I have recently returned from Spain and I have two small dogs. One is a Miniature Yorkie and the other is a Yorkie Cross. They are aged 13 and 11 years old. I tried to book them in to have them groomed at Kinsealy Pet Store. The lady had the Groomer return my call. The first question he asked me was, how old my dogs were. I told him and he said that he would not groom my dogs. I asked why and he explained that he did not know my dogs, he did not groom them in the past, he did not know their history and "for safety reasons" that he would not groom dogs over 10 years old.
I asked, if my dogs were only 7 and 9 years old and even though he had never groomed them in the past and he did not know them or their history, would he groom them and he said "of course". I find this unbelievable that he could base his decision to refuse grooming purely on the dogs age. read more