trimming the face?
 

what is the best way to trim around the eyes? Someone on YT said they use the small hand held thingy lol to cut around the eyes. I can't remember who said it tho. Diesel has a long beard and a full coat. I usually keep his head trimmed up because we don't do bows. The hair on his face often gets into his eyes. It will get all wet at the end of the day after drinking water and so on.I would love to see some pictures of how you trim your babies up. I am also thinking of getting him a puppy cut for the summer. It is hard to get the nerve up after seeing what some groomers do. LOL Also does anyone know of any good books that I could look for that might help me out when it comes to grooming Yorkies? Thanks for the help.

Michelle

I am interested in learning how to trim up my little 'scrappy' into a puppy cut for the summer. I would like to also see pics of a puppy cut done by an owner vs a groomer. Just not brave enough to try it on my own without directions. Thanks. Lorin

I believe you are talking about a men's moustache trimmer that you can get at walmart, it is great for around the eyes or ears and you don't have to worry about hurting him. The first thing you need to do before you start cutting his hair is to practice having him stay in a postition for a long period of time with scissors(ones with blunt ends so you can't poke his eyes out) aneed him to hold still and be able to postition him the way you need to cut a certain area. I don't know of any good books on grooming to recommend, it is all trial and error. Just start off small, only cut a little bit at time and if that is still too long cut off a little bit more. If you cut off alot in the beginning there is no going back. Their hair is just like a humans hair so if you can cut straight you should be alright. I would rather cut a yorkie's hair any day then a cocker's. It took me a year to learn the cocker cut, but yorkies are just trimming. Wish I could tell you more, you just have to practice...

standing still
 

I started moe on getting used to staying still from very small, as I knew one day trimming and cutting would be in his future.I started with his combing, making him stay very still when I combed around his eyes, and praising him for staying still, or making a tich tich sound if he moved, he soon knew if I made the tich tich sound he was moving when he shouldnt.I then graduated to scissors sooner than I wanted to due to the gum incident, long story so i wont go into it, but it was the longest 4 hours of my life to trim him to extremely short and be free of gum and have his coat look even.Whenever I trim around his eyes, which began with scissors, I would say moe sit still, and use the tich tich sound if he even looked like he was thinking of moving....we got hubby a remington hair shaver ceramic blades for his birthday and it came with a free sideburns /mustach trimmer, thought I would try it on Moe, he was scared to death of the sound of the trimmer, so I had to take a few days of turning the trimmer on and showing him it wasnt going to hurt him, he now lets me use it, and the actual shaver I had to do the same, let him get used to its sound first, so then keeping him still was easier.I know its probably not how the pros cut hair tich tich, but it worked for moe and me.

Here is a THREAD you can read ...it has pictures of yorkies AND the trimmers we use - ( I posted some) and it may help you - http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...t=wahl+trimmer

I usually do a tiny bit around the eyes - TINY - just enough so my girls can see - they're outside quite a bit - and have Spying Jobs at the fence...They need to be able to see the cute boys (and girl) on the other side :D