|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
04-08-2014, 12:59 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Michigan
Posts: 927
| Too much hair! Do you trim around feet? Gunner has so much coat. How do you trim them. I want to keep his coat for now, but the hair around his feet is turning under when he walks. Do you trim around the feet? I know to do the hair on his pads. I know it is a terrible photo, I used my phone.
__________________ Gunner Love of my life. MeSo-toe: |
Welcome Guest! | |
04-08-2014, 02:12 PM | #2 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: California
Posts: 440
| Gunner is precious!!! I keep my girls' feet clipped short, but then again, how else am I going to polish those toenails!?! |
04-08-2014, 02:48 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toluca Lake, CA
Posts: 5,491
| I have the hair on Busters pads trimmed every time he is groomed. http://www.animalbehaviorcollege.com...kpeeksage4.pdf Gunner is very handsome!
__________________ CarolynBuster Brown "The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything." |
04-08-2014, 03:14 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: At Home
Posts: 8,386
| Yes the hair on my girls feet are kept rounded.
__________________ [SIZE="3"VICKI & ALLIE[/SIZE] |
04-08-2014, 03:17 PM | #5 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 25,041
| Gunner is adorable! Great link, Carolyn. I trim the leg hair that hangs around the paw short enough so that it cannot wrap under the paw. Then I use a small trimmer to shave carefully in between the pads. Max and Teddy's paw hair has increased with age, so it requires weekly trimming.
__________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy |
04-08-2014, 03:39 PM | #6 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Michigan
Posts: 927
| Quote:
__________________ Gunner Love of my life. MeSo-toe: | |
04-08-2014, 03:59 PM | #7 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 25,041
| For the leg hair that hangs to the foot, I follow the outline of the paw and do my best to make it look neat.
__________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy |
04-08-2014, 04:20 PM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Michigan
Posts: 927
| Thanks, I'm bathing him tonight (he stinks) and I'll trim him tomorrow.
__________________ Gunner Love of my life. MeSo-toe: |
04-08-2014, 05:19 PM | #9 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 25,041
| You can do it 2 ways: you can either cut from the topside, or if he is fidgety and you are unsure, you can wrap your fingers around the leg close to the foot, holding the hair in place. Then, bend his leg so that you are looking down on the paw pads, and trim around the edges.
__________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy |
04-08-2014, 05:51 PM | #10 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Michigan
Posts: 927
| Quote:
__________________ Gunner Love of my life. MeSo-toe: | |
04-08-2014, 05:59 PM | #11 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 25,041
| Quote:
The only good grooming videos for full coat Yorkies that I have heard of are by one of the top Yorkie show handlers. They are $$$. I decided I do a good enough job for my pets, learning through trial and error. When Max was a pup, I shaved his feet! Then I decided I didn't like that look on him. Seemed to take forever to grow out.
__________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy | |
04-08-2014, 06:00 PM | #12 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: CT
Posts: 31
| I trim around Yoda's feet, trim his nails, and trim the hair between his paws. We both get better at it every time - I get better at making it look nice, and he gets better at letting me do it. Just did it over the weekend, and it's not bad! |
04-08-2014, 06:25 PM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Michigan
Posts: 927
| Thanks all. I am going to try again tomorrow. Maximo, one day soon I will have to order some grooming spray from you. We've been on a bit of a budget lately, lots of things falling apart in the home that need to be fixed. I ordered some whitening shampoo from Amazon, completely useless. I had Isle of Dog but I ran out. I wish there were something that make his coat change from cotton to silk! Or at least make it lay down nicely? I wanted to get a buddy belt too, but my hands cannot buckle or do anything small, my fingers hurt too much. So, I have to find something without clasps or buckles for him.
__________________ Gunner Love of my life. MeSo-toe: Last edited by WannaBe; 04-08-2014 at 06:27 PM. |
04-08-2014, 06:28 PM | #14 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Michigan
Posts: 927
| Gunner won't let me do his nails, that is a job for the vet and tech. I can't hold him still enough.
__________________ Gunner Love of my life. MeSo-toe: |
04-08-2014, 07:09 PM | #15 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
Posts: 23,247
| I now leave it to my groomer. I went to shave between the pads but my tiny shaver was not working so I used one to big and ended up making her paw bleed. She got spoiled a lot and doesn't seem to be scarred for life but I am!
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart