When it comes to our furry best friends, heading off for a quick trim and puppy pamper can be a delight.
There's nothing cuter than that fresh smell of doggo shampoo and seeing your best mate looking all floofy.
Of course, like humans, dog haircuts don't always end up perfect! Sometimes our hard-working groomers have to contend with an uncomfortable pooch or matted fur and they do the best with what they have.
Other times the result is simply just a little unexpected!
Here are some of the best doggie days out at the groomers (and a couple of potentially regretful moments).
This cute pup was overdue for a groom and struggling to see out of her eyes until she underwent a dramatic transformation.
A professional dog groomer took to Reddit to share the before and after of the adorable dog, and the results may shock you...?
Looking unrecognisable and very pretty, Reddit users were obsessed with the change.
"You've captured the pets personality PERFECTLY! I love how you made them one of a kind, I love it! Excellent work!," one user wrote under the post.
This puppy will be heading home with a "precious" haircut and the ability to see again!?
When this dog arrived at the groomers his owner made an impossible request.
"I was asked to keep as much length as possible," they wrote in a Reddit post alongside before and after photos.
While the cute pooch was in need of a haircut, his thick hair meant there was no way the groomer could do a little trim.
T?he owner may have wanted "to keep as much length as possible" but the trim has left the dog with very little length at all.
"I said I would do my best, but I genuinely couldn't get anything less than a 7 blade through the body and had to use a 10 on the legs," the groomer explained.
Based on the comments on the Reddit post it seems sufficient maintenance would've led to a longer haircut.
"If they want length, they need to either do the at home maintenance or bring their dog often enough to make it possible. Good job!?" one said.
?Another wrote, "God I howled at this lmao "As long as you can" if he wasn't left with just a lion tail you know it's bad He looks so crisp and comfortable now good work."
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This adorable pup has sent Reddit users into hysterics over his recent transformation.
Taking to the social media platform, a groomer wrote: ?"I think it suits him . He was hiding the sweetest face under all that."
As cute as this dog is, he was not the biggest fan of his major haircut...?
This little pooch ?received the ultimate chop!
"He looks so cute but his face looks embarrassed," one user wrote.?
Viewers were also quick to add suggestions for this dog's hairstyle.?
"He's cute. I probably would have trimmed the ears a bit to balance him out," one wrote.
The dog groomer then replied: "?I personally love the crazy ears look!
You couldn't see the adorable face hiding beneath all this fur ¨C until a groomer stepped in.
Taking to the Dog Grooming thread on Reddit, this user shared the puppy's wild transformation¨C and it would come as no surprise if its owners thought they were taking home a completely different dog...
"I like how the head turned out but... I left the ears too long?," the Reddit user wrote, sharing a series of pictures of the pooch.
So cute!
A dog groomer has expressed her deepest remorse after doing the unthinkable to an Afghan hound's long fur.
?"I did a bad thing," they confessed, before explaining that the pooch used to be a regular client of hers at her previous job.
She shared a photo of the dog at it's finest, with it's fur looking like the pooch received a blow dry?.
But she explained that three years had gone by since she had last seen the dog, having since opened up her own salon.
It turns out that there was also a personal tragedy behind the scenes that led the pup's once shiny fur coat to go rogue.
"Last week, her new owner booked her at my shop and said her brother (previous owner) died a few weeks ago and wasn't taking care of her for months," she shared, with the pup's fur looking long and scraggly.
Despite it all, she sported a wide smile on her face.?
"She's quite old and was covered in one solid mat, so I had no choice but to shave her," she shared, along with the photo of the unfortunate results...
In the latest picture, the Afghan seemed to shiver as all of her glorius fur was shaved down to her skin. She was at least able to keep her bob, though it looks like it also got a trim.
"I'm hoping to restore her coat to its former glory and to get her back to the beautiful and happy girl she was before," said the groomer on an optimistic note.
This little Yorkshire terrier arrived at the groomers looking like this ¨C but when his owner came to pick him up, he was utterly unrecognisable.
The dog owner took to Reddit to share the remarkable before-and-after shots of his beloved yorkie, who also seemed a little shaken by his dramatic haircut.?
"Went from yorkie to rat dog with one grooming," the owner joked on Reddit.
In the transformation snap, the pooch had been ?shaved and his fluffy fur, particularly around his face, was all but gone.
Plenty of commenters were left amused by the shock transformation.
"You paid for that?" one joked. "He got peeled," another added.
A? stray dog has been given a fresh new look ready for his forever home after he was groomed.
The pooch's fur was so matted when he arrived at the animal shelter that shaving off his coat was a simple process.
"Peeled him like a banana," the shelter worker captioned a Reddit post containing several photos.
Despite the overgrown fur he arrived in, the dog came in with a grin, which remained on his face after his shave.
"I work at an animal shelter and he came in as a stray. I'm pretty much entirely self taught and don't get many dogs to practice on in a shelter environment, but at least I made him more comfortable until a new family can scoop him up!!" the shelter worker wrote in their Reddit post.
The smile is the only detail that would make you recognise the previous dog as this one after his fur was removed.?
"?He is such a happy boy, wants to be everyone's best friend it's so sad that such a friendly little guy got into such horrible condition," the shelter worker added in the comments.
This poor pup couldn't see out of his eyes before his amazing grooming transformation.
Completely matted, the dog groomers that took him in used Reddit to reveal how they helped. ?
"?So this handsome man comes in every time very matted," they wrote before revealing how they cleaned him up.
The post explained that it was boiling where they lived, and this dog was overheating before it got groomed.
Unfortunately, due to matting, this dog wouldn't be leaving with a groovy cut; instead, it would be shaved down?.
They revealed removing his fur took an "hour and forty minutes" and came off like a blanket that weighed "maybe around 5-8 lbs" (2kgs-3kgs).