Grooming & Bows I'm sure this is been talked about before but didn't really search that far back to find it. How often do yall take your Yorkie to the groomers? And at what age did you start taking them? If you do small grooming at home what all is involved? Willow is now 5 months I bath her as needed every few weeks or so, I brush her ever few days, I trim the hair on the tips of her ears to keep them standing, I cut her toenails. I have tried to shave the bottom of her feet with no luck at all. I try puttin bows and clips in her hair to keep it out of her eyes but she will only wear them a very short amount of time before she either rubs her head on the floor till the fall out or paws at them. How do you get them to learn to keep the bows in? I just pick them up as soon as she takes them out and puts them right back in. Sometimes she will go a few mins others about 30 mins. Any advice is welcomed. Thanks. |
How often you take them really depends on your preference or need. If you plan to keep her in coat...the rest is "maintenance". Shaving ears, sanitary shave, trimming the hair from paw pads and trimming nails are all easily done at home. If you have plan to keep her hair cut...depending on the cut...probably every 6-8 weeks. Unless her coat is silky...you should be brushing her more often than every few days...a matted coat is the reason many of them get shaved. Groomers are not going to brush and comb out your dog. Get her used to having her hair up in grooming bands without a bow. Those are what keeps the hair up...not the bands of a bow. When you're ready to try bows...put in a grooming band then the bow. The bow band goes underneath the grooming band and helps keep it in place. |
What is a grooming band? And what is a sanitary shave? I have never had a long haired dog before. |
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A sanitary shave is from their rear end between their hind legs up the tummy. Their tummies are kept smooth. The "maintenance" I mentioned is usually included if you take her to the groomer's for bathing. |
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