Marci~ I am SO thankful you posted these!!! You did a fabulous job of doing it AND explaining it; you made it look so simple (which I KNOW isn't exactly true...I TRIED to do Max last weekend!). I didn't even have clippers, LOL b/c I was afraid of what I might do to him with them, but now that I see how you do it, it isn't so intimidating!
I like the way my groomers do Max, but for him to look that good all the time, he'd have to go almost every week or at least every 2 weeks and that's just too expensive. So I thought that at least I could give him a "touch up" or trim when he needs it or I want him to really look good in between (or if I'm being extra-cheap that month
). I would still have to have his nails done, but at least that doesn't mean they keep him for 4 hours each time!
I have a couple of questions : when you do the tail, do you just trim all around it? I found that Max seems to have more hair than he looks like he does and it's very fine when I cut it, so it sort of surprised me. I'm afraid I'm going to take him into the groomer's and they're going to think "what the heck did she DO to his tail????". And about how long does it take you if you're doing everything? Oh...and do you shampoo first or after? I did it first b/c I can't imagine trying to cut his hair when half of it on his face is all stuck together from his food or whatever getting into it, but my dh acted like I was weird for shampooing him first. I think that's the only questions, LOL. And the idea of using that rubbermaid stuff is excellent! I had Max on the floor and it was a HUGE hassle, LOL. Til I get a grooming table, I'll put him on the counter (well, I finally DID do that, but we have granite counters and he was sliding all over it
). Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
Seana and Max