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02-05-2006, 02:54 PM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA
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| Wiggleworm pup! Grooming! I trim my pup's hair myself - because he is young and still has a short puppycut, which is easy to do --- except for the legs and face. I want to take him to a groomer - but, he is absolutely terrible. I do bath him and comb/brush him, but he won't stay still for a second. How does a groomer handle a pup like this (he is almost 6 months old)? I think I'll take him in and see what happens. I like my groomers, like them, and know they'll do the best they can. And, I know more trips to the groomer might help - but he'll need to go so infrequently that I'm not sure it will. Do any of you have "wiggleworm pups?" Carol Jean |
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02-05-2006, 08:45 PM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA
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| Hey you guys! I'm beginning to think that I am the only one with a "wiggleworm little pup." Oh Lord, help me, if this is true! I did trim my pup's hair again today.....and did the legs also. One reason I'm keeping him short for a while is because his puppy hair has been growing out and the new hair coming in is much nicer and thicker. He is begininng to get hair that will be worth growing out. Tomorrow- I'm going for the face! Wish me luck!!!!!!! Next haircut will be attempted by the groomer. Carol Jean |
02-05-2006, 08:53 PM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 776
| If I knew how to help you, I would! We have the same problem here in our house... I can bathe/brush her easily enough, but when it comes to eyes/teeth/nails, hubby usually has to help. (It's amazing how these little dogs can get the best of you when you're trying to do things like that!!) I haven't tried to cut Pixie's hair yet, but I did do a little sanitary trim.... She just LOVES her Nutrical, so I held the tube with one hand and while she was busy licking it, I trimmed her with the other hand. It worked out pretty well. I haven't tried cutting anything else though, so I have no idea how I'm going to handle that.... Good luck! |
02-05-2006, 09:02 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wylie TX
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| I do cut all of mine. I have a couple of wiggle-worms and a screamer. I use as a first rule of thumb, never let them go because THEY want down. Try to finish what you are doing and let them down an your terms. If you can't finish, at least hold on, calm him down, brush a little more and YOU put him down. Don't let him jump away (like he is getting away from you.) When I took bronx to the groomer, they shaved him saying he was too matty. I do not believe this, I think he is too wiggley. It is the easiest cut even for me to do. I felt like I was torturing him to make him stay there 4 hours or more to wait his turn - which they required. I often wrap them in a towel to steady them, especially to do their faces and butts.
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02-05-2006, 09:26 PM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA
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| Laura - I'm like you. When I trim his little rear - I put some food on a plate and while he's busy eating it - I have an easy time trimming his behind. Actually, I can get quite a bit of trimming done if he's busy eating something. I should just make his dinner time - grooming time. Then, we'd both be happy and get more done. I don't let him get out of being groomed just because he doesn't like it and wants down. We keep at it - until I want to stop. Nevertheless, he can be a handful. It's amazing how strong these little guys are. I have thought about doing his face when I have someone to help me. If someone could hold him, it would be a help because I need both hands to work carefully around his eyes etc. I would think that at many groomers - when they get busy little guys, they sometimes might help one another - at least when they're doing faces, etc. Thanks - all of you! Carol Jean |
02-05-2006, 09:58 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wylie TX
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| I have had helpers (hubby and teen kids), they are of little help to me. They seem to be in the way more than helping and always let them jump when I need still. I agree that the groomers may use help if it is available, I have never found a groomer that wanted to talk much, be asked questions, etc. I had used the one at our vet twice and was unimpressed. I usually do their toe nails about two at a time. I switch from dog to dog. Three are pretty easy and cooperative. Teddy screams like I am pulling his toe-nails out one by one - beginning when I turn on the clippers. He is the hardest. Bronx does that little quick jump as I am ready and messes me all up. I wrap a towel completely around his neck and body and he can squirm his front feet loose faster than I can pick up the clippers. I tried to put him on a table with a leash to hold him up and thought he was going to hang himself. I try to do a little grooming each week after bath-time. I have let them go a week with a crooked cut or just one ear trimmed, just to be nice. I try to tell myself it is less painful for them than the groomer and keeping them caged up for so long (and away from me).
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02-06-2006, 01:04 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Seattle
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| My groomer suggests putting the dog up on a small counter or table and "pretend" that you are cutting his hair or nails. My guys don't like heights and will stay pretty still because 1) there isn't really any room to move around and 2) it's too high to jump off! Jac was trained this way and Beanie is in training...and has a ways to go! Treats also help a lot! Yorkies are smart dogs and it takes a long time to gain their trust in un-natural situations. Jac now stays still because he knows the sooner I finish the sooner he can get down and play! Beanie, my squirmy-wormy, still kicks and screams! Good luck!
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02-13-2006, 09:12 AM | #8 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Virginia
Posts: 308
| Sammie is horrible for me when it comes to grooming, wiggles, squirms, cries, pouts. On the other hand, for the groomer, he is a little gentleman and doesn't give them a bit of trouble. Go figure.
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