Dog grooming

[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?