Grooming Question
 

Coby is 5 months old and I am interested in cutting his hair short. I have trimmed him before and he didn't like going through it. Do I have to have him shaved to have the short cut look??? Some of the pictures I have seen with the short cut look like little puppies and are extremely cute....Is it possible for me to cut him short myself without using clippers? I don't think he could stand that....

Thanks for your ideas & comments

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Does anyone own a maltese??
 

My sister in law owns a maltese and her coat is matted very easily,does anyone have any advice on good products to use for this??:aimeeyork:confused:

There is what is called a puppy cut, where the hair is cut short all over the body. It's up to you if you want to cut it or shave. I cut Oscar's hair, but I definitely don't brag about it, lol. I'm no hair stylist that's for sure, but I love his hair short and I HATE paying $60 for grooming. It's fun though, and I can practice whenever I want, lol:p I don't know if either of my two would let me near them with a shaver — if yours is nervous because of the noise, you could try just letting him get used to the sound of the shaver first over the course of a few days. If you decide to use scissors, you may want to get some with a blunt tip (especially for the face area) so that if he moves suddenly the tip won't poke him.

If you do a search for 'matts', 'matting', etc. you'll get a ton of great info — I think there's a 'fresh' thread right now about someone with the same problem. :)

I use a conditioing spray that works like a dream. It's made by Dungeness Ranch

Thanks for the advice. Grooming can start to get expensive and I want to be able to do it myself. Hopefully when I try this Coby will still be confident enough to go outside...lol....

I started with thinning shears. One side looks like a comb and the other side is sharp. They allowed me to get over being nervous about cutting the hair and helped Sophie get used to the process. I doubt you can cut the whole body with the thinning shears because it would take forever. Then I moved up to knuckle cutting with regular shears. That created a shaggy puppy cut but took a while and it was more uneven than shaggy. Now I use clippers and cut her hair 1 inch all over in the winter and 1/2 inch on her body in the summer...keeping her face and feet shaggy. You can do it yourself...plus their hair grows so fast a bad haircut grows out fast ;)

I can help
 

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