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01-28-2010, 04:18 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chino Hills, California, USA
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| Why is my puppy's hair so tangled & matted?!! Hey everyone---Cooper is going on 6 months and every time I give him a bath and blow dry him, his hair gets SO SO SOOOO tangled and matted. I used to think..."maybe it's because his puppy hair is growing out," but now, it's so frequent to where I dont know what to do. I got this detangling spray from petsmart called unicoat and when I use it and brush him, the spray doesn't detangle his hair. i give him baths every 10-11 days because he plays outside and stinks pretty bad by then LOL. PLEASE HELP ME OUT HERE. what am i doing wrong??? -Hannah |
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01-28-2010, 05:26 PM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Does Cooper have short or longer hair? What shampoo and conditioner are you using? If he is outside and getting really dirty, I would bathe him more often, stay on top of the combing. In my limited experience (first-time, 1-year Yorkie owner), I have found that the better shampoos and conditioners minimize tangles and mats. |
01-28-2010, 05:36 PM | #3 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| I should add an important tip I learned here on YT: get the tangles and mats out before bathing, otherwise they will tighten up and be more difficult or impossible to get out. |
01-28-2010, 06:27 PM | #4 |
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| "Before" you shampoo him, use a slicker brush to get all the tangles out. Water down the shampoo so it isn't so strong. Use a really good conditioner and mix in some vegetable glycerine. His hair is really dry and is why he's matting so much. Blow dryers are terrible at drying the hair too, so make sure you always use lots of conditioner. After the coat is dry, you can add some Pet Silk Liquid Silk. It's what I use on my girls and it's amazing stuff.PetSilk Liquid Silk - PetSilk Products
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01-29-2010, 01:21 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chino Hills, California, USA
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| i've been using baby shampoo LOL. what shampoo & conditioner would you recommend???? also, the comb doesn't seem to work and hurts poor cooper every time i try to comb his hair so i have to pick a tangle and detangle it but separating it lol. what kinds of brushes/combs do you use? |
01-29-2010, 04:32 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | Just a thought and something I learned with my youngest who has very fine silky hair - I dont use anything after a bath - the detanglers will coat the hair and attract dirt - making it stick and then causing tangles. Clean hair is much easier to maintain..... |
01-29-2010, 07:33 AM | #7 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sahuarita, Arizona
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| Everyone seems to be raving about Yorkie Shine shampoo and conditioner. You might want to try these. I was also having a problem with matting and we had him groomed into a shorter cut. I too have a rough and tumble Yorkie who would rather be outside. |
01-29-2010, 07:34 AM | #8 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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I have learned this with Maximo. | |
01-29-2010, 11:10 AM | #9 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Lots of good advice here. If you aren't going to show your boy invest in a nice shorter haircut. I say this because keeping a long coat is a whole lot of work. Dang there is a link somewhere here that shows some really cute cuts. Combs can have pretty sharp ends. Try getting a natural boar bristle brush .. I believe Madan makes some. Or you could go with Chris Christensen wooden pin brush .. one of my favourites. The cost of a good brush is well costly .. but it will last a whole long time and pay you back over and over. Definitely a clean coat that is brushed daily will in the long run save you lots of time, keep your boy happy, and enjoying his grooming sessions with you. One mistake I made when I first got a show dog was not letting the detangler rest in the hair before I tried to demat. So that's one piece of advice. Actually my breeder recommends dematting by hand and then by turning comb on it's side and literally picking apart slowly the mat. Now with my Yorkie I get to distinct types of problems with his hair. One is a tangle where two or more separate strands of hair have intertwined to create a knot. The other is more like a web or spider like mass. pick apart the tangle as I described. For the mass like try using either cornstarch or some conditioner and put onto mass ... Then slowly try to separate out mass. When you brush or comb his coat. Start from the ends of the hair brush those out then move up the strand of hair to 1/2 brush out 3/4 brush out .. etc until you reach the roots. Separate the hair into a couple inch sections to brush out body of coat. On the legs: gently cradle your pups paw in your hand -- turn brush / comb on side and gently brush hair. Go up leg to shoulder. I hope this can help you. I know how frustrating mats can be !!
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01-29-2010, 11:26 AM | #10 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: TX
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| Alway's have a good conditioner. My yorkie doesn't matt at all but my maltese is a different problem. I learned to shampoo her in the direction her hair is growing instead of shampooing every which way. And like the other's said brush before bathing. Good Luck!!
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01-29-2010, 12:29 PM | #11 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chino Hills, California, USA
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| ahhhh! I LOVE EVERYONE! thanks for the great advice! I don't know what i would do without yorkietalk! happy friday everyone! have a great weekend! |
01-30-2010, 03:38 AM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Anytown
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| Brand new puppy here and HATES being brushed or combed! I've tried all kinds of brushes / combs and I use conditioners and detanglers so pulling her hair isn't the issue. She squirms and yelps and bites and cries. Anyone else have this problem? Help? |
01-30-2010, 08:02 AM | #13 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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No matter how much conditioner or detangler you use, you still need to make sure you aren't pulling the skin. Also, make sure you aren't poking the skin with sharp brush bristles or comb teeth. Go slowly building up your pup's tolerance for brushing, but don't give in to her getting away or getting out of doing it. Try to make grooming time fun, pleasurable together time. I started my guy by using massage and silly, sweet talk. You can also use treats. You can also train your pup to associate grooming time with something very desirable. For instance, my guy loves his long morning walk and he knows that he has to put in his topknot and get a little brush out before he goes. | |
01-30-2010, 10:17 AM | #14 | |
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Maximo has good suggetions - how old is your pup? Did you get him/her directly from the breeder? It may be that the pup is very young and or had a bad experience with grooming. You may have to go way back to baby steps. Usually pups are well accustomed to being groomed by the time a breeder places her pups in their forever home. You can start just by holding her on whatever grooming surface you have been using. Petting her - giving her treats ... Then take a brush let her sniff if - oooohhh she did? good job! treat ...... Next take the back of teh brush and run very lightly along her back and sides. She didn't whimper cry or try to bite... good girl! treat. Then onto the legs - back of brush - good response - good girl! treat. If she shows no signs of stress from this exercise then ... Use brush on just tips of hair one side of body. good response - good Girl - stroke/pet... treat. Continue on in this manner until you are able to brush her out. It requires a great deal of patience. And not to make a pun - but you should nip that biting right away. There are many good training books at the library which speaks to this. also of course some dog training programs on TV.
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01-30-2010, 12:48 PM | #15 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Anytown
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| Thank you both for your input! I think I found the key, at least to getting her accustomed to brushing. I figured, since she's a ragdoll that I'm able to do anything with while she's curled up on my lap sleeping ( her favorite thing to do ) I'd try to gently move the brush over her back. At first she was startled, but I spoke gently and encouraging and it seemed to work! I will repeat this each time she's laying with me and hopefully she'll end up enjoy being brushed after bathtime soon! I know she LOVES to be blown dry and runs to me when she hears the blowdryer come on...so it's baffled me as to why she hasn't taken to the brushing. She is 14 weeks old so I'm sure the breeder brushed her. Oh well...as with everything with a new furbaby...everythings new and there's a learning curve, for both of us. Just happy to have found this site! I can't tell you how many times I've referred to it in the past 3 weeks! Thanks again |
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