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10-22-2009, 07:03 AM | #1 |
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| Tearing my hair out over Bailey's hair!! Okay..slight exaggeration I'm am at a loss though! Bailey is 7 months old in 2 days and his coat is a mess ( I had just brushed him in the attached pic and he decided to have a good roll on the floor right after his brushing! ) Soooo, should I shave him? He has an extemely slow growing coat, he is only now getting muzzle hair growth He always looks dirty and stringy, I'm tempted to give him a bath 2x a week instead of once, just so he will look cleaner. Is there anything I can give him to help the coat? I feed him Wellness puppy. His hair doesn't matt, only a few matts where the old puppy coat ends. I really would love some suggestions.
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10-22-2009, 07:11 AM | #2 |
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| Oh Darlene Your tag line says it all...Bailey is beautiful. I see nothing wrong with Bailey's coat. Sophie is a roller and gets messy quickly, too lol. I do know Eukannuba has a breed specific food that 's made specifically for a yorkshire terrier's coat but I think Bailey is absolutely adorable as is. Jackie & my Sophie |
10-22-2009, 07:12 AM | #3 |
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| Bailey is adorable!! He is a baby and his coat is just coming in....it takes quite awhile to see what they will really end up looking like. My girl gets a bath every weekend, but she gets a greasy head & ears after a few days, I've been told is in the breed. Seriously, he is sooo precious! |
10-22-2009, 07:15 AM | #4 |
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| Thanks both of you, Don't get me wrong, I love my Bailey more then anything! He just looks like a little ragamuffin most of the time!!..I have to restain myself from getting out the scissors!
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10-22-2009, 07:21 AM | #5 |
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| Haha, don't I know it. Take a look at Zhoie, she is alway so messy looking. I just figured out how to post her pic this morning. hehe. She is 9 mos, her coat doesn't mat but doesn't grow quickly either. |
10-22-2009, 07:25 AM | #6 |
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| Zhoie looks like she has a lovely thick coat!
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10-22-2009, 07:26 AM | #7 |
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| Oh I think Bailey is adorable, I think that you should let it grow, I bet that slow growing coat will be stunning when it does finally get long. My Maddie gets stringy looking too until her hair gets longer, I cut it for summer (the cut was cute and I liked it) i just really wish that I had left it alone.
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10-22-2009, 07:29 AM | #8 |
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| Bailey's coat looks exactly like a puppy's coat looks. Jillie will be 6 months on 11/1 and her coat looks like Bailey's does, especially the top of the head. It always looks a mess. Just be patient, you have a growing puppy on your hands. Take a look at a human toddler, is their hair perfect like an adult's would look? No, it isn't. So, keep those scissors in the drawer, and please don't shave him.
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10-22-2009, 07:33 AM | #9 |
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| Darlene, little Bailey looks adorable! I swear, he just keeps getting cuter & cuter (which is pretty hard to do when you're as cute as he was to begin with). I really hope you don't cut his hair. It sounds like his coat is similar to Tate's - grows pretty slow & hardly mats. Tate's hair usually stays clean looking between baths (every 2-3 weeks). What do you bathe him with?
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10-22-2009, 07:42 AM | #10 |
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| Thanks Everyone, I will put the scissors away! I know patience is a virtue, I need more of it
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10-22-2009, 07:46 AM | #11 | |
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10-22-2009, 07:49 AM | #12 |
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| I think just a puppy trim up would help a ton! Jackson's hair was sooo annoying as a puppy. I could brush it 4x a day and it would still end up looking stringy and tangled. When he got his first puppy cut at 4 1/2 months old, it helped a ton. His second hair cut was a lot better though, they didn't shave him but they cut him a lot shorter. I think Bailey probably just needs a good trim!
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10-22-2009, 07:52 AM | #13 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Darlene, I have absolutely no idea if this is true or myth as in an old wives' tale but I think I read it somewhere. Maybe someone else will chime in about it... I've heard that giving a dog an egg every once in awhile helps the coat. I have absolutely nothing to base that on except I've either read it or been told that. Anyway, luckily our picky eater will eat an egg once in awhile. Your Bailey is a cutie. |
10-22-2009, 07:58 AM | #14 | |
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10-22-2009, 07:59 AM | #15 |
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| He could use a little trim maybe. It depends on what kind of look you like. I think yorkies look good with long coats if they have just been brushed or groomed. Other times I think they look like ragamuffins. I grew my Jewels hair out but I just couldnt take the scraggly looking hair so I got her cut short and like her hair alot better. I just like them to always have a freshly groomed look
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