My guy hates to have a topknot in his hair, I put a toy on my lap, and he lays between my legs, then I grab a comb, and put an elastic on my finger, while brushing the section of hair. I then quickly throw the elastic on and make the knot. Once I have the plain elastic in I put the bow (usually on a separate elastic or clip-on) on afterwards. I find until you're good at it, putting on bows alone is difficult. Using tiny elastics is far easier. I buy mine at the horse stores, they use them for banding manes, and they are non-stick too so it doesn't rip the hair out.
Hope this helps. It's kind of a skill and an art, that takes lots of practice. It sounds kind of mean, but I don't let go of the hair once I have it, he's just kind of figured out that if he moves it's going to hurt a bit so he sits still. If he moves I hold the hair and use my free hand to put him back between my legs.
Lol not sure if I described that really well... lol
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