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09-11-2010, 05:00 AM | #1 |
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| Brush Problems Hi I have a 12 week old puppy and she refuses to let me brush her. i have tried the pin brush and a soft bristled one....any help thanks |
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09-11-2010, 05:05 AM | #2 | |
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If you post your question in the Grooming section, you may get more replies. It does sometimes take some time for puppy's to get used to being brushed. Did you try by starting out just brushing her gently while she was laying in your lap? (Oh, and never brush her coat dry, spray with a conditioner first - brushing a dry coat can break it) There are lots of great posts on grooming in the grooming section Yorkie Grooming Talk - YorkieTalk.com Forums - Yorkshire Terrier Community
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09-11-2010, 05:19 AM | #3 |
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| Pixie was the same way when we started to brush her. Just keep it up and Bellatella will soon get use to it. Oh before I forget welcome to YT!!
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09-11-2010, 07:06 AM | #4 |
YT 1000 Club Member | Charlie didn't get use to it until he was about a year old. He would growl and bite at the brush and wiggle out of my lap finally. I kept trying and he finally got use to it. Keep it up...your furbaby will get use to it. |
09-11-2010, 08:38 AM | #5 |
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| Good grooming habits are a learned process. Mimimomo who is a member here sells a great brush that is very good for little ones that are sensitive to brushing. My suggestion would be to make an area that you groom her in and always use that spot. This will establish the idea that she needs to behave a certain way when it is time to be groomed. I like to do mine 3 on top of my dryer in the laundry room. I place a towel on the dryer so that they do not slide around and feel secure. Have a few treats available and always keep one hand on her so that she does not try to jump down or get away. It is not a good idea to try to brush your puppy while sitting on your lap. Even my 3 who are very good when I put them up for grooming wiggle on my lap and will run away. But when I set them onto the top of the dryer with their grooming supplies they all are very well behaved. You can use these same habits for bathing as well. I would also suggest that you purchase a small basket to keep all of your supplies together and easily accessible when it is time to use them. In a calm voice praise and give treats while running your hands over her body (w/o brushing at first). Touch her all over making sure to feel her paws and between the pads too. Do not allow her to bite at you while you are doing this. Stay calm and continue to praise her and offer the occasional treat. Since she is so little only work for a few minutes at a time since she will begin to get distracted and want you to stop. Work your way up to brushing small areas at a time~all while praising and offering small treats. Cheerios work very well for a small treat and they love them It is very important that you establish good grooming habits at a young age since Yorkies need lifelong grooming care. Just be very patient and work your way up to spending a few minutes at a time several times a day. Here is a thread with pictures of the brushes and combs that she sells. I have several and my Doodlebug who is Mr. Sensative does really well with the green brush. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...hing-else.html
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09-11-2010, 09:20 AM | #6 | |
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I didn't really mean to groom the puppy while on her lap. I meant more, while the puppy is laying in her lap, being petted, to brush her more as a "petting" procedure, so when she is being groomed the brush will be familiar to her as something good. I use to do that with Penni (my first Yorkie) I would just "pet" her with a soft brush while she was in my lap. Just using the brush instead of my hand to stroke her.
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09-11-2010, 09:24 AM | #7 | |
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09-11-2010, 09:41 AM | #8 | |
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When I first became a member of YT before I even had any of my three I read a lot before my first post~like a sponge. It was on the advice of one of the show breeders that I started to do my grooming the way that I suggested. Geez~I wish I could remember who is was to give her credit for great advice but that was many years ago now.......but she suggested grooming on the coffee table while stacking (I think that is what it is called). It was more for getting show prospects use to being elevated for the ring but she suggested it for grooming as well. When I got Pebbles, she was a beast with grooming because she was already 5 months old and never properly trained. She was even kicked out the Petsmart in the middle of her first grooming and told to never return due to her lack of grooming experience. Just imagine how horrified I was when this happened! So I became determined to have the very best dog at the groomers and worked with her every day to get her past her horrible behaviors. Now she is great for the groomer and pretty much doesn't fuss at anything the groomer does~well except her nails but she plays and runs so much in the yard she hasn't needed a nail trim in forever.
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09-11-2010, 09:52 AM | #9 | |
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I am so lucky with Beamer. I got him last year the day before his first birthday and he had been used to being bathed every week. He loves being groomed. He stands on the table and lets me brush and comb him, and as soon as he sees I have a bow in my hand, he lays down with his head towards me so I can put his bands and his bow in. His groomer comes to bathe him once a week for me, and she remarks how co-operative he is with her. Was funny the other day, I noticed his bow was all askew. My husband said he had used his paws trying to get the bow out. I couldn't understand it as he is really good about keeping his bows in. But I put him on the table to take the bow out and redo it. There was a piece of dried grass in his topknot. That is what he had been trying to get out, not his bow. As soon as I combed him out and got rid of the grass and put his bow back in he was fine.
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09-11-2010, 10:25 AM | #10 | |
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Beamer is so much like Bogey. He loves his topknot and bows too. Just lets me put his hair up and never a peep out of him. I think they could be buds. Such a love bug too.
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09-11-2010, 10:57 AM | #11 | |
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I often wonder how the Petsmarts get their groomers. Some of them do have nice groomers. My Penni used to be groomed by a groomer at Petsmart and when she left she groomed some of her customers at her home, so I used to take Penni to her. We have taken Lil Bit to Petsmart too without any problems. But last year we used a mobile grooming service, that has since gone out of business in this area, and one of the groomers they had has now got her own grooming business and she comes to the house once a week to bathe Beamer and she will take care of Lil Bit as needed. She is great with both of my furbabies.
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09-11-2010, 01:17 PM | #12 |
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| Heyyyy, Robbo hatesss being brushed... he is now apparently good at the groomers and no longer needs a little muzzle on his nose while there but he will only tolerate us brushing him for a few minutes before running away or trying to eat the brush. I even bought two brushes in the hope that it would let him chew on one while I tried with the other but that failed as he just went after both! Anyways, I remember hating having my hair brushed when I was small so I am hoping he will get used to it. |
09-11-2010, 02:43 PM | #13 | |
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I'm really not sure where the groomers from Petsmart come from and how they are trained. There have been quite a few thread on YT about dogs that have been injured or even died while in their care. The girl that Pebbles came from had a shi tzu that died while at the Petsmart near her home. She dropped her off to be groomed and about an hour later her dog was dead! So when I told her about the experience that we had she was so upset. I'd forgotten what had happened to her dog otherwise we would have never gone there.
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09-11-2010, 02:55 PM | #14 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | With all my pups as pups, I do start them off in my lap. but I've been lucky in that my breeders have beforehand, done several grooming sessions with the pups, but still they are in a new home, and with a new person. I brush alternatively with palm pets, and soothe them as they lie there. I always put my fingers in their mouth,ears, and paws. Getting used to touching sensitive places. And like you all I do have a grooming table they go on, the same place to wash,e tc, and all my dogs get most especial treats after the grooming. In fact it is rather hilarious,. whoever I have up on the grooming table the other two are on the floor just waiting and hoping. This in terms of all my dogs can last 2-3 hours before we are finally done. Then the dog on the grooming table gets the most yummy treat. The dog goes off the grooming table, and the other two just vie for up on the grooming table next. LOL LOL
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