Several Pets Have Died – Does Pet Grooming Need Regulation?

I have worked in just about every type of pet business there is – retail, veterinary and a dog daycare, boarding, and training facility. All three of them had grooming as part of their services. None of them required any type of prior experience to do something that most would deem simple – washing a dog.

But grooming is not only an art form, it can also be dangerous to both the dog and groomer. The groomer can be bitten, the dog can be cut, hung if he jumps off the table, and even abused by an impatient groomer.

Or, in the case of Curly, a 17-year-old toy poodle who died in January at the C&C Pet Food for Less grooming salon in California, baked to death by the hot kennel dryers.

Curly is just one of several pets that have passed away recently due to groomer negligence. In May, Sandy, a two-year-old cat, not only passed away at VIP Pet groomers in Maryville, California, but they cremated her without the owner’s permission, so a necropsy to determine cause of death could not be performed.

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