Hair cut

[canana]

Originally Posted by Shicks

Anyone with thoughts of going from long hair to a puppy cut? I've never done a short cut on my Yorkies & kind of nervous.

I've been getting requests from my hubby and mom to cut my babies' long hair because they can't stand the hard work when they help me out sometimes to walk them. It took me so long to grow both their coats out, I cannot fathom cutting it each time I see them running around with their angelic coats!

Originally Posted by matese

My 4 girls now all passed were kept in full coat, I had lost two before I moved to the country and had two left, both in full coat, now they had a yard to run and play in and I was always picking leaves and what not out of the smallest ones hair, so in she went and got her first puppy cut, she was 10 yo, I LOVED it, now I was able to mush her up and smother her body with smooches. My adopted boy is kept in a puppy cut year round, I can love him up without concern of matting his hair, I LOVE puppy cuts. I also get to see that cute little butt wiggle when he trots lol. Love my boy.

Haha...I can spend a whole hour picking out dead leaves and debris if I let my two outside without tying up their hair!

Despite their long hair, when I tie it up, I get to admire their wiggling butts when they walk too! Casie seems to wiggle more because her legs are shorter. It's too cute!

[canana]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

Personally, I love long floor length coats, but keeping one "in coat" requires a lot of grooming and with some dogs it just isn't practical. Lollie is my "tom girl" yorkie. She plays hard and loves to roll in - well just about anything. She is much happier when she doesn't have to endure lengthy grooming times. A quick bath and blow dry between clippings suits her just fine. Lacie, on the other hand, is much more mellow- and loves to be groomed, alas she has a beautiful floor length coat.

Hair grows back. It took about a year the one time I cut Lacie down from dragging the floor to short puppy cut to back to floor length. BTW, there were many tears on my part during the process - the moment I had Lacie cut down I knew I had made a mistake

My best advice is to follow your and do what feels right.

Wow it grew right back in a year? I think it took quite a bit longer for Scottie's coat. Is there some kind of secret hair growing recipe?

When I cut Scottie's baby hair / pony tail on his head, I had so much regret. I can't imagine how I'd feel cutting all his hair! I'm sure I'd also be in tears for sure.

[Shicks]

Follow up on Ruger's hair cute. Ugh‼️ The groomer really sucked. I took a picture in for her to get the idea of what I wanted. It was really a simple cut, short on his back and long on legs. Kinda like a cocker spaniel. OMG, now he has a chopped up back with nothing done to his skirt, legs, belly, chest. His back looks as if the groomer picked up his hair took the scissors and chopped, chopped, chopped.
Needless to say I called her & told her my husband & I don't like it. Now, I was really nice about it. Found out the owner was letting another girl groom him the last two times he was groomed. (Didn't like 1st time either). I thought I was booking the owner to groom. So when I called about the alful job, I requested her to groom. So wish us luck this Tuesday.

[Shicks]

Originally Posted by canana

Wow it grew right back in a year? I think it took quite a bit longer for Scottie's coat. Is there some kind of secret hair growing recipe?

When I cut Scottie's baby hair / pony tail on his head, I had so much regret. I can't imagine how I'd feel cutting all his hair! I'm sure I'd also be in tears for sure.

Your babies are simply gorgeous. We will be spending some time in Florida, so I thought Ruger would feel better with short hair. I've been really stressed about this.

[Namor]

Originally Posted by Shicks

Follow up on Ruger's hair cute. Ugh‼️ The groomer really sucked. I took a picture in for her to get the idea of what I wanted. It was really a simple cut, short on his back and long on legs. Kinda like a cocker spaniel. OMG, now he has a chopped up back with nothing done to his skirt, legs, belly, chest. His back looks as if the groomer picked up his hair took the scissors and chopped, chopped, chopped.
Needless to say I called her & told her my husband & I don't like it. Now, I was really nice about it. Found out the owner was letting another girl groom him the last two times he was groomed. (Didn't like 1st time either). I thought I was booking the owner to groom. So when I called about the alful job, I requested her to groom. So wish us luck this Tuesday.

Perhaps just a little skillful finish work with the shaver will do the trick to even out the back. I do my own grooming but within two months Deuce needs to be shaved again. Here's a few pics of the style I use on him. I usually use a #7 blade on his neck,back and chest and scissor trim his legs, head and tail during cooler months. The picture with him in front of the rubber tree is a shorter cut. I used a #10 blade on the clippers for his back, neck and chest and a #7 on his legs then scissor trim. I do keep his belly short with a combination of careful shaving and scissors. The ticks were brutal this summer so although I hated to cut his leg hair I had to do it so I can keep an eye on things. It will grow back in no time. I end up trimming him every two months. I leave his tail fluffy but most seem to shave it. Hope this helps in finding the right "hair-do" for your baby.

[chattiesmom]

Originally Posted by Namor

Perhaps just a little skillful finish work with the shaver will do the trick to even out the back. I do my own grooming but within two months Deuce needs to be shaved again. Here's a few pics of the style I use on him. I usually use a #7 blade on his neck,back and chest and scissor trim his legs, head and tail during cooler months. The picture with him in front of the rubber tree is a shorter cut. I used a #10 blade on the clippers for his back, neck and chest and a #7 on his legs then scissor trim. I do keep his belly short with a combination of careful shaving and scissors. The ticks were brutal this summer so although I hated to cut his leg hair I had to do it so I can keep an eye on things. It will grow back in no time. I end up trimming him every two months. I leave his tail fluffy but most seem to shave it. Hope this helps in finding the right "hair-do" for your baby.

WOWSERS! You are very skilled with those clippers. Deuce looks phenomenal!

