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Grooming is traumatic My 4-month old baby got some serious mats on her when she was at the vet's for two weeks. I cannot get them out. I got some detangling spray, but she hates being sprayed, squirms, whines, claws at me, etc. She hates brushing as well, and does the same thing (clawing, squirming) making it impossible to do anything productive bushing-wise. She's not old enough to go to groomer's yet to get the mats removed. I'm tearing my own hair out worrying about getting her mats out. Any advice about how to do this, stress-free? She also needs her nails trimmed, but I'm not looking forward to more "trauma." What's a mommy to do? |
I use a comb for Mina,in very tiny sections. When she was that young ,if I cam across a matt, I just cut it out. Doing as little damage to her coat as possible. I also tried to keep the combins sessions to about 5min at a time. Lets face it,they will still be there when you come back to it. It might take you a couple of sittings to get it like you want. The other thing that I did was play with her HARD first ,make her tired and did most of her first combings and clippings while she was asleep. It wont be perfect but it will be better than what you currently have. Take your time. |
Just a thought, but have you tried having someone else hold her while you trim her nails. That's the way I do it and it works so much better than me trying to do it by myself. |
We had this problem with Noah also. He had IVs and the bandage they used to keep his IV in caused his hair to mat. I trimmed him as much as possible (couldn't do more damage than what the vet did) and slowly combed them out.... It's was a task, but he's tangle/mat free. Also less hair than before lol. The groomer who does our girls hair told me they would trim him for me, but I decided not to take him, given that he is still freaked out about going to the vet. Don't want to traumatize him more! |
My yorkie's hair rarely mats but my shih tzu is another story. She doesn't like getting sprayed either. I hold her in my lap just rubbing her until she looks relaxed or fallsl asleep. Then I start working on her hair. I seperate as much as I can with my fingers. Then I spray the brush. I brush the ends very slowly, very gently until i can reach the roots. Respray the brush as necessary. I managed to comb all the mats out. In areas that don't show I would just cut them out with scissors. I am not a pro groomer but it works for me:D |
My yorkie's hair rarely mats but my shih tzu is another story. She doesn't like getting sprayed either. I hold her in my lap just rubbing her until she looks relaxed or falls asleep. Then I start working on her hair. I seperate as much as I can with my fingers. Then I spray the brush. I brush the ends very gently, very slowly until i can reach the roots. Respray the brush as necessary. I managed to comb all the mats out. In areas that don't show I would just cut them out with scissors. I am not a pro groomer but it works for me:D |
In order to keep any spray out of Roxie's eyes, I always spray down the brush or comb that I am using. That way the product goes where I want it to go and it doesn't freak her out. Maybe you could try that with your baby and see if the product will help. If not, I have also resorted to cutting out particularly stubborn mats. Be sure to use safety scissors (the kind like use on babies with little circles on the tips.) Now that most of her baby fur is almost gone matting is becoming less of a problem. Yahoo! |
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