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[STEMO]

Have any brave souls on here tried clipping their dog? I'm fed up with her coming back looking different every time, traumatised and dehydrated after three hours in a sweatshop full of noisy dogs and the radio blaring.
Pet groomers these days seem very choosy (westies are fidgety and hard to get right) and want to cut the dog the way they think it should be done, not the way you want it.
Anyway...I'm going to order some clippers and scissors and have a go myself.



How hard can it be?     

[Doctor Gollum]

There are some really good ones and some really shit ones.

It really does pay to shop around and it's as much about the dog being happy as you are 

[STEMO]

You don't find out they're shit until it's too late, though. I reckon a decent pair of clippers, with combs, and a set of scissors will cost me about £150. I'll have saved that after five grooms.

[Sir Tigger KC]

What can possibly go wrong? 

[Varche]

You don't find out they're shit until it's too late, though. I reckon a decent pair of clippers, with combs, and a set of scissors will cost me about £150. I'll have saved that after five grooms.

That seems a lot. Lidl have a decent set for £30. Wahl  multi cut. Does the job but we still drop him off at pet groomers £25 and anal glands expressed too.

[STEMO]

You don't find out they're shit until it's too late, though. I reckon a decent pair of clippers, with combs, and a set of scissors will cost me about £150. I'll have saved that after five grooms.

That seems a lot. Lidl have a decent set for £30. Wahl  multi cut. Does the job but we still drop him off at pet groomers £25 and anal glands expressed too.

Anal glands should only be expressed by a vet, if necessary. They are supposed to work each time a dog has a poo, and will stop working correctly if 'forced' every time the dog is groomed.

http://www.petcare.org.uk/index.php/news/142-news/1857-guidance-for-groomers-on-procedures

[Varche]

Oops, quite right. Only happened once and that was near Leicester. Mrs V says we pay 25 euros here and no glands.

[Sir Tigger KC]

You don't find out they're shit until it's too late, though. I reckon a decent pair of clippers, with combs, and a set of scissors will cost me about £150. I'll have saved that after five grooms.

That seems a lot. Lidl have a decent set for £30. Wahl  multi cut. Does the job but we still drop him off at pet groomers £25 and anal glands expressed too.

Blimey who knew!   

[jonathanh]

Oops, quite right. Only happened once and that was near Leicester. Mrs V says we pay 25 euros here and no glands.

I suppose if it has to be done then Leicester seems like as good a place as any....

[Varche]

Makes you wonder what they do with it. Pie flavouring or maybe crisps.

[STEMO]

Oops, quite right. Only happened once and that was near Leicester. Mrs V says we pay 25 euros here and no glands.

I suppose if it has to be done then Leicester seems like as good a place as any....

[STEMO]

Sorted. A nice young lady called Laura returned my call from this morning. Poppy is booked in for next Wednesday, should be about an hour and one dog at a time in an air conditioned garage.
I am happy 

I will go and pay the groomer up the road for the appointment we are are going to miss tomorrow. Fair's fair, it's very short notice.

[redelitev6]

Have any brave souls on here tried clipping their dog? I'm fed up with her coming back looking different every time, traumatised and dehydrated after three hours in a sweatshop full of noisy dogs and the radio blaring.
Pet groomers these days seem very choosy (westies are fidgety and hard to get right) and want to cut the dog the way they think it should be done, not the way you want it.
Anyway...I'm going to order some clippers and scissors and have a go myself.



How hard can it be?     

Best of luck with that 

[scimmy_man]

years back we sent our spaniel for clipping,
he came back with feathers and with long ears,
exactly the things we wanted rid of,

bought a set of Walle clippers and do all the dogs once or twice a year,
learn how to clean the clippers its the secret to them cutting,
also make sure the guard wont slip off half way or you scalp the dog

[STEMO]

years back we sent our spaniel for clipping,
he came back with feathers and with long ears,
exactly the things we wanted rid of,

bought a set of Walle clippers and do all the dogs once or twice a year,
learn how to clean the clippers its the secret to them cutting,
also make sure the guard wont slip off half way or you scalp the dog

Is that Wahl?

[dave the builder]

I use something like this  wahl clicky on ME 

I shop fitted a Barber's a few years back and have free cuts for life ,but it's a 30 mile round trip and a faf ,so I just whizz it off when needed with a set like the link, the combs space the length out ,so choose the correct one and you won't end up with a bald dog 

the cat is happy to sit on my knee and be combed ,nails/claws cut,etc 
 take the cat to the vet and it turns psycho 
I think it's just comfortable with me and don't like strangers

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

You don't find out they're shit until it's too late, though. I reckon a decent pair of clippers, with combs, and a set of scissors will cost me about £150. I'll have saved that after five grooms.

