Grooming Thread!!!!!!

[NotabitaiI]

Not 100% sure on the rules over there, but if your dogs ever have any kind of surgery, ask if they can be removed if you think they may cause issues like be pulled off.

Ohh that's really smart!!! It's legal in my state but different vets can be picky about what's necessary vs just cosmetic. I tried a couple years ago to have the LGDs ears trimmed but apparently my vet won't do it. They get the most horrific hot spots in the folds of their ears and it's really hard to treat them. Ear cropping and dew claw removal would usually be "cosmetic" but I'd love to have it done all at once for their quality of life, it's not like I'm walking them around being like "look at my dogs clawless legs and shortened ears" like bro they stay home and hang out with goats just mutilate them so they can be comfortable. Maybe once I'm moved my new vet will actually be willing to do "cosmetic" procedures

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Ohh that's really smart!!! It's legal in my state but different vets can be picky about what's necessary vs just cosmetic. I tried a couple years ago to have the LGDs ears trimmed but apparently my vet won't do it. They get the most horrific hot spots in the folds of their ears and it's really hard to treat them. Ear cropping and dew claw removal would usually be "cosmetic" but I'd love to have it done all at once for their quality of life, it's not like I'm walking them around being like "look at my dogs clawless legs and shortened ears" like bro they stay home and hang out with goats just mutilate them so they can be comfortable. Maybe once I'm moved my new vet will actually be willing to do "cosmetic" procedures

I understand the two sides to the matter. I think most vets here have no issues at least removing hind dew claws as they just tend to cause trouble later on anyways.

 

[FunClucks]

Same as every other nail, except there may be a bit of guessing if they are black.

My standard poodle (huge feet) has all black claws. I use a bright headlamp to inspect after each cut and so I can see what I'm doing. [I also shave all the hair off his feet and toes first.] There is a texture/color change on the soft part of the inner nail/toe tissue when you don't want to go any further. It takes some practice, but once you know what you're looking at, it's easy to get it right. As long as your dog doesn't wiggle too much and mess things up. [My boy doesn't, of course, because he's awesome and wants his cheese]

 

[ShrekDawg]

My standard poodle (huge feet) has all black claws. I use a bright headlamp to inspect after each cut and so I can see what I'm doing. [I also shave all the hair off his feet and toes first.] There is a texture/color change on the soft part of the inner nail/toe tissue when you don't want to go any further. It takes some practice, but once you know what you're looking at, it's easy to get it right. As long as your dog doesn't wiggle too much and mess things up. [My boy doesn't, of course, because he's awesome and wants his cheese]

Brew is a wiggler lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

He actually tries to sit in your lap and/or kiss you like “please don’t hurt me. I’m so sorry for whatever I did. Please don’t do that.”

 

[FunClucks]

He actually tries to sit in your lap and/or kiss you like “please don’t hurt me. I’m so sorry for whatever I did. Please don’t do that.”

Oh poor baby! That's an example of times I really wish my boy could speak English. It would make explanations so much easier.

My boy's not a fan either, but the cheese or steak immediately appears after each snip, so he tolerates it well enough. Very happy once done!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh poor baby! That's an example of times I really wish my boy could speak English. It would make explanations so much easier.

My boy's not a fan either, but the cheese or steak immediately appears after each snip, so he tolerates it well enough. Very happy once done!

Yeah same I wish I could explain.

But that’s good though!!!!!!

 

[FunClucks]

Oh poor baby! That's an example of times I really wish my boy could speak English. It would make explanations so much easier.

My boy's not a fan either, but the cheese or steak immediately appears after each snip, so he tolerates it well enough. Very happy once done!

@ShrekDawg - Now that I think about it, when we were first developing our grooming process, we would negotiate, him and I, about which treat was good enough for him to comply with what I wanted him to do. I would show up with clippers, or eye drops, or whatever, and stand there with a variety of treats and say "cheese" or "eye drops, then cheese", and he would either think about it and sidle up uncomfortably to earn the cheese, or he would stand there, like, yeah not good enough. Sometimes he would come up, smell the cheese, decide it wasn't the flavor he preferred, and back off. So I would try the "proper" type of cheese, or another treat - "eye drops then steak", and that was usually good enough, he would sidle up, and unhappily submit in order to earn the steak. He knows the appearance and/or name of all the things we want to do to him, and the names of all the good treats. We've spent years working on the concept that whenever mom asks you to do something you don't like, you get a reward that you will love. Never had to actually force him, just had to find a suitable reward, which is good, because my boy is 50+ lbs, as tall as my waist, and as smart as my kids. If he were ever to decide he's straight up not doing something, nothing I would be able to do would be effective, at least in the short term.

 

[ShrekDawg]

@ShrekDawg - Now that I think about it, when we were first developing our grooming process, we would negotiate, him and I, about which treat was good enough for him to comply with what I wanted him to do. I would show up with clippers, or eye drops, or whatever, and stand there with a variety of treats and say "cheese" or "eye drops, then cheese", and he would either think about it and sidle up uncomfortably to earn the cheese, or he would stand there, like, yeah not good enough. Sometimes he would come up, smell the cheese, decide it wasn't the flavor he preferred, and back off. So I would try the "proper" type of cheese, or another treat - "eye drops then steak", and that was usually good enough, he would sidle up, and unhappily submit in order to earn the steak. He knows the appearance and/or name of all the things we want to do to him, and the names of all the good treats. We've spent years working on the concept that whenever mom asks you to do something you don't like, you get a reward that you will love. Never had to actually force him, just had to find a suitable reward, which is good, because my boy is 50+ lbs, as tall as my waist, and as smart as my kids. If he were ever to decide he's straight up not doing something, nothing I would be able to do would be effective, at least in the short term.

Oh wow that’s awesome!!!!!!!!

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

@ShrekDawg - Now that I think about it, when we were first developing our grooming process, we would negotiate, him and I, about which treat was good enough for him to comply with what I wanted him to do. I would show up with clippers, or eye drops, or whatever, and stand there with a variety of treats and say "cheese" or "eye drops, then cheese", and he would either think about it and sidle up uncomfortably to earn the cheese, or he would stand there, like, yeah not good enough. Sometimes he would come up, smell the cheese, decide it wasn't the flavor he preferred, and back off. So I would try the "proper" type of cheese, or another treat - "eye drops then steak", and that was usually good enough, he would sidle up, and unhappily submit in order to earn the steak. He knows the appearance and/or name of all the things we want to do to him, and the names of all the good treats. We've spent years working on the concept that whenever mom asks you to do something you don't like, you get a reward that you will love. Never had to actually force him, just had to find a suitable reward, which is good, because my boy is 50+ lbs, as tall as my waist, and as smart as my kids. If he were ever to decide he's straight up not doing something, nothing I would be able to do would be effective, at least in the short term.

I need to try that with Satchets. She is 70lbs at least, and I am short so she is tall compared to me! She actually is better then our smaller dog who is forty pounds, and shorter, because she is more obedient. I just need to train Satchets better with getting groomed.She HATES the clippers on her face and paws. She is fine with the rest of her getting groomed.. She takes her flea and tick meds fine.