Hello all.
We took Indy for his first visit to the groomer. He was going in for a puppy visit- just to bathe, clip nails, clean up ears and sanitary trim. I am new at this and wanted a groomer where I could stay with him. Apparently ( according to this groomer) that is not done as we tend to baby our dogs. I went against my instincts and left him, requesting he not be crated and call when he is done. She said no problem.
When I picked him up he was in a crate, I did not realize the schnauzer face looking back at me was our Indy. We were not cutting his face- he is a sable and would lose his color and this was made very clear. She cut him in a schnauzer cut and I was so shocked(but very quiet) that I missed the other cues that things had gone terribly wrong. She then said he did not like his face messed with and was nippy ( only at the eyes). She implied she taught him a lesson with the dryer. She then went on how he was so good and patient about everything else ( ears, nails, etc) I ushered him and my 3 year old and just wanted to get home. When we settled in at home- I started seeing other issues. His private parts had cuts that were scabbing and he was behaving funny. We thought- ok this was stressful, he is reacting. We are now on day 4 and while he is always affectionate- he now is velcro. He will not leave us. He has to be pressed against one of us at all times. He is displaying a very submissive, almost afraid attitude. I am devastated. I am so worried that I just subjected him to something traumatizing. People mention depressed pups or a stress reactions- but now I am starting to get really concerned. My hope is that I am totally over reacting and nothing awful happened.
We took Indy for his first visit to the groomer. He was going in for a puppy visit- just to bathe, clip nails, clean up ears and sanitary trim. I am new at this and wanted a groomer where I could stay with him. Apparently ( according to this groomer) that is not done as we tend to baby our dogs. I went against my instincts and left him, requesting he not be crated and call when he is done. She said no problem.
When I picked him up he was in a crate, I did not realize the schnauzer face looking back at me was our Indy. We were not cutting his face- he is a sable and would lose his color and this was made very clear. She cut him in a schnauzer cut and I was so shocked(but very quiet) that I missed the other cues that things had gone terribly wrong. She then said he did not like his face messed with and was nippy ( only at the eyes). She implied she taught him a lesson with the dryer. She then went on how he was so good and patient about everything else ( ears, nails, etc) I ushered him and my 3 year old and just wanted to get home. When we settled in at home- I started seeing other issues. His private parts had cuts that were scabbing and he was behaving funny. We thought- ok this was stressful, he is reacting. We are now on day 4 and while he is always affectionate- he now is velcro. He will not leave us. He has to be pressed against one of us at all times. He is displaying a very submissive, almost afraid attitude. I am devastated. I am so worried that I just subjected him to something traumatizing. People mention depressed pups or a stress reactions- but now I am starting to get really concerned. My hope is that I am totally over reacting and nothing awful happened.
Oh my word -- I am so sorry that you ended up with this groomer and this awful situation, it's really shocking. I'm not completely sure, but it sounds as if Indy is a shnauzer puppy? I am guessing you don't mean you have a cavalier that was trimmed by a groomer around the face and now looks like a schnauzer, as I can't imagine how a groomer would trim anything off a cavalier face. Everything about this groomer sounds unprofessional and frankly, totally ignorant about how to handle dogs and she doesn't sound like she even likes them or knows much 
. As for "that is not done as we tend to baby our dogs" ... that just makes me 