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12-31-2011, 08:22 AM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: belfast, northern ireland
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| What the...? Right, I'll say outright this is my fault- Poppet is now very badly matted and I just can't get rid of them! Last month I had a hard few weeks after my yorkie boy died suddenly. I didn't groom the girls as thourghly as I usually would. I kept everyone tangle free though, apart from poppet who's knots somehow eluded me. She wasn't too bad, but instead of tackling them myself I took her to the groomers for a dematt. When I collected her she looked and felt beautiful, and I wasn't even charged what I had been quoted because she wasn't as bad as I made out! I realised when I got her home though that she was actually worse than when I took her; it was her hair quite close to her skin that was tangled, and they did damn all to fix it- I also am assuming they must not have brushed her out properly from the roots (my mistake) and towel dried her pushing more tangles in and closer to the skin!? I had only just changed groomers after the last one shaved pop when I had taken her in for a trim (because of uneven growth apparently) and chopped off her topknot, but now I'm going to have to shave her again aren't I? She is still losing her puppy coat at the minute, her moms took ages to turn adult silk... Sorry if that doesn't make sense, but Any tips at all? I really don't want her shaved in the middle of winter!
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12-31-2011, 11:15 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Poor baby. I would cut the hair down and start over to spare her of the pain, and to prevent possible skin damage which will hinder future hair growth. You can keep her in clothes to keep her warm. Just stay on top of the combing since clothes can add to matting. When the hair is badly matted at the skin, I would use scissors. My understanding is that clippers can catch a matted hair and pull skin and possible injure your pup. I am very sorry for your loss of your Yorkie boy.
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12-31-2011, 11:43 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: belfast, northern ireland
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| Thankyou. Oh don't worry, id never risk hurting her! I have her soaking in detangler at the minute, and it seems to be making the tots just slip out- and I have already cut out the really bad ones; She's gonna have pretty much bald legs! Combing them out now doesn't seem to be bothering her, and she is getting plenty of treats for being such a good girl- as soon as she seems to be hurting I'll give up and cut them all off though! It's just so infuriating that the long haired adults are all grand, yet the short haired baby gets tangles!? I think she did it on purpose
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01-03-2012, 05:49 PM | #4 | |
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I've seen many injuries from owners trying to cut out mats with scissors.
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01-03-2012, 05:51 PM | #5 | |
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I'd also be going back to the groomer to get a refund.
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01-03-2012, 05:56 PM | #6 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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I have had to cut very little on my guys, only a few strands between the back legs and under the front arms. When I use the scissors, I don't get close to the skin. I cut further down the hair shafts and then work the remaining tangle out with my fingers. I will bookmark your post for future reference.
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01-06-2012, 01:48 AM | #7 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: belfast, northern ireland
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| Thankyous! She's having none of it, doesnt like the tangles on her chest being worked (they are just between tangle and matt) so all over shaving it is at least then she will be even, and it can grow out properly (I think her puppyness in her coat will be cut out once and for all this time) She's is booked in for next wed at the groomers for them to fix (free of charge I might add!) and I think I'll be printing out some info on yorkie coats to take to the girls- who said when I was picking the 3 of them (missy, kuki and pop) up from the Groomer, one of the girls hadn't worked on a long coat yorkie since qualifying, and with Poppets coat still having some puppy fluff it certainly didn't help! The worst of it is, kuki has never looked better- so I might still use them as my Groomer- just not for pups. I just can't believe I let it get so bad before noticing it properly- I know better than that!!! This puppy is gonna be the death of me!
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01-06-2012, 04:05 AM | #8 | |
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01-06-2012, 08:17 AM | #9 | |
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People with common sense would know to cut away from the skin and not across the skin (trying to scissor between the mat and the skin) but I've seen a lot of accidents from lack of common sense. I remember one holiday I was working in the emergency department and someone brought their long haired bunny in because she "nicked" him with the scissors when trying to cut out a mat. well that "nick" turned out to be a chunk of hair and tissue from his genital area. It was not pretty once I had him sedated and the area cleaned up. Poor thing had to be euthanized because of the "nick" she made all while scissoring out a mat. Anyway, I just shudder a little every time I see someone publicly say its ok to scissor out mats without a word of caution or direction. Some people reading it may lack what we think is common sense in the proper way to do it. Thats all.
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01-07-2012, 09:13 PM | #10 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| ^^Poor bunny! I agree that it is easy to take for granted that people have common sense or experience. Usually I do include a note of caution when suggesting use of scissors or even a rat tail comb. Just this afternoon I had to scissor on a very sensitive part of Teddy because he had an owie that I needed a better look at. Teddy and I work very well together, so I wasn't worried.
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