The first link is a slicker brush, not a pin. I wouldn't use it on any part of my Yorie other than the legs. A pin brush looks more like a human brush with metal bristles.

This is the pin brush I was talking about:

http://www.cherrybrook.com/store/Pro...roductID=67551

Hi Yorkie Power:

Im sorry but I dont see the difference between the slicker and the pin brush? They both have metal bristles?

I'm guessing that a slicker brush damages their coat, but I'm not positive. There is a difference in them though. How the bristles of a pin brush are I would think that they would be easier on their coat and not tear it. I can also say I've used both all over Reagan and like the results of a pin brush better. WIth a pin brush she just looks like she's been brushed and is neat but with a slicker brush it really makes her hair pouffy. I started out using a slicker brush then read to use a pin brush so I switched. It actually seems to work better on the matts as well.

Hi: I'm downtown on the lower east side. I haven't had to groom Chewy yet he's only 4 months but when I do I will probably go to Doggie Style in SOHO. I think they are on Thompson Street. Apparently they are very good. You should come to the yorkie meet on the 18th at the dogrun near Chelsea piers 2pm on 23rd and 11th.

Mine doesn't "hold still" either but she still gets brushed. I just sit on the floor and place her body between my knees with her bum on the floor and her front paws on my knees to brush her head and chest. And to do her back and back legs, I hold her under the chest with my right hand and brush with my left. If you don't brush him...he will never get used to it enough to sit still. have someone else hold him while you brush, if you have to...but find a way to do it every day.

:wavey: thank you so much for the invite ... my baby hasnt had his shots yet. due to the meds hes been receiving for his kennel cough but as soon as i get him up to date with his shots i would love for our doggies to become friends :)
Keep in touch :D

There's a big difference actually. A pin brush does not have bristles at all, just straight pins that stick straight out from a curved rubber pad. A slicker brush has densly packed, bent (at almost 90 degree angle at the tip) bristles and a square head. The pin brush is designed to glide through the hair whereas the slicker is meant to grab hair. Slickers are often used on dogs with fur (not hair) to pull out dead hair but YOU DON't want to be pulling hair out of a Yorkie - since its hair and not fur and well, first of all that would hurt and second it takes forever for the hair to grow back. Remember the more hair on the brush the less on the dog!

Thanks yorkipower. I could never understand the difference between a pin brush and a slicker.

Now I'm wondering if the pin brush hurts. I read somewhere that if a brush hurts when you brush it across your arm, that you wouldn't want to use it on a yorkie.

Any thoughts on this, anyone?

I've tried that slicker brush and it HURTS - the brushes with the covered tips is much better - and another really good product to use for puppies is JOHNSONS NO MORE TANGLES - it's for children but I use it on my girls and you can easily work out any tangles - A groomer turned me on to it 2 years ago and I still use it

I always used pin brush and the girls didn't do a sound or fell uncomfortable . It is all in the way you brush the little ones . If a person is too rude with them , it will hurt .

thank you so much for the explination. I got a pin bursh thursday and so far its been great.
thanks again.

Nail Clipping
 

:eek: I clipped my baby's nails yesterday and they ARE SHARPER THAN EVER! ugh is there some sort of nail file for them?

what exactly should be done after nail clipping?

Take him/her for a walk on the sidewalk and that should help.

Very welcome.

On Saturday, I took Bun to the vet to have a blood test. In the waiting room was an elderly couple who admiring his “cuteness.” Along came two parti-color cockers who were in “proper” show trim and the elderly couple remarked that they had never seen Cockers clipped in this manner; which led to a discussion about dog showing. The couple felt it was “unfair” to the show dogs “being groomed so often.” I was surprised. “What do you mean, unfair to be groomed so often?” “Dogs hate grooming.” “Huh? I wont say dogs love being bathed, but most dogs like being brushed!” “Ours runs and hides whenever we take the brush out.” “Really? What kind of dog? What kind of brush?” “He’s a Shi Tzu, and you know, the regular kind of dog brush.”

You know where this is going . . . .

“Do you mean a SLICKER brush?”

“What’s that?”

“Does it have square head and lots of metal bristles?”

Apparently, this drop-coated elderly dog had spent a lifetime being brushed with a slicker brush – ALL OVER HIS BODY. A softer bristle might have made a happier dog who would be eager for a nice “massage” every day. Slicker brushes are great, don’t get me wrong, it just spends WHERE you are brushing with them, HOW and WHAT kind of coat. I have long hair, I’d hate anyone to use something that would grab my hair and pull it out from the roots!

I have a very small slicker brush from #1 All Systems. I only use it on Penny’s legs to brush the leg hair out before a show. And only with the lightest of pressure. Even with all that, its one of her least faviorte parts of her grooming routeine. She has no problem with wrapping or oiling and will stand quietly to do so. She loves her Boar Bristle Brush and her Pin Brush and will actually bend into the brush (that’s the Chris Christensen I recommend and the boar bristle is from Kent but any good variety that has flat bristles and no “balls” at the end, is fine).

grooming
 

My groomer said i should brush........ & comb........... both daily bush & comb just not comb? :p