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Good morning, buddies! Ken is off to Burns and Pine Bluffs for two visitations and I sat this one out. Still kinda wobbly on my feet so we figured I could use the rest this week to recover - even if that means trying to keep up with Fee.

Today I bite the bullet and try to strip her coat myself. Should be interesting, to say the least. Into the fray I go.......if you don't hear from me by tonight, send in a rescue party. Man, dealing with her grooming is a heck of a lot different than taking care of a chicken's feathers and feet. <sigh>
 
Blooie said:
Good morning, buddies! Ken is off to Burns and Pine Bluffs for two visitations and I sat this one out. Still kinda wobbly on my feet so we figured I could use the rest this week to recover - even if that means trying to keep up with Fee.

Today I bite the bullet and try to strip her coat myself. Should be interesting, to say the least. Into the fray I go.......if you don't hear from me by tonight, send in a rescue party. Man, dealing with her grooming is a heck of a lot different than taking care of a chicken's feathers and feet. <sigh>
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Good luck with that! I hear hand stripping takes a lot of time, even on little terriers (part of why I decided against a Border Terrier or Cairn) so I can't even imagine how long such a HUGE dog will take!!
 
Oh, we're getting there. Got about 8 inches of her done, only a mile or two to go. <sigh> She's tolerating it very well...just lays there and lets me go to town on it. Um, it's not quite as easy as it looked on the YouTube video where the lady was doing the Miniature Schnauzer...with the proper tools. All I have are my fingers and a bag of treats. I did find one video of a lady stripping a Wolfhound puppy's coat - the pup was about the same age as Fee but Fee's coat is not pulling out that easily. Maybe it's not "ripe" yet. I dunno. But as long as she lays there quietly and lets me do it, I'll keep going. I need to take a lot of breaks, but that's more for me than for her - my hips and back don't want me on the floor that long. Thank goodness I can make her stand and then use her to get up!
 
drumstick diva said:
NFC if it bothers you, we can take over and you can start a new thread.:gig:lau. Have you noticed the 'other' person hasn't commented. Chicken bawk bawk bawk.
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Sorry, I just try to ignore the idle chat that goes on around here :gigwhy do I feel like I'm being stalked? :hmm
 

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