Nightmare Grooming Services – How Safe Is Your Pet? (5)
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Nightmare Grooming Services - How Safe Is Your Pet? (5)
Many reputable groomers across the country welcome the possibility of being required to get a license to continue their grooming businesses. Of course for every one reputable groomer, there are probably hundreds that run their business in an undesired manner, resulting in abuse and mistreatment of the animals left in their hands.
Many people feel that federal licensing is near at hand. Legislation of certain controls has already filtered into the pet shop industry, cutting many pet shops' business in half. Controls on importing exotic birds, exotic animals, domestic animals, turtles, and even some tropical fish, have hurt many pet shops financially.
A lot of pet shops have taken up grooming to make up for the loss even though they are not qualified dog groomers. If legislation can control pet shops, legislation can - and will - control the grooming industry.
In many ways, it's too bad, but in the long run it will do the industry good. It will help rid our industry of the many quacks and incompetents - and will make the grooming shops a safer, cleaner place for our pets.
Licensing will give the consumer a lever in which to demand fair and humane treatment of animals left in the care of groomers. It will help to ensure proper and sanitary conditions for the helpless creatures left in the care of dog groomers, without the worry of the animals contacting mange, kennel cough, distemper, or worse - getting beaten and cut by the unprofessional practices of some individuals.
As a guideline for the pet owner - and until licensing does come - the National Dog Groomers Association of America (NDGAA) suggests that the pet owner look for the "code of ethics" logo displayed by participating grooming establishments, or a Better Business Bureau logo.
With state licensing requirements, we can put an end to the fakes and sadists that have hung out their grooming standards. Sure, there is money in grooming, but there's money in the medical and veterinary field too. A person doesn't sit down and watch one episode of a home cooking show and then open up a restaurant.
Licensing will come, but not a day too soon. Until it does, we'll have to wonder what kind of groomer we've left our pet with. It makes me wonder just what our pets would say if they could tell us what's going on behind closed doors.
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