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yorkietalkjilly · 10-18-2011, 05:02 PM

Keep it short.

KazzyK810 · 10-18-2011, 05:48 PM

I've never cut ZoE's eye hair and now that she's 10 months old, it's just now starting to kinda lay flat. Why is it that those of us that like the long hair seem to have slow hair growing pups and those of you that like the puppy-type cuts have fast growing hair? It's just not fair! Ok...I'm done whining.....for now

myteddybear · 10-19-2011, 01:45 AM

UGGGGGG! Just saw our new groomer yesterday and I really like her. She is a mobile groomer which I LOVE because everyone I have ever gone to makes them come in the morning and stay all day. Not good for me or Rosie.

She was wonderful with Rosie and did a nice job EXCEPT for the hair between her eyes!

I did say to her when explaining what I wanted that I wanted the hair on her head and her muzzel and all to grow out. My fault i all honesty because even after I explained about the hair there and what I wanted she said so we'll just even her out and clean up this hair by her eyes and I just kinda took a breath and said ummmm ok.

Feeling like I would be a bad mom if I didn't let her do it.

HOW do you get a groomer to leave them alone??? I love the look of the top knots and babies faces who have not had these hairs cut but I cannot get a single groomer ever to leave them alone even when I ask.

miabellaamoure · 10-19-2011, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myteddybear

UGGGGGG! Just saw our new groomer yesterday and I really like her. She is a mobile groomer which I LOVE because everyone I have ever gone to makes them come in the morning and stay all day. Not good for me or Rosie.

She was wonderful with Rosie and did a nice job EXCEPT for the hair between her eyes!

I did say to her when explaining what I wanted that I wanted the hair on her head and her muzzel and all to grow out. My fault i all honesty because even after I explained about the hair there and what I wanted she said so we'll just even her out and clean up this hair by her eyes and I just kinda took a breath and said ummmm ok.

Feeling like I would be a bad mom if I didn't let her do it.

HOW do you get a groomer to leave them alone??? I love the look of the top knots and babies faces who have not had these hairs cut but I cannot get a single groomer ever to leave them alone even when I ask.

You show them a picture of the look that you are trying to achieve for your lil' one. Just like when I get my hair done...I always bring a picture (if I'm changing anything)...

And...all of my girls have their heads grown out and as Jodi mentioned...it is actually easier to keep their eyes clean!

cory · 10-19-2011, 01:24 PM

I always keep the hair near and around the eyes long and find that it stays flat and out of their eyes this way.

At times I've used a product called Cindra gel for keeping the little fly aways better controlled after their baths. I love this product it works really well, isn't sticky and doesn't cause a build up.

Princess10 · 10-19-2011, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myteddybear

UGGGGGG! Just saw our new groomer yesterday and I really like her. She is a mobile groomer which I LOVE because everyone I have ever gone to makes them come in the morning and stay all day. Not good for me or Rosie.

She was wonderful with Rosie and did a nice job EXCEPT for the hair between her eyes!

I did say to her when explaining what I wanted that I wanted the hair on her head and her muzzel and all to grow out. My fault i all honesty because even after I explained about the hair there and what I wanted she said so we'll just even her out and clean up this hair by her eyes and I just kinda took a breath and said ummmm ok.

Feeling like I would be a bad mom if I didn't let her do it.

HOW do you get a groomer to leave them alone??? I love the look of the top knots and babies faces who have not had these hairs cut but I cannot get a single groomer ever to leave them alone even when I ask.

Our EX-groomer cut the hair between Princess's eyes despite my specific directions. It'd all probably lay flat now otherwise. The new groomer we saw said she'd clean up around her eyes, too. So if/when I take her there I will have a very vivid description of what I want done in writing. If they can't follow written instructions then I think we have a problem.

laci32 · 10-19-2011, 06:25 PM

I keep Andy's short at his eyes. I can't stand looking at him and seeing hair in his eye's. LMAO my skin babies i was forever brushing the hair out from their eye's to

JMuedog · 10-19-2011, 06:32 PM

I've never cut Gwenni's and it stays out of the way. Finnigan's I've finally grown out and it will not stay out of the way! Its sooo frustrating, but I refuse to cut it again after it took so long to grow out.

Maximo · 10-20-2011, 05:42 AM

No cutting for us.

backwardsrain · 10-21-2011, 04:25 PM

It took months but the hair around Jax's eyes finally grew out. It still gets in his eyes sometimes, but it's much less of a problem than before. He also still gets eye boogers but not as bad as before when it was short and poking him in the eye.

JudySA · 10-24-2011, 07:19 AM

Milo's hair around his eye are short, they grow so quick and can never get the top knot right without it falling out and then all his hair falls flat and in his eyes, cutting under the eyes and around the corners is dificult and always looks messy, his eyes water a bit and that hair is always wet!!!

Princess10 · 10-29-2011, 08:22 PM

Well I cut it! She was trying to see around it, lol, & I said forget it! Actually, I cut all of her hair, even most of her topknot.

Growing it out seemed to be for my pleasure & not hers so I got rid of the hassle. I think she can still wear a small bow for special occasions but since the rest is short the eye hair might as well be, too. So my vote has changed.

LittleLolasMom · 10-31-2011, 08:01 AM

for now we are letting lola's grow out but keep the hair right by the inner corner of her eyes short. i cant imagine how awful it must feel if it were in her eyes all day. so i keep that part short. she hates her hair in bows, since its not yet very long it hurts her, so we leave her hair in no top knot and growing out for now

Bitsy · 11-02-2011, 02:34 PM

I have been growing Sophia's out for a year now. I like ot so much better long. She gets way less eye gunk now as well. She is a wavy cotton coat, so I've been keeping her body hair shirt and her head hair long. She wears clothes all the time, so it doesn't look strange. I am not cutting Peyton's at all. So far I think his coat will be more silky, so upkeep should be easier!

myteddybear · 11-02-2011, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miabellaamoure

You show them a picture of the look that you are trying to achieve for your lil' one. Just like when I get my hair done...I always bring a picture (if I'm changing anything)...

