First Groom...Before and After. Agh Too Short!

Geordi was due for his Frontline treatment soon and was soooo hairy that we decided it was time for a groom (nails were already done at vets a few weeks ago). Every time we went out, people would come from far off and dote on him and pet him and ask what breed he was. He was THAT CUTE! I can't tell you the number of men and women (who already had dogs) whose jaw dropped when they saw Geordi. (They didn't even mind when he excitedly peed on their shoes...)

And then we got him groomed...now mind you, it was OUR first grooming order, so next time we hvae some more ideas on what we want. I give a lot of credit to the groomer for dealing with an active new puppy, but she certainly didn't investigate a whole lot into what we may have wanted and was not very helpful in giving options.

We were pretty clear that we wanted to retain the 'teddy bear' doodle appearance, and that we just wanted a nice, cleaned up look with a sanitary cut in the rear (for poop purposes)...

What we got was a skinny mongrel Geordi who came out looking like a poodle (AGHHH!). Not being fans of poodles in the least, we were shocked and crestfallen, but oh well chalk it up to lack of experience. The positive is that Geordi will be nice and cool in this accursed 100 degrees+ weather. In the meantime, he looks ugly. Hah.