As you have said "how hard can it be".......just don't let your mutt look in a mirror for a couple of weeks after you have sheared it.

[STEMO]

I use something like this  wahl clicky on ME 

I shop fitted a Barber's a few years back and have free cuts for life ,but it's a 30 mile round trip and a faf ,so I just whizz it off when needed with a set like the link, the combs space the length out ,so choose the correct one and you won't end up with a bald dog 

the cat is happy to sit on my knee and be combed ,nails/claws cut,etc 
 take the cat to the vet and it turns psycho 
I think it's just comfortable with me and don't like strangers

I wasn't going to use a cheap one like that on my dog! 

[dave the builder]

I use something like this  wahl clicky on ME 

I shop fitted a Barber's a few years back and have free cuts for life ,but it's a 30 mile round trip and a faf ,so I just whizz it off when needed with a set like the link, the combs space the length out ,so choose the correct one and you won't end up with a bald dog 

the cat is happy to sit on my knee and be combed ,nails/claws cut,etc 
 take the cat to the vet and it turns psycho 
I think it's just comfortable with me and don't like strangers

I wasn't going to use a cheap one like that on my dog! 

Spend as much as you like Uncle Stemo 
but the more expensive cordless ones I tried where crap
the corded Wahl ones will cope with "Beaver hair" , so dog hair won't be an issue 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Be careful around it's nether regions.......

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

You pay a wannabe hairdresser actual moany to cut your dogs hair ? ! 
The very definition of more money than sense. 

[scimmy_man]

years back we sent our spaniel for clipping,
he came back with feathers and with long ears,
exactly the things we wanted rid of,

bought a set of Walle clippers and do all the dogs once or twice a year,
learn how to clean the clippers its the secret to them cutting,
also make sure the guard wont slip off half way or you scalp the dog

Is that Wahl?

yep

[STEMO]

You pay a wannabe hairdresser actual moany to cut your dogs hair ? ! 
The very definition of more money than sense. 

Yes, lots of moany 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Im tired, leave me alone. 

Anyway - dogs. You let them out in the morning to bite the postman & local kids, shit in neighbours gardens and chase cars, because apparently they think that's fun.
Let them back in the house before you go to bed and chuck some of your leftover dinner in their bowl.
Don't see why it needs to be more involved than that. 

[ronnyd]

Glad i ain,t got one.

[aaronjb]

Glad i ain,t got one.

I feel that way about kids, but plenty of people still pop out those noisy poop & vomit factories  I'd rather have a dog any day ..


.. unless I had to express its anal glands I'll leave that for Uncle STEMO.

[STEMO]

Glad i ain,t got one.

I feel that way about kids, but plenty of people still pop out those noisy poop & vomit factories  I'd rather have a dog any day ..


.. unless I had to express its anal glands I'll leave that for Uncle STEMO.

It's my speciality, don't you know? 
I did Gixers on a regular basis. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

So as a non dog or Gixer owner..... 

Can someone explain (briefly) what this expressing of anal glands is all about please?   

[STEMO]

So as a non dog or Gixer owner..... 

Can someone explain (briefly) what this expressing of anal glands is all about please?   

Mr Google will explain, if you ask him nicely.

[Sir Tigger KC]

So as a non dog or Gixer owner..... 

Can someone explain (briefly) what this expressing of anal glands is all about please?   

Mr Google will explain, if you ask him nicely.

I'm not sure that I want that on my search history! 

[Varche]

Wouldn't make any difference, you are already on the max number of watch lists. Go for it.

[Rods2]

I used to clip our two yorkies, Ben was brilliant where he would totally trust me & just stand there while I got on with it & Sam was the opposite, so I used to cut a bit at a time, so he didn't get too stressed. Always found it guite straight forward to do, with most care needed around their ears.

It was the same with cutting their claws where Ben's was done in one go & Sam a claw or two at a time over several days.

[BazaJT]

I'm fortunate in that respect in as much as my dog has short hair and doesn't need clipping.Giving her a bath on the other hand is a whole different ball game as she hates water with a passion to the point where she will stand a good few inches back from her water bowl and really stretch to reach it for a drink!