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01-16-2008, 01:35 PM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Grooming yourself?!?!? Remember when you were a kid and decided that you could cut hair too?!?! Now, age 30, I am getting that ol hankering to be my dogs hairdresser!!!! hahaha... Anyone else do their own grooming and how did you learn? |
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01-16-2008, 01:36 PM | #2 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Palatka, Florida
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| I just trim around the corner of his eyes to keep hair out of it and trim around his butt. thats it.. i cant do anything else |
01-16-2008, 01:36 PM | #3 |
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| i wish i did i would save alot of money i can barely brush her without her trying to wiggle or bite me...good for u that is so great
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01-16-2008, 01:44 PM | #4 |
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| Yes I started last summer when Buddy would not go back to the groomer's. I had no choice. I have leaned alot from a DVD I purchased on e-bay. It was a great help. Then I learned as I groomed him. The great thing about grooming yourself is you can just trim as needed and it's free! The body and legs I have accomplished but the face takes me time. The hair is soooooooooo thick around the face it drives me up the wall and he gets impatient. I really haven't screwed things up to much as yet. I'm told he looks great. |
01-16-2008, 01:48 PM | #5 |
Proud Alaskan Grandma! Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| Right now I do the paws, ears and there nails. Everything else I have just been letting grow out. I know that I am going to have to learn with the puppies going through that bad hair stage. WooHoo. I really do enjoy doing there hair and I don't have to put up with bad groomers any more. Give it a try and the worst thing that can happen is that you will have to let it grow again. Which only takes a few weeks. I say give it a try. Good luck.
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01-16-2008, 01:52 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Michigan
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| I tip the ears, shave around her bottom, have tried to clip her nails but I'm a scardy cat and can't bring myself to do it! I guess that's the only thing I DON'T do is clip her nails. I take her to a grommer and they do her nails for a total of $2.00. I have had them "round her feet off" before, she doesn't like me to touch her feet and they only charged $3.00 for that. I use to trim the hair in the corner of her eyes, but now I have let it grow out and I don't have to worry about it getting in her eyes anymore. I learned by trial and error. Never made any bad mistakes, but remember it is only hair and will grow back. |
01-16-2008, 01:53 PM | #7 |
I Love My Lil' Punkin's Donating Member | Hahaha I do groom my babies myself, I used to groom my Cocker Spaniel myself too. I just taught myself
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01-16-2008, 01:58 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KS
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| Archie, your grooming looks great. Think I'll try buying a DVD. Been doing it on my own because one of my rescue Yorkies is terrified of other people. Forced me to do it on my own. Takes me days. Always seeing some clump of hair that is not even. You're a great inspiration. Joanne |
01-16-2008, 01:59 PM | #9 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| I groom Ellie myself. It is so much safer then leaving her with a "groomer" who doesn't have a clue... I have never watched a video on scissor cutting. And, I don't use clippers. I made a spot on her bald once with them and she hates the vibrating anyway.
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01-16-2008, 01:59 PM | #10 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana
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| I groom mine myself too, all of it. I'm too afraid they will pick up a sickness at a groomers.
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01-16-2008, 02:11 PM | #11 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Oklahoma
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| I started out groming my cocker spaniel's and then moved on to our schnauzers and I have started grooming the girls myself I just don't trust the groomers around here. I just bought a grooming book and started I figure it's just hair and if I boo boo it will grow back and I can try again.
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01-16-2008, 02:27 PM | #12 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Madison, MS
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| I groom Jamie myself. I couldn't find a groomer in my area that didn't want me to leave him all day so they could stick him in a kennel. Well that was just not gonna work! SOOO I sat down one night with a bag of Yorkie Yummies and pair of scissors, a comb, and nail clippers and voila! Just think "If anybody's gonna mess this up, it should be me!"
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01-16-2008, 02:40 PM | #13 |
Dreamin' of Dexter Donating YT Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: toronto, Canada
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| so far i have groomed dexter myself. i plan on keeping him in a puppy cut so it is pretty easy. all i do is twist his hair in sections and snip off a little bit. around the eyes has scared me a little but hes getting pretty good at holding still. the only reason i do it myself is that im not one to really fuss over how my dog looks and kinda like a little scruffy looking furbutt! and if i mess up, it will always grow back, right!? |
01-16-2008, 03:20 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Los Angeles
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| I do all mine too...it is so expensive grooming my first two but when I got my oher three so, I had to learn . Also, I did not like the idea bof leaving my babies all day at the groomers now it just takes me all day...
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01-16-2008, 03:26 PM | #15 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California
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| I do Meka has yet to go to a groomer... Ive just been so scared in the past... I purchased a set of pet clippers w/ DVD and it works for me. Still learning though
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