[Poodle Lover]

She is not ruined at all, on the contrary, she is absolutely gorgeous. The person who made that comment just doesn't understand what a poodle should look like! You can really see her gorgeous face and her silver that's coming out. I prefer the clean face and shave my poos' faces every 2 to 3 weeks. When Romeo (my cream standard) was a young puppy, his face was all grown in and he looked like a teddy bear. Everyone asked me if he was a doodle and I got so sick of it that I had his face shaved. What I discovered was a gorgeous dog under all that hair. He never had a grown in look since.

Your little girl is a doll, so just enjoy her in her new hair cut.

 

[jbsmomto1]

Thank you, I think she looks pretty darn cute also....

 

[spoofan]

She is not ruined at all.
I think she looks better 'after'.

 

[starkeeper]

I agree that she totally is not ruined.

The groomer did a proper puppy clip.

Close face, feet, tail.

That is the poodle deal.

They do look cute as their hair grows too long. Teddy bear-ish.

I prefer the newly groomed look though since it is more practical (no food sticking on the face hair, no messy feet from being outside, no poop sticking to the bottom.

You will get the teddy bear look regularly if you don't constantly groom so enjoy the stunning poodle look while you have it!

I have a daycare too and two dogs (a maltese and poodle). I have to keep the dogs seperate from the clients per my business insurance. The kids get to talk to my dogs from across a gate.

 

[maddiek]

Ruined? Hell no! She is adorable.

 

[FUZBUTZ]

I also think she is adorable in her new clip. I like seeing their face and eyes. She was cute the other way too, but a lot cuter now, I think. We had a litter of toy poodle pups last year and I started clipping their fuzzy little faces and feet when they were about 3 wks old.

 

[kathyd]

I don't know why people say things like that. It always amazes me. It's like they have no filter or something! Besides how can you 'ruin' a dog with a hair cut? Hair grows back!

She's the same lovely little dog and in the eyes of some (including me, by the way), she's even more lovely after her clip. And the only person's opinion who counts in that regard is yours!

I'm sorry you were hurt by an insensitive remark. We don't all have the same idea of beauty - or anything else, for that matter. As my daughter loves to remind me when we don't appreciate someone's point of view, it takes all kinds of fruit to make fruit salad :wink:

 

[Michelle Underwood]

Oh my goodness! She is beautiful! Whoever says otherwise just doesn't know what they are talking about.
I got the same thing when I had Baxter groomed for the first time. Oh well.

Who cares what they say! She is a doll!!!

 

[Aidan]

I think she looks adorable. Maybe the person was used to seeing malti-poos and such left fluffy but it looks to be a proper puppy clip!

She looks so huggable!

 

[gwtwmum2]

Oh I totally love her with her new cut. i agree with everyone else - you can see her pretty petite face now! I also love your Crestie. I have cresties too. I have pics posted in the other pets section. Aren't they the funniest little breed? Yours looks like a true hairless? Mine is a hairy hairless.
I think your little family looks like they love each other - too sweet!

 

[Harley_chik]

I personally like the fuzzy face look, but I think Roo look adorable in her new cut! I think it's important to get them used to grooming or you will have a dog that no groomer will touch.

I don't why people think it's okay to make those kind of comments. It's really rude. I have a male Maltese and a Rottweiler, so I have a thick skin. My little Malt get called sissy and all kinds of things. I won't even go into the ignorant people who have issues with Rottweilers.