I frequently write about my dog Nadi, I hope this isn't too boring for those of you out there reading these things. It's just that other than TV and occasionally doing some exercise, that is basically my entire life in a shell.
It took me getting a Shih-Tzu mixed breed dog to find out that there are two kinds of dogs out there in the world. One kind has fur and this is most dogs. This naturally sheds and falls out once the fur gets to a certain length. You never need to cut this sort of dog's hair unless you are trying to do something creative.
The other type of dog has "hair" and Nadi is one of those types of dog. If you do not cut this sort of dog's hair it will just continue to grow and grow much like the hair on all of our heads. The benefit of this is that you don't have hair all over your house all the time like you would with a shedding dog. The downside is that you have to either do the work yourself in cutting it and making your dog look rather silly because you don't know what you are doing, or you have to pay a salon to do it for you once a month or so.
Recently I came to the realization that I believe the salon I go to is hitting my dog while she is there getting a haircut and this is not ok with me at all. My dog is very well behaved but just like most dogs, she would prefer to not get a haircut ever. That doesn't mean that you need to abuse her to get the job done. If I was there and witnessed this I would likely have to go to prison with the beating I would have delivered the the person cutting her hair. Nobody gets to hit my dog except me and I have only had to do that twice in her life.
So this time I paid extra to have the technician come to my house while I sat in the other room playing videogames. No groomer is going to smack your dog around while you are in the other room so things went smoothly and even though this was around 30% more expensive than what I have paid in the past, I felt a lot more at ease than if she was off in some facility without any sort of oversight.
I decided this was a good idea to spend the extra money when the last time I took Nadi to the groomers she was crying, jumping up on me, and hiding behind my legs growling at one groomer in particular. Nadi really likes most people so I thought to myself that this young man must really deserve the sort of treatment that my dog was giving him. I reluctantly left her there anyway but when I came back to pick her up she was shaking with excitement to get out of there. This would be the last time I would ever go to that place and I have told other people to avoid it as well. There is no excuse to treat animals this way especially not my animal.
So I found an in-house technician and it is totally worth it if you are a nervous pet owner like I am.
It was important that I not be in the room so the technician told me because it is a lot more difficult if the dog thinks that all they have to do is run to you for safety. It's ok, I was only about 12 feet away from her during the entire thing but she could not see me. It was all over in about 90 minutes and Nadi got lots of treats and the total package cost me 500,000 VND which is just over $20. I think that is a huge value and I am sure this process costs significantly more in the west.
This is the end result and I am quite happy with it. I decided to cut the cute ear hair back a bit because every time we go for walks she just ends up dragging her ears through all the filth on the street anyway.
What do you think? It's a vast improvement isn't it? Nadi doesn't care what she looks like and if it was left up to her she would never get a haircut even if it means that she can't see anything.
Decided to save all the praise of how adorable Nadi is. Noone hit my dog is what I focus in this page. Pet grooming is supposed to be an enjoyable work. It takes a pet lover to get into this kinda business. Unfortunately, whent the focus is on the money, dealing with other people's pets become a chore.
Hmm... reminds me of my Sunday school days, where the teacher has a problem with every child except one that is holy blessed kid #uknowhismom 🤣
I think a grooming place would quickly go out of business if it were to be exposed that they are abusing the animals while they are there. Of course the dog is going to resist getting their nails cut by a stranger, but hitting them is not the answer.
How can I be boring when I really enjoyed really Nadi daily activity, I can imagine how cute when Nadi does a shake excitement to welcome you!
She runs around and chases her own tail when I come back home after a few hours... then she normally gets overcome with excitement and will go and find one of her toys to attack!
Nadi looked very adorable! :)
Thanks! I'll tell her you said so!
Awww cutie! Lol at her eyes! Sparkling and mesmerizing.
I feel as though she always looks sad even when she isn't. I suppose a lot of dogs look this way though :)
Your dog looks amazing, one thing I recommend you to start cutting the hairs of your dog by your own because nobody is gonna take care of your dog as much as you do while cutting👍
This is something that I have contemplated as she gets older. I have already gone through 2 sets of clippers that were relatively cheap and am starting to realize that I am going to have to stop being so stingy with these things because the cheap ones don't work very well and it takes a really long time with them.
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⋆ sᴜʙsᴄʀɪʙᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀsᴇᴀɴ ʜɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ
⋆ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀsᴇᴀɴ ʜɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴠᴏᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴀɪʟ
⋆ ᴅᴇʟᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʟɪɴᴋs 25 ʜᴘ⇾50 ʜᴘ⇾100 ʜᴘ⇾500 ʜᴘ⇾1,000 ʜᴘ
Nadi looks very cute after the haircut. Before the haircut Nadi's gender is confusing but after she looks like her gender.
That's a great value. We pay about that just to get Jovi's nails cut. We have a lady that comes to the house and does it for us when we need her to. I'm sure with you just being in the next room she was still able to smell you and that was probably a great comfort to her. A lot of times when we need to board Jovi we sleep with a blanket for the week before we take her. Then we leave that blanket for her while she is there. I don't know if it really helps, but it makes us feel better :)
I heard about this blanket strategy or even a shirt. The few times she had to go on a plane I would wear a shirt for a couple of days... not get it like disgusting dirty or anything but just make sure that it no longer smells like fabric softener. It does seem to bring dogs some comfort and that is just plain adorable.
Smell is so important to them, so it made a lot of sense to me.
Yes we pay about half again and they also come to the house but it is still value for money. They have mobile trailer that parks in the drive way which I am tempted to get my Mastiff some pampering done ,but think he may knock the trailer over he is that big. Sad that you just know something is off by the way your dog behaves as they don't hide their feelings.
Well the last time I brought her there I was contemplating not leaving her there because of the way she was acting towards one of the groomers in particular. I didn't have any other choice at the time though. I am happy to pay this premium to have it done in my house and am a little ashamed at myself for not investigating whether or not it existed before.
The most important thing is you found the home grooming service now and it works out well.
yes, I am really stoked about this and will be using it exclusively in the future.