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Originally Posted by FlDebra  Finally today, it could be put off no more. Ben and Sadie looked more like sheepdogs than Yorkies. I lost my last Yorkie at a groomers, so I have vowed to learn to do this myself. How hard could it be? Well......these two turned into wild stallions fully willing to buck my scissors, clippers and comb from their little bodies. I got Sadie's feet and booty area. But she rebelled big time when it came to her ears. And I had planned to trim her face up as the hair just seems to grow straight in her eyes. She ran into the sliding glass door yesterday and hubby said "get that hair out of her eyes!" But there was no way -- she twisted and turned like some sort of slippery eel. I wasn't going to risk going near her eyes with pointed scissors. Wish I had bought some round tip ones. So, we left her partially done for the day and on to Ben.
Ben's topknot hair is so fine, nothing has stayed in more than 10 minutes, so it all hangs down in his eyes. I decided to cut it off. I cut it once and it looked like a little visor, so I cut it again and now it looks ridiculous.  On to his ears and he too started to squirm. How can a 3 pound dog overpower me? So, now I have two partially groomed dogs that look too silly to even take a pic. So my job tomorrow is to find a groomer that will let me stay and that is willing to fix my mess. This is way harder than I imagined. But I just will not leave them with a groomer. Wish we had one of those mobile groomers here. |
On Ben's topknot visor thing, there is a way to fix it so it blends in. Use the blending/thinning shears and gradually blend back into the head. Cutting close to the scalp closer to the eyes and graduating back.