Grooming rant

[dawn27]

Originally Posted by Verbena

I have never done his feet. I could not keep him still enough for his feet. I got curved grooming scissors to do around his feet.

I like those curved scissors, I use my sisters all the time but need to get my own. There good for rounding out the face and the body at the skirt for those shorter cuts.

[Cathy Grech]

My breeder told me about a trimmer made by Wahl called Pocket Pro pet trimmer. She actually demonstrated it the day I bought my Charlie. She used it on his paw pads, his ears and around his rectum. I am thinking of purchasing one. Its less than 20 dollars.
Charlies Mama

[Verbena]

Originally Posted by Cathy Grech

My breeder told me about a trimmer made by Wahl called Pocket Pro pet trimmer. She actually demonstrated it the day I bought my Charlie. She used it on his paw pads, his ears and around his rectum. I am thinking of purchasing one. Its less than 20 dollars.
Charlies Mama

I heard it was a great little shaver too

[MauiGirl]

Originally Posted by MandiesMom

I just wanted to say that I don't think it always means something happened. Mandie screams..I mean SCREAMS when I try to cut the hair around her legs and feet and nobody has ever groomed her but me..and she's never been hurt.

My Karlee does this occasionally too; she is a cry baby sometimes for no reason.

[mimimomo]

Teri, can you have someone hold Galen while you groom? You'd be surprised how calm he will be. I have my dad hold Turbo & Mimi when I groom them bc they will not stay still. I have my dad just pet their head or hold their head & kiss them loll, it's a good distraction. If I need to work on Mimi's face, my dad will hold onto her torso. Turbo will let me work on his head but not clip his body. He was a little matted when he was living w/my aunt & the clipper caught on a mat & I think it hurt him a little & ever since then, he won't let me.

Originally Posted by MandiesMom

I just wanted to say that I don't think it always means something happened. Mandie screams..I mean SCREAMS when I try to cut the hair around her legs and feet and nobody has ever groomed her but me..and she's never been hurt.

Yup, I have 2 screamers here too, Mimi & Turbo. They act like I'm going to kill them or something!

[Verbena]

Originally Posted by mimimomo

Teri, can you have someone hold Galen while you groom? You'd be surprised how calm he will be. I have my dad hold Turbo & Mimi when I groom them bc they will not stay still. I have my dad just pet their head or hold their head & kiss them loll, it's a good distraction. If I need to work on Mimi's face, my dad will hold onto her torso. Turbo will let me work on his head but not clip his body. He was a little matted when he was living w/my aunt & the clipper caught on a mat & I think it hurt him a little & ever since then, he won't let me.


Yup, I have 2 screamers here too, Mimi & Turbo. They act like I'm going to kill them or something!

I am going to try to have my DBF to hold him and try to see if that works. It is upsetting that he was doing pretty good except for his feet. My sister laughs cause I am so not a high mantainance kind of girl. He is one high mantainance little guy.

[gemy]

I use for the paw pads a moustache trimmer for Razzle's feet, and the clippers for Magics feet. For the BRT I use a #20. Personally I like the clippers for the paw pad hair.

I do feel it is really important to keep the hair out from between the pads of the feet.

Shaping the outer foot look is less important in a pet dog. But what I do now for my Yorkie as he is not showing, is just accumulate the hair over the foot in one hand, and scissor around the outside of the paw.

[dawn27]

The last time I groomed Brandi it took both my sister and I two hours because she fought us every stop of the way. Didn't help that my DD hadn't properly groomed her for several months. She didn't get all of he hair combed out only the surface. It was quite the mess. She looks so much nicer now !