Just like with everything, some people take everything over the top with dogs and want them dressed day and night with all the accessories - and now pierced!
I cut Tibbe's head hair to keep it from his eyes and use the little mustache groomer to clip it from between his eyes and keep them free of long hair near them. It is not capable of nicking(I've used mine for 4 years with not one nick) and has to be used regularly to keep a clean, smooth look there. Tibbe just wouldn't tolerate a topknot. He won't have his hair pulled up or anything clasped or holding it - he gets frantic or goes limp.
I tried it once with the tiniest little spurt of hair and a tiny rubber band but he rubbed his head so and ran around like a wild man and I laughed so much at him I couldn't catch him to get it out for a while. That was when I first joined YT and saw all the topknots - felt left out. But Tibbe didn't like it so I didn't either. Besides, it made me a little queasy to try it as his eyes went up on the edges while I tried putting the rubber band on and I fed him treats when was done out of guilt. He wouldn't eat them and just started pawing and rubbing his head wildly. He kills me with his strong opinions about things. He's only 5 1/2 lobs.!!!!
Is it just my dogs, or do other Yorkies act this way at first when topknotted? Do dogs that wear dresses, jewelry and shoes like them fine from the first? I do wish Tibbe would wear a little costume for a couple hours at times but fear he'll be miserable. With the bathing, grooming, doing toenails, brushing his teeth, stopping him from doing many things he thinks would be "fun", I don't want him to think I'm out to outright devil him completely by adding a costume and other things he just hates just for my enjoyment. I just think he might start to resent me anytime I reach for him if I try something he seems to find intolerable. Oh, I could work up to it and coax him into it, but if he's not loving it from the first, I just don't see the point in making him.
Sally, it doesn't surprise me your countrymen don't dress or do topknots. They are true let-dogs-alone dog advocates and I love what you all are doing about breeding less for current popular breed trends that hurt a dog's health or function such as the bulldog ultra short muzzle, huge head/shoulders, tiny pelvis, bowed forelegs. Is it catching on much?
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |