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Originally Posted by My lil friend  I was 13 when I started grooming my tiny poodle,you can do this. Training you pup to accept you snipping a little here and a little there just takes time. At 6months your baby is still a baby. Start by massaging each foot every night while you are brushing. If you are lucky and your baby falls alseep,have a pair if very small scissors with round ends ready. I started by massaging Mina's foot,leg and a little combing and then slide two fingers to hold hair between body and scissors. SNIP right next to your fingers. Learning for both of you does not have to happen all at once. Mina stays groomed because I still do this. Every week ,when she is bathed, I snip off what bothers me the most. This week it may be her feet,next week her tummy or face. She is now 2 1/2 years old and very used to this. I use a #4 comb on her body,this is approx 1/2" long. By the time your baby is 18 months it should be alot easier for the both of you. Good luck! |
I've been working on her with the grooming bit, I put her on the dining room table with a towel under her and give her dog cookies while I brush her.
Before I started the dog cookies she'd spend the entire time trying to bite my hands and the brush. She still freaks out if I hit a snag.
I've tried clipping her hair while she's asleep, but it doesn't work, she wakes right up. I do handle her ears and feet a lot while I'm rubbing her.
I have cut around her paws, the back of her ankle, and between her paw pads. It took over a week to get all 4 done. I've also done a sanitary cut with clippers, my grandmom held her for me while I did it.
I don't expect her to be much more tolerant of grooming at her age, which is why I want to wait until she's older until I try to fully groom her.
If I could just shave her body down it wouldn't be a problem, but they flipped out about cutting her body down to ~2".
I'm an adult and Lola is my dog, I do the grooming and it should be my decision. The problem is it's not worth hearing how horrible she looks and how mean I am for the rest of my life.