Oh My.....

I have groomed my own dogs for 6 years. When Rocky came along and we were up to 3, our groomer thought it was time that I learned how to do it. She taught me and she was so gentle with them...it was a great way to learn.
I met Sue at YorkieFair in Michigan several years ago. I bought her grooming video and from it I have learned a lot more. I recommend it to anyone wanting to learn to groom/trim at home. :thumbup:

awful!!
 

dvd for grooming
 

I've looked on tjdmom can't find any dvds. Please let me know where to go.I just want to do simple puppy cut(nothing fancy) I'm most not sure what blades to use & what clipper that doesn't cost a mint. I have got 2 and sent both back. He needs a cut!!!! thanks ladies and best wishes to you all

Omg, poor dogs, the sad thing is how they act so used to it:(

I just noticed this is a old post, that explains why I didn't recognize anyone, HAHA!

I am not trained in grooming at all, but I keep my Huey's coat well-groomed. He gets bathed and dried weekly and I use the clippers around his eyes. (His mother had bad cherry eyes and I will prevent that to the best of my ability). I keep his hair trimmed to a reasonable length but I like him long. I take him to a professional groomer every month for his nails and clean feet.. He is 1/2 silky, so I keep him in a silky cut instead of yorkie. The fight to do his feet isnt worth it for me and every groomer I've taken him to says he is an Angel. I never leave him. I always wait and am within earshot of him at all times. He is very good for everyone but me, so I am confident he hasnt had a bad grooming experience, but no one but me has bathed him in his 4 years of life.

I can't watch it as it would haunt me. But from what I have read, this person is a monster. Can she be reported????

Louise and Zachary (who is getting groomed at a VERY VERY well known and well rated more expensive groomer)

Doubtful, but she looks to me like an old style groomer. First she could not have prepped the coat properly prior bathing. And during bathing there is no way she conditioned well, and conditioned for the MATS she left in that poor dog. That coat was dry and brittle, and probably a mixed coat type.

AND YOU DON"T use Slicker brushes with a wet coat, well not way she did it. Good grief. If I use I use on damp coat only. You slick in all directions to GENTLY remove the tangle and or mat. And particularly for Yorkies. With that gorgeous silk coat.

I know professional groomers have time constraints, after all they are trying to earn a living, and can't take all day for one wee doggie. But still she was too rough.

How-ever if you can find a small "stand" dryer, it does make life easier for all, to just adjust the blowdry nozzle and have two hands free for brushing.

It looked like to me she was at one point using a Madam Brush. That's good, but she wasn't brushing from ends up, section by section. With impatience you can just rip through the hair "to get the job done"..... Not so easy or enjoyable for the dog.

If you see some great owner/exhibitor/breeder combos at the show ring. We have our dogs on the table for long hours (at times). Sometimes our pups like to be out of the crate, and up on the table just taking in the sights, smells n sounds. Some dogs prefer to relax in their crate, until it is time for grooming for show ring.
Some of our dogs (dependant on personality), will literally almost fall asleep as we brush them out. Trust me that we do not "rip" out tangles or mats, not at the show or at home. Every hair is precious. So our dogs if not in love with grooming are quite easily accepting of same.

I wish I had made a video when Razzman had the long show coat - to compare. I guarantee you it would take me 2-3x as long as that person did with the grooming. Look at McGregor's show groom video, it is a great one. See how she treats that dog on the table!.

Sad video