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Originally Posted by Higgin's Mom Now why didn't I think of that "head first" way of bathing Higgins! THANKS!
Higgins goes for his first appointment with a groomer on May 18th. He isn't wild about my brushing him. He has that cottony, fine hair that clumps together so he always looks like he has bedhead all over his little body. Oh well, he's a country dawg. |
We will have to thank Junebug for the "head first" bathing ... I didn't think of it either! I guess I wait until later to wet her head because that's the part of her bath she hates!! Toto just rolls those big brown eyes up at me as if to say "Now why did you have to ruin this great fun?"
But from now on I will wet that sad little head first!!
As you know, Toto always looks like she has "bedhead" all over .... that hair is so fine she looks like she needs brushing two minutes after she is brushed!!
I'll bet Higgins will enjoy going to the groomer!! Also let me share this with you that we had no clue the groomer is supposed to do .... I don't know about other dogs but the Yorkie has hair that grows way down in the ear and they are supposed to be kept "plucked" out [Dr. Lucy had gone over this with us and she always checks Toto's ears because they are prone to ear infections if the ears aren't kept properly]. We always mention this when we take her to be groomed. NOONE likes to do it because frankly it hurts! Evidently our groomer hasn't been doing it very well because Dr. Lucy pulled CLUMPS out of Toto's ears and it was very painful and she kinda scolded us! She doesn't like to hurt Toto either! There is a powder that you sprinkle in the ear that keeps it from being so painful ... then there is an ear wash that you wash to powder out with. We will certainly be keeping an eye on it from now on and keeping it plucked ourselves so it doesn't build up! Also ... the groomer is supposed to clean out ... get this [we also never heard of it] ... the "anal gland"! Have you ever heard of that??
Anyway, it's a gland on their butt that's supposed to be "cleaned out" periodically and can get infected and cause problems. We "ain't" doin' that!!!
We will take her and have it done ... forgot to ask how often. My son and his wife even knew about this gland ... their groomer does this for their Border Collie when she goes to be groomed. I guess we just "learn something new every day". That was just almost too gross for me to know!!!
