One groomer told me I can take an inexpensive electric toothbrush (like the $5 ones you can get at Target) and run it all over his body every day so he gets used to the noise and vibration. She said that's really good to do with puppies so they don't have a bad first experience.
this is a really great idea. Whenever I have a liter I massage them with the handle part of the clippers to get them use to the noise and the vibration. I also play with their feet, nails and ears to help ease them into the grooming process as they get older. I started all of this when they were 7 weeks old and by the time they left, none of them would attack the clippers or jump around. Hopefully this made their grooming experiences more pleasant when they were taken to the groomers by their new parents.
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