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I took in My 8 month old puppy, Lilo, to about a month ago to get the matting behind her ears shaved and her nails clipped. Shes scared to death of nail grinders, clippers, files, etc. So I figured, "hey, petsmart knows how to deal with bratty dogs, why not?".
she's never been to the groomer (I adopted her at three months) and she was doing just fine with the slicker brush and the comb I normally use until I took her in.
When they were done with Lilo's nails and started the clippers, she started getting scared and wiggling out of the groomer's arms. They took her in "the back" where there's just a door, no windows. This concerned me because she's scared to death of all brushes now!
I've tried to slowly introduce her to brushes again and gave her a treat to distract her while I (softly) brush. But as soon as she sees the slicker or comb go by her, she frantically wiggles out and hides.
She's shedding like crazy now. She shakes to get rid of the excess fur but that still can't be better than a good ol' brushing.
What do the groomers do when they take our babies to the back room? What couldve possibly happened to her that she can't trust the thing she used to love?
This is a picture of my baby by the way..
http://instagr.am/p/H9oUJ4ir3O/
she's never been to the groomer (I adopted her at three months) and she was doing just fine with the slicker brush and the comb I normally use until I took her in.
When they were done with Lilo's nails and started the clippers, she started getting scared and wiggling out of the groomer's arms. They took her in "the back" where there's just a door, no windows. This concerned me because she's scared to death of all brushes now!
I've tried to slowly introduce her to brushes again and gave her a treat to distract her while I (softly) brush. But as soon as she sees the slicker or comb go by her, she frantically wiggles out and hides.
She's shedding like crazy now. She shakes to get rid of the excess fur but that still can't be better than a good ol' brushing.
What do the groomers do when they take our babies to the back room? What couldve possibly happened to her that she can't trust the thing she used to love?
This is a picture of my baby by the way..
http://instagr.am/p/H9oUJ4ir3O/