And...all of my girls have their heads grown out and as Jodi mentioned...it is actually easier to keep their eyes clean!

I think I'll find a good pic of someone's gorgeous baby with it all grown out and show her what I'm after. I hope we can grow it out now without her getting too uncomfortable with it.

If the picture doesn't do the trick I will write it down for her!

Thanks for the input guys!

View Poll Results: Do you keep your pup's hair around their eyes long or short?
Yes, it's grown out & lays flat.	35	16.99%
Yes, but it's still all over the place.	33	16.02%
No, we keep it short.	99	48.06%
We're trying to grow it out now.	39	18.93%
Voters: 206. You may not vote on this poll

10-18-2011, 05:02 PM	#16
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	Keep it short. __________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis

10-18-2011, 05:48 PM	#17
KazzyK810 Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK Posts: 4,120	I've never cut ZoE's eye hair and now that she's 10 months old, it's just now starting to kinda lay flat. Why is it that those of us that like the long hair seem to have slow hair growing pups and those of you that like the puppy-type cuts have fast growing hair? It's just not fair! Ok...I'm done whining.....for now __________________ Karan with Sophie & Willow (ZoE )(Chelsea )

10-19-2011, 01:45 AM	#18
myteddybear Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cambridgeshire, England Posts: 1,208	UGGGGGG! Just saw our new groomer yesterday and I really like her. She is a mobile groomer which I LOVE because everyone I have ever gone to makes them come in the morning and stay all day. Not good for me or Rosie. She was wonderful with Rosie and did a nice job EXCEPT for the hair between her eyes! I did say to her when explaining what I wanted that I wanted the hair on her head and her muzzel and all to grow out. My fault i all honesty because even after I explained about the hair there and what I wanted she said so we'll just even her out and clean up this hair by her eyes and I just kinda took a breath and said ummmm ok. Feeling like I would be a bad mom if I didn't let her do it. HOW do you get a groomer to leave them alone??? I love the look of the top knots and babies faces who have not had these hairs cut but I cannot get a single groomer ever to leave them alone even when I ask. __________________ Please help save Lennox! http://www.savelennox.co.uk/ Let your voice be heard so Lennox can go home

10-19-2011, 06:25 PM	#22
laci32 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 901	I keep Andy's short at his eyes. I can't stand looking at him and seeing hair in his eye's. LMAO my skin babies i was forever brushing the hair out from their eye's to __________________ Baby Andy

10-19-2011, 01:24 PM	#20
cory BANNED! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Canada Posts: 471	I always keep the hair near and around the eyes long and find that it stays flat and out of their eyes this way. At times I've used a product called Cindra gel for keeping the little fly aways better controlled after their baths. I love this product it works really well, isn't sticky and doesn't cause a build up.

10-19-2011, 06:32 PM	#23
JMuedog Love My Little Cuties Donating Member Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charleston, IL Posts: 9,899	I've never cut Gwenni's and it stays out of the way. Finnigan's I've finally grown out and it will not stay out of the way! Its sooo frustrating, but I refuse to cut it again after it took so long to grow out. __________________ Jenni Finnigan & Gwenndilyn Forever in my heart

10-20-2011, 05:42 AM	#24
Maximo ♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 25,047	No cutting for us. __________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy

10-21-2011, 04:25 PM	#25
backwardsrain YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Posts: 290	It took months but the hair around Jax's eyes finally grew out. It still gets in his eyes sometimes, but it's much less of a problem than before. He also still gets eye boogers but not as bad as before when it was short and poking him in the eye.

10-24-2011, 07:19 AM	#26
JudySA YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: South Africa Durban Pinetown Posts: 4	Milo's hair around his eye are short, they grow so quick and can never get the top knot right without it falling out and then all his hair falls flat and in his eyes, cutting under the eyes and around the corners is dificult and always looks messy, his eyes water a bit and that hair is always wet!!!

10-29-2011, 08:22 PM	#27
Princess10 Banning Queen Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Home of the Kalamazoo Wings, MI. Posts: 3,122	Well I cut it! She was trying to see around it, lol, & I said forget it! Actually, I cut all of her hair, even most of her topknot. Growing it out seemed to be for my pleasure & not hers so I got rid of the hassle. I think she can still wear a small bow for special occasions but since the rest is short the eye hair might as well be, too. So my vote has changed. __________________ For The Night Is Dark & Full Of Terriers

10-31-2011, 08:01 AM	#28
LittleLolasMom YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 275	for now we are letting lola's grow out but keep the hair right by the inner corner of her eyes short. i cant imagine how awful it must feel if it were in her eyes all day. so i keep that part short. she hates her hair in bows, since its not yet very long it hurts her, so we leave her hair in no top knot and growing out for now

11-02-2011, 02:34 PM	#29
Bitsy Ultimate Banner! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: US Posts: 6,122	I have been growing Sophia's out for a year now. I like ot so much better long. She gets way less eye gunk now as well. She is a wavy cotton coat, so I've been keeping her body hair shirt and her head hair long. She wears clothes all the time, so it doesn't look strange. I am not cutting Peyton's at all. So far I think his coat will be more silky, so upkeep should be easier! __________________ Bitsy loves Sophia and Peyton