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#9 clipper blade?? I cant afford to take all my dogs to the groomer regularly so I try to do it myself. The results can be hidious......lol........sometimes it looks okay. I want to go to a puppy cut on a couple of my girls, in the past I tried scissoring the yorkie all over and it just looked uneven and not very attractive. I purchased a wahl clipper from ebay it works great but the blade is so dull it chews! Its worthless. I ordered a #9 clipper blade to replace the old blade. Would this size be appropriate for a puppy cut? I really need to order a book, but I was hopeing someone might know if this was the right or wrong size to purchase. Thanks! |
I, too, cannot (or rather do not want to) afford to send my yorkies to the vet for grooming, so I do it myself. I use a clipper with different size guards, but I honestly have no idea what the size of the blades are. I just have a kit that has all different size guards and I use maybe a #4 (not too sure about this) on their body and then a shorter one for their head, and tummy. Then I don't use a guard at all for their little rear ends and ears. Sorry I'm not much help. |
Thank you for your response. Are the guards the combs? That would be nice to have to adjust and only need one blade. |
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Yeah. They look like combs. You snap them on the blade and it allows you the cut the hair at different lengths, but all even. You can switch out the size of the guards. The clippers I have came with about 6 or 8 different length guards. So, I can cut their hair with the longest one, and it doesn't have to be too short. Or, for a summer puppy cut I can use one of the shorter ones. The brand I have is ConAir. It is made for humans, but it does the job. They are relatively inexpensive and you can get it at Walmart. |
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If you have a wahl you can do two different things. You can buy a #30 blade and get a few snap on combs for it for different lenghts. The #30 is great for ear tips. You can find blades and snap on combs either at petedge.com or wahl may have a website themselves. Keep your blade oiled with blade oil, they sometimes will need sharpening but more often than not, need oiling. Dont worry if the results are not great. I have seen pet Yorkie owners take their Yorkies to a groomer, pay a lot of money for a horrible cut. Not many professional groomers know anything about grooming Yorkies. |
Thank you! The posts were very helpful! Im so green I didnt even know what the blade guard was:p I should have just bought a kit. The clipper didnt come with anything so I have to buy the stuff to complete it. I went ahead and ordered some of the combs, and the oil. I didnt change the blade , the number 9#, which costs more then the clipper did......LOL! Lorraine do you know if I can use the #9 with the comb guards to still get desired lengths? I didnt know if the size of the blade really mattered with combs on it. Will any size blade work with the combs? For best results do I cut against the way the hair grows? I have a feeling at least one of my dogs will look pretty silly with my first practice cut.......but truly they could not look any worse then some of my scissor cuts in the past. Thanks again! |
Okay I reread the post Lorraine. Im going to try to change my 9# to a 30# before my order goes out. That way I have more of a universal blade. I see what your saying, the 30# without the guard does the ears and I can do the body with the combs. Thanks again Ladies! |
I can't help with blades - but this is a pretty good site with grooming help http://members.cox.net/jrogan/care.html |
Thanks Villette. I had seen her site a long time ago and forgot about it. She has just beautiful dogs too. I love the long coats, The longer the better, but I just cant take care of several of them properly, so I have to do some cutting. Its amazing what products can do too, you can even take a woolly and make them look semi silky and pretty. Ugh its Sunday so I cant change my clipper blade size and Im sure calling tomorrow will be to late. But Ill try. |
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As a professional groomer, I have the different size blades and some of the thicker combs that snap onto my blade to rough in certain lengths on some breeds and mixes. THen I follow that cut to finish scissor the dog. Never cut against the growth of hair always go with the way the hair grows. Comb/brush out first, blow dry and comb/brush as you blow dry. That will give a much more even cut as you are stretching the hair out when you do that. Once completely dry, clip and scissor to what you want fluffing it up with your comb or or brush so you can see anything you have to recut to make it even. |
Boy I have been taught alot in just a few posts! The icing on the cake would be to pay someone for a quick lesson on yorkie cuts, nothing like hands on experience, and actually watching someone do it. Sometimes when I read its hard for me to understand the exact concept of what to do. I learn much faster visually. Maybe I could find someone around me. But if I cant, good ol trail and error will work! |
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Before I took my training, a groomer once described dog grooming as 'sculpting in hair' and really it is. A talented groomer can make a so so dog of any breed or mix look stunning usually. But don't feel bad everyone if your efforts aren't quite what you want especially from the start, there are many professional dog groomers that do horrible jobs on Yorkies and you pay for it. At least if your job isn't the best, it is free. LOL:) Always remember also the difference between a bad haircut and a not bad haircut is about 3 weeks. Same usually with people haircuts. |
Thanks Lorraine! NOw that is a thought! Video your grooming and Ill buy a copy! Im serious:) Ill take a rough cut of it, doesnt have to be edited for bad filming or anything! Maybe in this case I could get a bit of a discount!........lol |
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