[lola24]

I have been very good with Lola's daily brushing so far. The last week has been a bit of a blur due to other things going on and my brushing routine kind of went out of the window........
I have just attacked her with a slicker and a comb and it took me about 20mins to get her knot free. It usually takes 5 mins but it seems her adult coat is coming through and is much thicker than that lovely fluffy puppy coat

I already have a grooming table and various combs/ brushes and i am about to order a H frame restraint and clippers.... what else would you guys with adult poo's suggest??

What is the 1 piece of your grooming kit which you couldn't be without?

Thanks in advance,

 

[M&M's mummy]

I have been very good with Lola's daily brushing so far. The last week has been a bit of a blur due to other things going on and my brushing routine kind of went out of the window........
I have just attacked her with a slicker and a comb and it took me about 20mins to get her knot free. It usually takes 5 mins but it seems her adult coat is coming through and is much thicker than that lovely fluffy puppy coat

I already have a grooming table and various combs/ brushes and i am about to order a H frame restraint and clippers.... what else would you guys with adult poo's suggest??

What is the 1 piece of your grooming kit which you couldn't be without?

Thanks in advance,

My groomer

Sorry Katie not very helpful but you should hopefully know my SOH by now!!!

 

[lola24]

Haha, i might invest in one of those if my efforts go wrong!!

 

[colpa110]

My groomer

Sorry Katie not very helpful but you should hopefully know my SOH by now!!!

Or at least a second pair of hands...I have a very wriggly poo..

I have spent a fortune of brushes / matt busters etc... I have given up trying to get bad matts out now and just snip them out. Betty is a bit lumpy and bumpy now tho but she doesn't seem to mind

 

[M&M's mummy]

We snip them out of Milly sometimes too.

Nothing can be as bad when we used to clip Monty ourselves. Now we are talking 4 years ago and before I used forums.

We just got a clipper set out of Argos and the poor dog .......well let's just say it was probably akin to a pudding basin cut that some kids endured

We did it a few times then finally caved in and went to groomer where he was scalped.

We now have found our groomer we love and they both go every 8 wks. It costs us £30 each but worth it.

We do brush etc... in between.

I would consider doing them myself if I went on a course. I find cutting with scissors ok but not so good with clipper.

My hubby will testify to that!!!! first time I ever used them was on his head let's just say a bald strip is not a good look. Anyway now he just clips it all off every few weeks himself

 

[Pollypiglet]

Still have all this to come, Hattie decieded to practice the art of rolling in something disgusting tonight, confirms my thinking that short all over is for me but in my dreams would love the shaggy look!

 

[JulesB]

We snip them out of Milly sometimes too.

Nothing can be as bad when we used to clip Monty ourselves. Now we are talking 4 years ago and before I used forums.

We just got a clipper set out of Argos and the poor dog .......well let's just say it was probably akin to a pudding basin cut that some kids endured

We did it a few times then finally caved in and went to groomer where he was scalped.

We now have found our groomer we love and they both go every 8 wks. It costs us £30 each but worth it.
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We do brush etc... in between.

I would consider doing them myself if I went on a course. I find cutting with scissors ok but not so good with clipper.

My hubby will testify to that!!!! first time I ever used them was on his head let's just say a bald strip is not a good look. Anyway now he just clips it all off every few weeks himself

Did you give your husband a reverse mohican????

I have only trimmed Betty's face before and not sure that was a very good attempt as i had to hold her between my knees to stop her wriggling!!!!

 

[Sezra]

I wouldn't be without my dematting tool and I always have some sausages on hand as a treat (for Daisy obviously! ). I don't have a table, I just brush her when she is relaxed and sleepy in the evenings which is not very good from a trimming point of view. I am giving up trying to trim her myself, she has a habit of turning towards the scissors and it scares the life out of me, I am so worried I will end up cutting her .

Daisy's coat goes through phases of matting alot to hardly needing brushing but I try and do a bit everyday.

Groomers next monday for me.....

 

[kendal]

Les pooches mat zapper and tropiclean demat conditioner.

 

[lola24]

Les pooches mat zapper and tropiclean demat conditioner.

i have had a look at the les pooches brushes - which colour is it that i would need? they all look the same!

 

[colpa110]

i have had a look at the les pooches brushes - which colour is it that i would need? they all look the same!

I have the green and the red but Betty doesn't like either as she seems to find them too scratchy -she tolerates a ball pin brush and ball pin slicker much better...I could post them to you to try before you buy as they are quite expensive(£26.00 each)...it would be a shame to waste your money..

 

[lola24]

I have the green and the red but Betty doesn't like either as she seems to find them too scratchy -she tolerates a ball pin brush and ball pin slicker much better...I could post them to you to try before you buy as they are quite expensive(£26.00 each)...it would be a shame to waste your money..

Ahh, thankyou so much- that is really lovely of you. I am going to speak to a groomer that i know tomorrow as i remember her ordering a couple so may be able to try hers out to see if Lola is ok with them.
Poor Betty- she really is a sensitive little thing isn't she!

 

[ali-s.j.]

Izzy won't let me use a slicker brush at all, I use a comb and dematt tool I bought in PaH.

 

[colpa110]

Izzy won't let me use a slicker brush at all, I use a comb and dematt tool I bought in PaH.

Ali, have you tried the ball pin slicker? Betty hates the regular slicker too but if I use the ball pin brush she will then tolerate the ball pin slicker ( it's the ones that have a little bobble on the end!!!) with what Cara said about her Izzy I'm starting to wonder if our light poos are more sensitive...

 

[lola24]

Izzy won't let me use a slicker brush at all, I use a comb and dematt tool I bought in PaH.

Ah ali, i was thinking earlier that i hadn't seen any recent pics of Izzy and i do have a bit of a soft spot for her...... when you get a minute, do you think you could treat us all?? pretty please?!

 

[colpa110]

Ahh, thankyou so much- that is really lovely of you. I am going to speak to a groomer that i know tomorrow as i remember her ordering a couple so may be able to try hers out to see if Lola is ok with them.
Poor Betty- she really is a sensitive little thing isn't she!

No problem - just let me know if you change your mind...to be honest I can't see any difference between the two

 

[ali-s.j.]

These are the most recent I have uploaded from camera, I'll post some more soon

 

[ali-s.j.]

Ali, have you tried the ball pin slicker? Betty hates the regular slicker too but if I use the ball pin brush she will then tolerate the ball pin slicker ( it's the ones that have a little bobble on the end!!!) with what Cara said about her Izzy I'm starting to wonder if our light poos are more sensitive...

Thanks Colin, I'll give it a try

 

[lola24]

oh, love her! :love-eyes::love-eyes:
i could eat that chocolate button nose too!!
Thanks ali- obviously we will require more when you get time!

 

[ali-s.j.]

oh, love her! :love-eyes::love-eyes:
i could eat that chocolate button nose too!!
Thanks ali- obviously we will require more when you get time!

Thanks Katie, I love her nose too - and her eyes, oh her eyes, they are hazel green and just melt me