[Shicks]

Originally Posted by Namor

Perhaps just a little skillful finish work with the shaver will do the trick to even out the back. I do my own grooming but within two months Deuce needs to be shaved again. Here's a few pics of the style I use on him. I usually use a #7 blade on his neck,back and chest and scissor trim his legs, head and tail during cooler months. The picture with him in front of the rubber tree is a shorter cut. I used a #10 blade on the clippers for his back, neck and chest and a #7 on his legs then scissor trim. I do keep his belly short with a combination of careful shaving and scissors. The ticks were brutal this summer so although I hated to cut his leg hair I had to do it so I can keep an eye on things. It will grow back in no time. I end up trimming him every two months. I leave his tail fluffy but most seem to shave it. Hope this helps in finding the right "hair-do" for your baby.

What an adorable baby he is. Yes, I love those cuts. That's what I was wanting with Ruger. I took a picture to show them, OMG you should have seen it. Most terrible cut any of my past Yorkies. Wish I could use you. Thanks a bunch for the reply.

[Namor]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

WOWSERS! You are very skilled with those clippers. Deuce looks phenomenal!

I love cutting hair. When I was a kid all my dolls eventually had crew cuts.

[yorkiedaddy17]

Well, they will still look super cute. The good thing is that if you do not like them with the short trim, you can always grow the hair as before
So go ahead and do some change.
One tip from me - do no cut it real real short (like almost to the skin).
From my experience I can say that after trimming short and then growing the hair again, it makes it even softer and prettier.

[matese]

Originally Posted by Namor

Perhaps just a little skillful finish work with the shaver will do the trick to even out the back. I do my own grooming but within two months Deuce needs to be shaved again. Here's a few pics of the style I use on him. I usually use a #7 blade on his neck,back and chest and scissor trim his legs, head and tail during cooler months. The picture with him in front of the rubber tree is a shorter cut. I used a #10 blade on the clippers for his back, neck and chest and a #7 on his legs then scissor trim. I do keep his belly short with a combination of careful shaving and scissors. The ticks were brutal this summer so although I hated to cut his leg hair I had to do it so I can keep an eye on things. It will grow back in no time. I end up trimming him every two months. I leave his tail fluffy but most seem to shave it. Hope this helps in finding the right "hair-do" for your baby.

Fantastic cuts, it's wonderful you do your own grooming, so much less stress on the babies when momma does it, and you get the style you want. Deuce is such a beautiful baby.

[Namor]

Originally Posted by matese

Fantastic cuts, it's wonderful you do your own grooming, so much less stress on the babies when momma does it, and you get the style you want. Deuce is such a beautiful baby.

Thanks

[canana]

Originally Posted by Namor

Perhaps just a little skillful finish work with the shaver will do the trick to even out the back. I do my own grooming but within two months Deuce needs to be shaved again. Here's a few pics of the style I use on him. I usually use a #7 blade on his neck,back and chest and scissor trim his legs, head and tail during cooler months. The picture with him in front of the rubber tree is a shorter cut. I used a #10 blade on the clippers for his back, neck and chest and a #7 on his legs then scissor trim. I do keep his belly short with a combination of careful shaving and scissors. The ticks were brutal this summer so although I hated to cut his leg hair I had to do it so I can keep an eye on things. It will grow back in no time. I end up trimming him every two months. I leave his tail fluffy but most seem to shave it. Hope this helps in finding the right "hair-do" for your baby.

Love the hairdo! Deuce is super cute!! I think I would also do something similar if I cut my babies' hair one day. I think it's the best to groom them yourself too! It's great for bonding.

[canana]

Originally Posted by Shicks

Follow up on Ruger's hair cute. Ugh‼️ The groomer really sucked. I took a picture in for her to get the idea of what I wanted. It was really a simple cut, short on his back and long on legs. Kinda like a cocker spaniel. OMG, now he has a chopped up back with nothing done to his skirt, legs, belly, chest. His back looks as if the groomer picked up his hair took the scissors and chopped, chopped, chopped.
Needless to say I called her & told her my husband & I don't like it. Now, I was really nice about it. Found out the owner was letting another girl groom him the last two times he was groomed. (Didn't like 1st time either). I thought I was booking the owner to groom. So when I called about the alful job, I requested her to groom. So wish us luck this Tuesday.

Aww.. don't be too stressed out. Hope they do a better job second time around! Worse worse case, you can throw on a sweater for Ruger since it's getting chilly these days and no one would notice.

[Marhcarter]

Huey has had long hair for all 8 years of his life. A few weeks ago we had an accident on vacation where he got into sand burrs and we had no choice but to cut them out. He was so choppy and weird looking that we buzzed him. Bath time is 1000% better now! He acted very timid and pitiful at first but now seems very happy. I love it because I can put his harness or shirts on him without tangling.

[YorkieMomNYC]

Wowza, you are super talented.

Originally Posted by Namor

Perhaps just a little skillful finish work with the shaver will do the trick to even out the back. I do my own grooming but within two months Deuce needs to be shaved again. Here's a few pics of the style I use on him. I usually use a #7 blade on his neck,back and chest and scissor trim his legs, head and tail during cooler months. The picture with him in front of the rubber tree is a shorter cut. I used a #10 blade on the clippers for his back, neck and chest and a #7 on his legs then scissor trim. I do keep his belly short with a combination of careful shaving and scissors. The ticks were brutal this summer so although I hated to cut his leg hair I had to do it so I can keep an eye on things. It will grow back in no time. I end up trimming him every two months. I leave his tail fluffy but most seem to shave it. Hope this helps in finding the right "hair-do" for your baby.