I hate his new haircut! (Pics Added)

Its a brush for show Poms a breeder showed me so I bought one.

Comb qualities/shape with a small blade to even out hair... the show Poms shouldn't ever get cut

My Pom doesn't have a show coat so I just use scissors and thinning scissors on her

BUT the next Pom that I purchase (which will probably be from this breeder) will be a show Pom :o)

 I've read through most of these posts and have comments on a few things. 

1. THE single hardest thing about grooming dogs, is figuring out what the owner really wants.  I had an experience like this with a hairdresser.  I took her a picture of the style I wanted and she said, nope, can't do that with your hair.  So I said, well, can you layer it in the back like that... she said nope, your hair type won't do that.  We went round and round.  She was shouting at me that I should tell her what I wanted and I was almost in tears because I didn't know how to explain.  I learned a lesson from that and always try to ask a lot of questions about what the owner wants. 

2.  Groomers should warn pet owners that shaving some types of coats is not recommended.  Double coated dogs like poms, collies, shelties, australian shepherds, etc. are meant to shed their undercoat.  The outer coat provides protection from the sun, bugs, etc even during the summer.  If you shave them without combing out the undercoat, they don't shed, they aren't as cool and their coat doesn't always grow back evenly.  That being said, I get paid to do what you want me to do.  I can suggest but ultimately the decision is yours.  You say shave, I shave.

3.  With Poms, I always warn people who want them shaved that the coat may not grow back.  The undercoat will but the pretty long colorful outer coat may not.  I dont know why it happens with some dogs and not others but it does.

4.  First thing I learned as a groomer is that there is no standard cut for any breed.  You need to ask specific questions... ears short or long?  Feet shaved?  Tail trimmed or not?  Top knot or buzz cut?  Short?  How short do you mean?  I am lucky in my shop as we do most dogs every two months and each groomer does her own clients.  We can fill in for each other but none of us likes to do it because we all groom a little differently... like hair dressers.

By the way,  Bennie is really cute, with and without hair.  He looks like he is grinning for the camera.  At least it looks like she did a pretty decent job of shaving. 

My parents have a Cocker too....he is shaved year round. He is their family pet, he doesn't show or hunt either, so why not shave him? My parents don't have 1+hours a day/every day to brush him out, they'd rather be walking him or playing with him!

I believe dogs are designed they way they are designed because that is the way nature intended them to be.  Hair on a dog (from what I have read and heard) works much like insulation.  Take a house without insulation in Arizona.  It helps keep the house cool and you will save on your AC electric bill.  Take a home in New England without insulation, your heat is being lost and spending more to heat.  Think of the dog and the insulation of hair, it kind of works the same.  It helps keep them cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.  I wouldn't shave a dog, regardless of how cute it may look.  You could be doing more harm than good.  When I groom, I trim behind the ears, get the excess off the feet, try for between the toes, but I do not go nuts with the stuff.  I agree with Pom<3, they weren't meant to be shaved, but rather thinning is a much better option, looks good, and the dog will definitely be much more comfortable in both summer and winter.

And that was the problem I had with this particular groomer.  She asked me almost NO questions.  She barely talked to me at all and when I left I just had a feeling something wasn't right.  It is my fault, but I never said the word "shave".  But I have learned to request those that I like.  There are at least three other groomers there who already know what I like and do it well.

BTW, I forgot to add I still think he looks like a cutie :)

This is from a professional show groomer in response to a pet groomer asking a question regarding pomeranians