Top knot a snarled mess?

[Morkie4]

Originally Posted by Xena'smommy

Looks like you have 3 top knots to do morkie4 - you do your Maltese each day as well? I was thinking a Maltese will be our next addition - after I get to be a pro at top knots!

Yep I do both of them every day, faithfully or else you will get mats and then you lose the lovely long topknot hair battling the mats and the dogs get aggitated while you work on the mats. I find doing a daily brush and topknot groom is much quicker than a wait of two or three days and then having to sift through mat after mat on TWO dogs!

But I'm getting pretty good at........practice makes perfect.......well, I can't say I'm quite there YET! But I'm working on it! You will not be disappointed if you get a maltese, they are a wonderful breed!!!

[Dan & Corinne]

Originally Posted by Xena'smommy

Wow - I had no idea I should take them out daily! That will probably help a lot. I am learning so much. It's just such a chore to get them in once - that I don't look forward to doing it daily. I bet that will fix it though.

Your baby is so cute! In that picture she looks like my Jolie! They both have the full botox lips!

[blondflava]

Originally Posted by Grannyb

I found a bag of 100 tiny bands at the Dollar Store, for you guessed it, a $1. They are real small and are covered in a chenille (sp) fabric. You can stretch them out very easy. I wrap them about three times around the top knot and they stay all day and they slide right out. The bag contained red, white, pink, and black. Don't tell Toto, but he is sporting a pink band today! (Wouldn't want him to get a complex or something.) I usually put his top knot up twice a day. They really do stay in good and we have no hair breakage.

'Dollar Store' there I go! Out to search for more Yorkie-friendly bands. Thanks!

[Xena'smommy]

Originally Posted by Dan & Corinne

Your baby is so cute! In that picture she looks like my Jolie! They both have the full botox lips!

You're puppies are so sweet Corrine!

Xena's been getting a top knot in the morning with the Dollar Store finds, but by end of day her hair is flopping down from the top and sticking up from her nose ( it isn't long enough to hang yet). She's going through her awkward teen age years I suppose.