Hi there and welcome.
First off, it will take a while before her hair gets long. Usually it takes about 2 years for their coat to be full length to the floor. If you want it to grow long, then I would not cut it at all. I would trim the butt area and the ears (I usually have the groomer clean up their paws also), not the belly?? I don't really think its needed there.
Anyway, what I do to brush them out:
Usually after dinner, when we sit down in front of the TV, I will hold my little one up in my lap and put a chewy treat (I use a greenie) between my knees. She will be busy chewing on the treat and then I brush her out, without her moving around at all. The paws are a different story, for some reason she hates when I brush them, but I am real quick when it comes to the paws and of course, I praise her a lot when I am done.
My Coco is a lot older now and she really doesn't need me giving her a treat to brush her - she just sits for me and she enjoys it now.
Good luck! |