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Originally Posted by maggiefromnj  navillusc, very nice post. Basically we all agree that the adult coat isn't what the puppy coat is, so there is no way to know how Charlie will look when his hair grows out.
Charlies mom needs to figure out what kind of coat he has and make sure he is groomed properly for his coat. Hopefully now she will know what questions to ask so she can get the look she wants. (is the owner a she!?) |
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bold] So true...some puppies look almost nothing like they will as adults.
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italics] That's the difficult part with a 6-month old
mix, and since he's only 6-months old, he would be
coming into his first shed (if he does shed) about now
and losing his puppy coat and then he
got groomed on top of all that,
and maybe badly groomed...all
without being able to see if he'd put on a 'winter' coat because he was a fall welp. Quite the little challenge to figure out for a "first puppy" [screen name] owner and almost impossible for anyone else without at least seeing the dog before and after.
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bold italics] Nothing quite like a giant shove into the process, I guess.
I feel bad for the owner, though...very confusing...sad. The Yorkie-Poo I had years ago never went to a groomer, but I got him really tiny when I was a kid and maybe I just lucked out with him having a wonderful coat to care for and me loving to pamper him and him loving to be pampered.
When I got Brody, the photo looked like he had long coat, but they took him to a groomer the day I picked him up and he was puppy cut without ear tips being done...he had really long ear hair...when I saw him in person. I tipped his ear hair myself, but didn't shave his ears, after looking at lots of info and photos, and I looked at tons of photos trying to figure out how to have him groomed "next time" he needed it. I also chose the groomer in advance, and talked to her several times about it, including the day she first groomed him. She got on the internet and found a photo she thought I meant him to look like and it was the same photo I had seen that I liked the look of the Yorkie in...so that's how she trimmed him and I loved it!
The right groomer, for sure!
Firsttpuppy will eventually get the hang of it...I think the screen name is an important clue for the rest of us who are attempting to provide info.