but the owner loved it.

Like... shaved him bare?!

dane&cockermom · 04-26-2008, 08:45 PM

yep, shaved him down the a #10 blade.

"oh he just get so hot in the summer" she said to me. blah blah blah. um, no, he gets so hot, cause he's so fat. at any rate, there was absolutly no talking her out of it. poor guy.

Sunshyne · 04-27-2008, 09:02 AM

No, she isn't shaved bald!! I would never do that... and I never asked for them to trim her either.

It's noticeable to me, maybe not to others. But I can tell her hair is shorter and esp. in certain areas (behind her ears, chest). Maybe they wanted to just make her hair even??? I don't know. I just never thought they would do that to a pug!!

She DOES shed like crazy, but I brush her daily and vacuum sometimes twice a day (black rugs, ugh!). I don't mind it, I knew what I was getting into.

Thanks for your replies!!! I still am dumbfounded about it.

Durbkat · 04-27-2008, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by dane&cockermom

yep, shaved him down the a #10 blade.

"oh he just get so hot in the summer" she said to me. blah blah blah. um, no, he gets so hot, cause he's so fat. at any rate, there was absolutly no talking her out of it. poor guy.

You should have said that and then told her if she got it to loose weight it wouldn't get so hot.

jesirose · 04-27-2008, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Durbkat

You should have said that and then told her if she got it to loose weight it wouldn't get so hot.

There's being right, and there's keeping your job

Durbkat · 04-27-2008, 07:59 PM

Yea, I know. I was only joking. But say if I owned my own grooming shop, well I'd refuse to do it in the first place, but if I did I'd simply make the comment that she could help make him cooler if he lost some weight.

dane&cockermom · 04-27-2008, 09:18 PM

i'm sure she already knows he's overweight. i'm sure she's heard it from her vet several times. it's not like it wasn't noticable. lol.

but once a customer has something set in their head, that's what they want no matter what.

and when it comes to making the money/keeping the client vs. losing the commission/losing the customer, ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

afterwards i advised the lady to keep him out of the sun for extended periods of time. luckily she only has it done once a year.

animalcraker · 04-27-2008, 11:06 PM

Do you mean trimed like they cut the hair? or is it that they removed all the dead hair and undercoat so now his hair is shorter.

Sunshyne · 04-28-2008, 08:45 AM

Animalcracker -I don't know. I have never had her groomed and have no clue what an undercoat is... or what she would look like without it. (going to look it up now

Anyways, they may have done that, but again I don't know what that really means. The hair behind her ears and on her chest and hind legs is definitely shorter like they shaved some off. But it's not bald. It's hard to explain. She looks fine, and to other people it's not noticeable.

Again, everyone, thanks for the replies!!!

zerolover · 04-28-2008, 10:08 PM

I shave a pug (7 reverse and 10) every three weeks, who knows why, I told her she would be committing to constant grooming and possible balding/thinning later on but she loves it! He is soft and cute plus some blue nail polish to top him off doesn't hurt!