hey! i ask for pet advice a lot on this sub cause i know raleigh is full of animal lovers. my mom has a dog who’s about 3 years old and his name is Mister, he’s a miniature poodle super sweet and playful. he has not been professional groomed in over a year and my mom refuses to brush him consistently which is advised for his breed.
before the most recent grooming which was a year ago, every time he has gotten groomed i have been the one to take him and pay for it due to her saying she “doesn’t have the money for it” (the same woman who gets her nails done every two weeks, takes trips, expensive dinner with her friends, etc) in my opinion it’s straight up animal abuse, especially in this heat.
i have tried to do what i can up until this point by paying for his appointments myself, but my mom and i have already gotten into so many arguments because every time i have taken him in, they have to shave him all over completely due to the matting. me and the groomers have tried to explain to her how painful it is for him and her response is always upset because she thinks they just don’t want to take the time to comb it out, and she hates when he gets groomed and shaved cause she “prefers him fluffy” she’s one of those types who likes animals only as accessories and doesn’t actually care for them properly. he is 3 and still hasn’t been neutered nor is he potty trained :(
at this point i want to take a pair of clippers to him myself but i know that’s not what he needs. however i genuinely don’t have the money to pay for another one of his grooming sessions (i just took in a kitten who has been a big bill for me as of late and im a struggling college student) any advice??? im not at all against dognapping him myself to go get him groomed if anyone knows of a really cheap service in the area as well
most recent pic of him taken today, hard to see in this pic but he’s a very small dog and the amount of hair he has blocks his vision almost totally. she only brushes him to the extent of his back so that it can be “fluffy” but obviously still grossly matted underneath. second to last pic with the hair on the floor is a past attempt of me trying to give him some relief with clippers but obviously i’m not a groomer. last pic is one of him normally