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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  You just seem so competent; it just surprised me, kind of like if you read Mardelin say she was taking hers to a groomer.  |
Oh Nancy -- you are so nice and complimentary! Just having me and Mary in the same paragraph makes me smile! Probably how you felt when I put your name (and Mary's) in a very short list of "extremely knowledgeable breeders I respected" only to learn you were not a breeder -- but the rest of the description was and remains right on!
I actually did work at grooming them for a while. I don't know if you remember me telling about losing my very first yorkie. She was not a show dog or even close but she was the sweetest girl ever. She died at the groomers. I think it was getting overheated, panic, and maybe even them putting one of those choker leashes on her (after I had asked them not to). Could not really get a firm answer but the vet thought she had overheated and had trouble breathing. The groomer said she just started having trouble breathing. She called to tell me & I rushed straight there but she was gone when I got there. When I got two new yorkies months later, I was afraid to take them to a groomer. But I was doing such a bad job on their hair, and it created so much frustration, I found a new groomer.
Knowing and doing are such different things. I bought a video disk, bought some books, and read online. Thought I knew what to do -- and I do know but putting it to practice is another thing. I am a bit uncoordinated and it is much worse now that my left hand and arm has no strength and little coordination. The surgery helped a little but I still have a pretty lame arm.
So I entrust them to one of two groomers in our area. One is much better at grooming or I should say, she grooms the way I like to see them. But the other is usually free at short notice where the one I like best requires some advance planning for appointments.
You're not going to believe this......Ben got into the sticktights too! I thought he was just not picking them up. Evidently they were only in a small portion of the very back yard and he did not find them til today. I was busy pruning on the palms today and left the pups running around the back yard with me. Ben came in with a bunch on him. Not as bad as Annie, but still a huge GROAN! I will use your Cowboy Magic idea and the cornstarch if needed. I do not want to shave Ben too! I am sure I won't have to as his is not nearly so bad. I never did find them, but I mowed & trimmed really well all around the back corner of our yard where I sometimes leave it semi-natural as there are wild flowers that come up back there and look gorgeous! So hopefully, this will be the last episode!!! I can't believe I did not take care of this until now!! I just figured they were not sticking to Ben or maybe there was just one batch of them that Annie had managed to pick up since I did not see any in a walk around. Oh well -- live and learn!!
I've heard them called beggar's lice too. But I'm hesitant to call them that in public as people might misunderstand and think they are living critters! Don't want anyone thinking my poor babies have real lice!
A sense of humor is required when you have long-haired pups!