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11-06-2009, 05:07 PM | #16 | |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Long Island, NY USA
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11-06-2009, 11:02 PM | #17 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fort Lee, NJ
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| I also groom my Lucy. She used to get so nervous once at groomers, that I've decided to give it a try. It was scary at first, but now I'm like a pro )) I would definitely suggest grooming yourself..... |
11-06-2009, 11:21 PM | #18 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 338
| It's easy to groom them--just takes a little practice. There are MANY amazing videos on youtube. Just type in "how to groom yorkies". I learned from watching the videos and my studying pictures of yorkies haircuts that I liked. 1. Buy a good quality clipper---good for feet, sanitary area and ears 2. Buy a good set of human hair scissors 3. Comb Start by taking a little off at a time...you can always take more---but, can't glue it back on. Also---think vertical on the body---trm in vertical sections vs. horizontal...or you get a shelf of hair--not attractive! Some people use clippers all over the body--with a guard set to the length they want the coat. I use scissors and fake it---think aveda hairstylist! Trim their ears in an inverted v...feet trim between the pads---and the hair on top should not go past the feet on the floor. There's more tips--just watch videos and look at magazines for pctures you like! It gets better every time! |
11-06-2009, 11:31 PM | #19 |
www.yorkierescue.com Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Las Vegas & Orange County
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| I groom Uni myself. She has NEVER been to a groomers. I was offered a job as a groomer about 10yrs ago. I think I would have been awesome! Here's two pics of her. One recent (the action shot) and one from a few months ago (on the couch). I started getting her used to brushing, cutting, etc when she was a baby. I"m growing out her hair now.
__________________ The T.U.B. Pack! Toto, Uni, & Bindi RIP Lord Scrappington Montgomery McLimpybottom aka El Lenguo the Handicapped Ninja 10-12-12 |
11-07-2009, 07:07 AM | #20 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 152
| I groom 5 dogs also. Two of them are puppies and the other 3 are adults in full coat. I don't trust the groomers to be gentle with them. Also, grooming is a traumatic experience for them and taking them to a foreign place and kenneling them concerns me. You can also open yourself up to disease and infection if they are stashed in the kennel while waiting to be picked up or groomed. The very few times I have groomed mine they get bathed and clipped but they look so ugly when I get them back. I can bath them at home. One thing I always recommend to those who do want to do their own grooming is to take the pups to Pet Smart to get the nails done. I think the nails is the most challenging thing in grooming. It costs $7 per dog where I live and you can do it on a walk in basis. I now do the nails on mine and that is my least favorite part. The second most challenging part is the ears. I used to just shave them until someone showed me how to cut them around the outline. It takes practice. I feel it is a good way to spend more time with my dogs and further bond with them. Personally, I really enjoy making my dogs look pretty. That is one reason the Yorkie breed is so appealing to me.
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11-07-2009, 07:38 AM | #21 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| I've been slowly learning how to groom Jackson myself.... I have started keeping up in between groomers but he still looks so much better after getting back from a professional groomer. I'm lucky that I found a woman who is in a small shop and is very good with him and always does a good job but it gets costly at $50 each time, plus tip. I'm aiming to try and get him groomed 3x a year tops and do the rest myself. Here's what I did to Jackson by myself though, I mainly keep up with trimming his face, butt area, etc. First photo is when he really needed a cut. Second photo is after I trimmed him up. Third photo is him after getting back from the groomer. So, I can clean him up but when he really needs a grooming, I take him in.
__________________ ~ Brit & Lights! Camera! Jackson! CGC ETD TKP ~ Follow Jackson on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacksontheterrier Last edited by Britster; 11-07-2009 at 07:40 AM. |
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