A New Year’s Resolution Suggestion from Petite Pooch Chateau
If you’re looking for a New Year’s Resolution for 2008, I have one for you. Your dog will love you! Your Professional Groomer will adore you! Your wallet will feel a little fuller! Resolve to brush and comb your pooch’s fur daily! Use the right tools, the right method, get into a regular routine and it will be a fulfilling and rewarding experience for you, for your doggie, and for your favorite Groomer.
For short-haired dogs, the shedding will be lessened because the brushing and combing process will remove loose fur from your pooch’s coat and assist in keeping it from appearing all over your clothes, furniture, and carpet. You’ll pay your favorite grooming shop less in Furminator and deshedding fees, your home and clothes will be less “hairy”, and your dog will look great in 2008!
For longer-haired dogs, the tiny little mats that you don’t see or feel…but your Professional Groomer finds (and dreads) and the larger, thicker mats that you may think can be “cut out”…but your Professional Groomer knows they can’t…might be avoided. Accumulated undercoat will also be lessened via a regular brushing regime. Best of all…discussions of “stripping” might be eliminated.
Here is the recipe for your 2008 resolution. All you need is some uninterrupted time with your pooch, a professional grooming brush and a comb, a safe place to put your pooch on like a table with a non-skid rug, and the mat prevention song using your favorite melody…Part!Brush!Comb!Part!Brush!Comb!Part!Brush!Comb! Part!Brush!Comb!Part!Brush!Comb!
Do this before you put your doggie into the shower with you or before you put him/her into the tub. I promise you…if you can get a fine tooth comb through every part of your dog’s fur…from head to tail…under each leg into the arm pits and groin areas…behind the rump…through the skirt and feathers…behind each ear and through eyebrows, cheeks, and beard…you will be saving yourself an invoice entry for detangling/dematting/heavy brush-out/strip fees.
These associated fees may become a thing of your past! And buying tubes of Ben-Gay to massage sore wrists/arms/shoulders from extensive brushing and dematting may become a thing of your favorite Professional Groomer’s past!
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just read your thoughts on new year’s resolution. wish I had continued doing so - when my dog (an 11 month old maltipoo) went into heat (1st time), she became very fussy and would NOT let me comb her out (a daily bonding ritual for us previously) for 3 weeks. she was matted in several places.
on thurs I took the dog to the groomer (only 2nd time with this person) and was shocked when I picked my dog up afterwards - she was shorn! less than a 1/4″ of hair all over but her head and tail - the groomer said she had no choice but to shave it all off because of the matting. The dog’s hair (not fur) had been about 5″ long. I’m heartbroken and feeling very guilty - trying to console myself with the fact it will grow back.
now it seems there is a more serious problem as result of this grooming: the dog stops every three steps to “check” her butt and to lick it - it’s been almost non-stop. she is not scooting. She won’t play and seems very nervous (very clingy which isn’t her usual behavior) and exhausted. do you think the groomer hurt her in some way? could it be razor burn?
her **** looks red, and she gets completely freaked out (running back and forth, turning to reach her butt) when she goes to bathroom. I”ve been cleaning the area with baby wipes and applying neosporin antibacterial cream which seems to give her some relief. I have an over-the=counter cortisone cream, do you think I should try that instead?
unfortunately, it’s a jewish holiday weekend and my vet is out of the office.
I’ve never seem the dog act this way before. she is usually feisty and very playful. now she is either totally preoccupied which her rear end, or sleeping very deeply.
thank you for considering my concerns.
regards,
barbara
Comment by barbara — April 20, 2008 @ 6:30 am
Hi, it could be all of the above or it could be an anal sac which is bothering her. Or the area could be raw and irritated from the matting. I suggest a visit to the vet! Take care and give her a kiss for me!
Comment by Norma — April 28, 2008 @ 9:55 pm