Poodles and Chickens - together forever!

[BeardedChick]

Ninja, when you clip short, do you clip only with the grain or also back against it?

I just clipped poodlish very short - 1/8" - and it's pretty uneven, due to those 700 billion curly cowlicks... He seems extra frisky. Ruh-roh.

 

[ninjapoodles]

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Depends how short I want it. If I want to leave curls, I go with growth. If I want it short and smooth, I go against growth. The important thing is to do it the same way all over--don't go with growth in one place, and against in others.

Definitely against on face/feet/tail.

 

[BeardedChick]

Thanks - I think I'll leave the clip as is and see how it looks in a couple of days. Next time I'll try a 1/4" guard against the grain and see how different that looks.

They have the most muscular little legs under that fuzz...

 

[mikarod]

I DOUBT he'd notice...

When he was young nobody trained him to the clippers...so now we have to LITERALLY take him to the vet, make him totally limp (shot of something to knock his butt out) and cut his legs. You can do the rest of him...just not the legs.

Shame too. I'm actually REALLY good at clipping the hair, just not his!

He does have soft hair. THAT'S what's different...all of our other poodles had somewhat wiry hair!

I just wish whoever had him before us had taught him all of this stuff....he's just RIDICULOUS at times...

 

[ninjapoodles]

Soft, cottony hair is the worst to clip. The clippers just skip over it, and it gets all gummed up in the clipper. Not fun! Might even be worth working in a silicone spray while the coat is damp, and blow-drying that in, to increase the clipper's ability to glide through the hair.

 

[BeardedChick]

Infusium 23 has silicone... Cheap enough to buy and it works OK. I mix a splash of it in a pan of water and use it for the final rinse post-bath.

 

[Highlander]

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I wish my Doodle was as good as yours around the chickens. He would eat them in a heartbeat. Still, when he looks at you with those big brown eyes.........

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq71/outtathebag/IMG_0066.jpg

 

[mtnhomechick]

Outtathebag............What a Cute Dog!!! Thanks for sharing. Did you know they were developed in Australia to be therapy dogs? Sadie is trained to get things around the house for dh........like a coke out of the fridge. One time she pierced the can and it fizzled on her.......scared the heck out of her but she recovered. It was soooo funny!

 

[warcard]

I have a friend who leaves a mustache on her male poodle. Just so everyone knows he's a boy.

 

[tomcio]

Well, so long as we are talking dogs... I can't say I love poodles, but I guess when the only one you know can pierce an eardrum with his shrieking bark, you tend to shy away

Here are mine:

Sasha - Siberian Husky (but we suspect her to be a wolf-dog mix!)

Bit - Jack Russell Terrier (by breed, cat by nature)

I can't wait to see how they will deal with my soon to arrive chicks, I hope they will be as protective as they are with us. They are very good at playing with our cockatiel and didn't fuss too much over our new quails.

You guys have some great dogs from what I can see in the photos.