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01-31-2008, 11:27 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Albert, ON
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| cutting hair yourself Has anyone bought a haircutting kit and done their babies themselves. I got a nice kit with a dvd and all for just under 100$...im going to try as its 50/cut and i go at least 4 times a year. We are also getting a new baby a morkie on sunday so it's gona be $$$ to take them to the groomer, and they HATE it.... Anyone have any tips on cutting...i can do the face, my little one doesnt mind the scissors, he actually rolls over and i give him a belly rub at the same time, im more worried about the buzzers. Thanks all! |
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02-01-2008, 05:21 AM | #2 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| yes i groom at home... my biggest tip would be to be careful when you are doing aroung the belly.. even though you will have a comb on the clippers watch for the fold of skin around the legs and arms. and when you are shaving near the bum do NOT let the clippers actually touch the bum.... also when youare doing the hair between the pads of the feet just be extra careful you don't get a fold of skin.. i've been doing Layla myself for probably 6 months and have yet to cut either one of us so it can't be that hard |
02-01-2008, 05:35 AM | #3 |
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| I've been wanting to buy my own kit and table.. but I'm just so scared I'm going to butcher the cut up soo bad I keep thinking "ok it's just hair it grows back" but I don't want my baby looking weird cause I messed up her hair
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02-01-2008, 05:54 AM | #4 |
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| I only took Murfee to the groomers once 4 years ago. It was a bad experience for both of us. Poor Murfee has had to endure my haircuts since then. We do ok...not great...and I have to admit that I have nicked him a few times poor little guy. The only problem I have is the pads of his feet.
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02-01-2008, 05:59 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: delaware
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| Parker has never been to groomer My daughter had us do a mohawk on him one time. We keep his hair pretty short - like a puppy cut - during the summer. |
02-01-2008, 10:34 AM | #6 | |
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02-01-2008, 10:35 AM | #7 | |
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02-01-2008, 10:39 AM | #8 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| grooming at home IS not hard.. honestly... i bought that pink mini table from petedge... a clipper and two comb lengths.. and it's jus tlike brushing her hair.. the comb limits the amount of fur that can be taken off.. our big issues is trimming around her face.. she HATES it.. but a little bit of treats can go a long way |
02-01-2008, 10:42 AM | #9 | |
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02-01-2008, 11:23 AM | #10 |
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| You can do it!! Just take off a little at a time. You can always cut more off, but you can't put it back. You may even decide the next day to trim a bit more here and there.
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02-01-2008, 11:26 AM | #11 |
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| Yes... I've been doing Meka's since I got her. Though, at 10 mo's now...Im in the process of taking her for her first grooming because I've never seen the "right way" to groom a Yorkie... So, I thought I'd take her in once and that should help me be able to keep it up properly.... Good luck
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02-01-2008, 12:05 PM | #13 |
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| I do Mckenzie and her sister Emma (yorkie/jrt mix) at home because they both have fine, easy hair. The two fluff butts go in to get groomed once a month |
02-01-2008, 05:15 PM | #14 |
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| I groom myself. I don't really cut the hair though...I'm trying to grow it long. I just shave the tips of the ears, trim around the paws, shave paw pads, and trim around sanitary areas. If hair starts looking scraggly I might trim it up a bit to even it out but that's it.
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02-01-2008, 08:06 PM | #15 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Albert, ON
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| wow great elp guys, and excellent tips...i will try once te weater breaks ere in canada, maybe try a bit, like u said its only air rigt....well try and ill let you know te outcome....keep te tips a comin! |
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