I use a water bottle for my schnauzer I know that's the least of your worries right now but you may really want to consider one as ingesting water in their nose can be a real issue, as well reflux and the bacteria infections they get from moisture on their beard...this might aid beard grooming at least also.
A pup cut or all over shave might help schnauzer grooming (do you ear pluck and hand strip the coat too-?) can be very intense especially if you have a mega coat or a true cottony American coat on your "schnauzie" My princess is a mega coat and her little feet are like sponges in the winter rains here just absorbing water-we shave her feet even though she wears shoes-it's not pretty but saves her a lot of fuss over grooming.
Elvis my epileptic Yorkie seems to have lost depth perception and bumps into things a lot...I rearranged the house and now have a gate from the kitchen dining living room (it's a big open area) blocking access to hall leading to the rest of our house as he always hits the walls and doorways if not walked...its a lot of work. |