Well, see that's the thing. The woman works with a ton of dogs to groom them, I'm sure.. but once she found out that Chaz didn't have his rabies shot she pretty much when to all extent to avoid being in the space around him. She went to get the price list from under the counter and I had him like, sitting on the counter with him still in my arms and she kind of did this limbo duck to avoid being near him, and Chaz is a small dog, no more than 10 lbs at the most.. she acted like he had cooties, or like he was a vicious dog - That bothered me more than her feeding me crap.
bumdick ©2005 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:56:37 -0800Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Went To Petsmart.. I have three Chi's - all wear collars. I have one who has some breathing trouble once in a while but she is seldom on a leash because she never leaves my side. If the Grooomer (if you can call her that) has that much problem with a Chi get another groomer! My three go to Petsmart in Akron, Oh and the girls there don't even want the collars I don't think my three ever even get caged. Oh the longhair needs blown dry and I think the two shorthairs are too. They all get their nails done because I am to uncoordinated to do it by myself. I have never had a problem there. Maybe you should talk to the manager at the store. It sounds like she was giving you a hard time. They do require a copy of the shot record on the pup. Not Rabies per se. As a matter of fact depending upon the age of the dog, rabies in my state isn't required until 3mos of age and with a little chi they will let you wait til they are a bit bigger.marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is often unsafe to use muzzles on ANY short nosed breed. So, the safety of it with YOUR chi would depend a lot of the size of the snout. It isn't a breed thing, per se, as a nose thing. For instance, it really isn't much different with a deer faced chi than with any other long nosed dog. But today's chis are getting smaller and smaller noses, and that can cause a muzzle to interfere with breathing, not to mention it is hard to put a muzzle on something that practically aint there! lol. As for the comment that chis are nervous, ect....sounds like the lady is just ignorant of the chi breed. Some chis are nervous and some are very outgoing, but most people with no chi experience do tend to picture a nervous shaking little rat, lol I would try a harness instead of a leash. Much safer! I would also learn to do the nails yourself. Why pay good money for something that is so simple for you to do yourself? You could place all the saved money in an "emergency vet care fund" :-) Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: Amanda. To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Went To Petsmart.. I was in petsmart today, and I looked into getting Chaz's nails done.He's a boston terrier/chihuahua mix. The lady in the groomingdepartment said she can't groom him unless he's had his rabies shot. IKNOW rabies shots are mandatory, but right now I'm waiting to get ituntil I get him fixed so everything can be done at once (beforesomeone rips my head off) - she told me that he'd have to have hisrabies shot being a chihuahua, because she cannot put a muzzle on him.I asked her why and she told me that chihuahuas are prone to squeezingor a flat trachea and it's because putting him in a muzzle may put himunder stress since Chihuahua's are very nervous animals. So, I waswondering has anyone heard anything about this? I've never readanything about it. Also are there some alternatives that I can gothrough at home to getting his nails down? I take him for walks quitea bit around the blacktop basketball court around my neighborhood, andhis nails are still so long.Also, I looked into leash training him now that I know about thetrachea problem - I'm just wondering what methods people suggest. Ionly use a leash currently when he needs to go pee (even though wehave a fenced in backyard, we have dogs that stay outside all day andbark when he's out so of course he tries to run towards it) and when Itake him into pet stores. The method I read about is just stopping inplace when he tries to tug you, so he can't go anywhere. I'm justwondering if there's any other alternative that may work better.-Amanda _________________________________________________________________ Use Messenger to talk to your IM friends, even those on Yahoo! http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=7adb59de-a857-45ba-81cc-685ee3e858fe
