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01-03-2010, 08:37 AM | #1 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia
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| How long do you leave a top knot in? Bijou's hair is finally long enough to put up, but I only leave it in for a few hours. Do you all leave them in all the time? If not, how often are you pulling it up? I thought doing it every morning would be good, but don't know if that's right or not? Also, she hates it. I put it in pretty lose so it doesn't pull, but she rolls around a lot to try and get it out. I don't pull her hair up on weekdays as I don't want her getting the bands out and eating them. Thanks in advance for any help.
__________________ Gennie, mommy to my two loves: Bambi & Bijou |
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01-03-2010, 10:07 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: upstate ny
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| I usually leave it in for a day. Any more than that and they get all knotted so I try to take it out before bedtime.... |
01-03-2010, 10:17 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | If you're talking about a ponytail/topknot, I leave mine in 24/7. I take them down, comb out and put them back in a pony usually at least a couple of times a day, first thing in the morning, then as needed during the day and last thing before bedtime. The traditional topknot, I've only used for pictures. I generally use the soft scrunchies instead of bands here around the house. If we're gong out I'll use bands and bows, as the bands do hold the hair up better than the scrunchies.
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01-03-2010, 05:09 PM | #4 | ||
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01-03-2010, 05:12 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
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| Mine all get baths and new pony tails on Sundays. Sometimes i do a redo during the week. The tangle comes right out with a slicker brush, |
01-03-2010, 05:20 PM | #6 |
☺Farrah☺ Donating Member | Thank you all for the top knot question and the answers. New Yorkie coming this month!! First time Yorkie Mommy and love all the info YT'ers provide.
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01-04-2010, 11:41 AM | #7 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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Gennies: If you decide to use bands, get a band cutter. I can't believe that I lived without one for so many months. | |
01-04-2010, 01:15 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MD
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| I groom them each morning and Maggie May gets a fresh top knot each morning. When Hot Rod's hair grows back he will have the same. I use rubber bands and when I band the hair, I put the tail of the comb under and pull it as well as the opposite side of the pony tail to loosen and shape the hair. I try to cut the band off each night...usually after dinner for them and give them a massage, they love it. lol. Maggie will not eat her breakfast if her hair is hanging down. lol
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01-04-2010, 01:37 PM | #9 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Huntington, WV
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| I have wondered about this too. Ella doesn't mind her hair being up at all, but i feel like if i leave it in for too long her head will get sore. I know mine does if i leave my pony tail in too long. It could be totally different though.
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01-04-2010, 04:58 PM | #10 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| That is my fail-proof way to put Maximo to sleep for the night: cutting the band and giving him a massage. I usually do it after our 10 p.m. playtime. |
01-04-2010, 05:17 PM | #11 | |
Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
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Oh I'm not saying mine look great all week. But they are getting better about niot trying to rub them out. I've even gotten a couple of them to leave a bow in all week. What is a band cutter. I use a small scissor, but a seam ripper would work well also. | |
01-04-2010, 05:26 PM | #12 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MD
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| works like a charm, doesn't it.
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01-04-2010, 06:17 PM | #13 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia
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| Awwww, so glad I'm not going crazy by thinking the hair being pulled up all the time must hurt and for cutting the bangs out...LOL Thanks for the wonderful advise! I'm going to Walmart tomorrow to get some soft bands too.
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01-04-2010, 07:50 PM | #14 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hulen, KY
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| Daisy's hair is just now getting long enough to tie up. I found scrunchies at Wal-Mart and a few bands from a local groomer. What I have been using, until I can get a band cutter, is my seam ripper. Being very careful of eyes and hair I slip the point through one twist of the band and push up. It really is just like taking out a seam. Sometimes her boxer, big sister takes them out for her and saves me the trouble. |
01-05-2010, 11:56 AM | #15 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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I bought my band cutter from Mimimomo; first picture in second post of this thread: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...onverters.html The band cutter seems effortless for me compared to the little scissors I had been using. I no longer fear accidentally cutting hair. | |
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