|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
06-05-2007, 12:06 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest Hills, NY
Posts: 17
| dont know ANYTHING about grooming i just got a little baby yorkie that's only three months old. i want to know if i should groom her myself or take her to a profession. if i do groom her myself, how should i do it? i have NO idea about this so PLEASE help me out! thanks |
Welcome Guest! | |
06-05-2007, 12:24 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Suburbs
Posts: 3,306
| Take her to a groomer and ask to stay to help and watch. I have to stay with Sammy because she squirms and I have to help hold her. The groomer showed me where to trim because I've always done puppy cuts (clippers) on Loki and never had one in a fuller coat. My groomer is wonderful. It took a while to find her! I've observed enough that I can do every other haircut and I take them to her for butt/belly shaves and then trim their feet, ears, faces and butts in between. She taught me so much and it saves me money so I always tip well!!! The best way to find a groomer that will let you stay is to find one who does one dog at a time, usually at their home or a small shop. A large shop will typically have the dogs dropped off in the morning and picked up in the afternoon. They will do all of the cuts, then all of the baths. Your dog will sit in a crate for most of the day. I think this seriously messed with Loki when he was a baby and he is still afraid of things. He would SHAKE when he went to the groomer, even when I picked him up. Now it's just a fun thing to do because she feeds him cookies and cuddles him the whole time.
__________________ |
06-06-2007, 04:05 AM | #3 |
Love my Boys Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: w/ my boys
Posts: 5,056
| Really good groomers are hard to find so when you do find one kiss her feet... but yes if you don't know anything about grooming the groomers is the place to start, I did see a book recommended on here called, "A Step by Step Illustrated Guide for Grooming Your Yorkshire Terrier" by Tammy Sprinkle...there also was a cd that was highly recommended on here that the person got on E-Bay but I can't find the thread....Good luck
__________________ B.J.mom to : Jake J.J. Jack & Joey, momma misses you..... The joy found in the companionship of a pet is a blessing not given to everyone. The two most powerful words when we’re in struggle: me too.. |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart