THE PAINS of long coat.

[donnarod]

I am keeping my Granddaughter's 6 month old Pom and he loves playing with Tricksie's hair and what a mess he makes of it. Just spent 45 min. brushing and I do it everyday. She is so good about it.

[ARCHIE]

LOL look at the look on your grand pom's face
He seems to be thinking, Let me at it, let me at it!

Tricksie is beautiful. I give you prompts for keeping her coat
so pretty. I gave up and shaved Bud down keeping the long
hair on his legs, head and shorter on his face too.
I couldn't keep up with it. He's so big and there was sooooooo
much hair to keep up with.
Her coloring is beautiful.

[donnarod]

Thank you. Sometime I am tempted to have it cut off, she is 8 lbs. but thick hair.

[KJLive]

Originally Posted by donnarod

Thank you. Sometime I am tempted to have it cut off, she is 8 lbs. but thick hair.

She's beautiful! This is what I am working towards with Sophie. Right now her puppy cut is growing out. Her sides are just above her knees, but it two layers cause of the puppy coat. When she goes to the groomer in two weeks I'm going to have them level it off, and then just let it grow and grow. She two has a very thick coat and I spend about 15 -20 min a day brushing teeth, cleaning eye boogies and then brushing/combing and redoing her topknot. It's worth it though when they look so pretty.

[brass2e]

She has a beautiful coat. What are you using for shampoo, conditioner, oils/sprays?

Originally Posted by donnarod

Thank you. Sometime I am tempted to have it cut off, she is 8 lbs. but thick hair.

[FlDebra]

Originally Posted by donnarod

I am keeping my Granddaughter's 6 month old Pom and he loves playing with Tricksie's hair and what a mess he makes of it. Just spent 45 min. brushing and I do it everyday. She is so good about it.

Tricksie is beautiful! Love that shine!

I know what you mean about spending so much time making them all pretty and then the other dogs make a mess of them! I have a Jack Russel that thinks she is a Yorkie. Her and my Yorkie Ben are inseparable buddies. But she makes Ben smell like a dog with all her licking and play biting when they wrestle. She is always very gentle with Ben but he can sometimes get too rough with her. Still, it is his hair that takes a lickin'. Pun intended! And keeping a bow in has been impossible. I have just ordered some new bows and am going to try again. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can talk Candy into leaving them in. Maybe she is a little jealous because she has such a short coat that won't allow for bows.

[chloe n kaylee]

Originally Posted by donnarod

I am keeping my Granddaughter's 6 month old Pom and he loves playing with Tricksie's hair and what a mess he makes of it. Just spent 45 min. brushing and I do it everyday. She is so good about it.

Shes beautiful!!!!!!!!!! You are soooooo lucky!!!!! I am waiting for Madysons coat to grow.......... I cannot wait!!!!!!!

how long did it take Tricksies hair to grow that long?

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by brass2e

She has a beautiful coat. What are you using for shampoo, conditioner, oils/sprays?

I use Minksheen shampoo and Ice on Ice conditioner.
Thank you.

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by chloe n kaylee

Shes beautiful!!!!!!!!!! You are soooooo lucky!!!!! I am waiting for Madysons coat to grow.......... I cannot wait!!!!!!!

how long did it take Tricksies hair to grow that long?

It took about 2 years. It was almost to the floor in Dec. but had it cut several inches because I had surgery on my arm and was afraid that I couldn't manage it.

[BLowry]

My little Lillie has a coat like that. It was gorgeous! It was so long that it would drag on the floor. I used to trim the bottom just enough so it wouldn't drag. Lillie does not have a really thick coat. EVERYTHING would get caught in her hair. As much as I hated to do it I gave her a hair cut. I used a 1 1/4 in guide and clipped her....myself! And I have to say I didn't do a bad job....He hair isn't really short but just short enough to not matt...I do miss the flowing long coat but this is so much easier to take care of.

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by BLowry

My little Lillie has a coat like that. It was gorgeous! It was so long that it would drag on the floor. I used to trim the bottom just enough so it wouldn't drag. Lillie does not have a really thick coat. EVERYTHING would get caught in her hair. As much as I hated to do it I gave her a hair cut. I used a 1 1/4 in guide and clipped her....myself! And I have to say I didn't do a bad job....He hair isn't really short but just short enough to not matt...I do miss the flowing long coat but this is so much easier to take care of.

Do you have a pic of the new cut? Would love to see it.

[BLowry]

Originally Posted by donnarod

Do you have a pic of the new cut? Would love to see it.

Here they are...not very good pics of them though...they don't like having their pics taken!! LOL
Sadie is on the left...She doesn't have a very nice coat...doesn't grow very long and is rather coarse...Clipping her was the best thing I did for her...She looks SO much better and her coat is actually softer. Lillie on the other hand would matt terribly...Even though I would brush her every day. I am not sorry that I did this..I do like the long coats better but, as you know they are A LOT of work. I am going to clip them again at their next bath...this time I think I am going to trim around their faces a little more. What do you think?

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by BLowry

Here they are...not very good pics of them though...they don't like having their pics taken!! LOL
Sadie is on the left...She doesn't have a very nice coat...doesn't grow very long and is rather coarse...Clipping her was the best thing I did for her...She looks SO much better and her coat is actually softer. Lillie on the other hand would matt terribly...Even though I would brush her every day. I am not sorry that I did this..I do like the long coats better but, as you know they are A LOT of work. I am going to clip them again at their next bath...this time I think I am going to trim around their faces a little more. What do you think?

How old is Sadie? Lillie coat looks so shinny.
They are precious.

[mollie jade]

Tricksie is beautiful .

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by mollie jade

Tricksie is beautiful .

Thank you so much.