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Yep, that's it! I guess I bought DH the Wahl and got them confused. The body of the shaver is quite large, but I have large hands, so that is not an issue for me. An ergonomic grip would have been nice. I'll contact you when I need the blades sharpened, I have an address is Seattle for a repair place but I'd rather use someone who comes recommended. I am still trying to figure out what size blades to use. I like the dog to look a little fluffy, though the vet thinks I ought to keep her in a lion cut as her fur serves as velcro with all the brambles in our yard, they especially get tangled on her back half.
Well I personally like to get 2 blades of each, that way if one blade get warm then switch them out. If they do get warm place them on metal to draw the heat out or a block of marble. I use the #5/8f or #3 3/4f for fluffy trims. With you saying she gets tangled you probably don't want to get the comb attachments as the dog has to be tangle free to go through the coat but you can achive a longer clip that way with a comb attachment. The #10 I believe you said you had gotten I use for sanitary clips, short faces on poodles or cockers & sometimes poodle feet.
Shannon
Thank you very much for your reply - this is very helpful. I felt really guilty when I shaved her and found some small blackberry vines stuck in her coat. I completely missed them when I bathed and brushed her! Apparently the teeth on my brush were not long enough because she had some matts under areas that appeared to be nicely brushed. One of the matts was about 3" x 5", my duaghter stuck it to the head of my short-haired dog like a toupee! When I first got her, I had wanted to let her grow dread-locks, until I read through the process of how to form them! A shave is much lower maintenance - it doesn't have the cute factor, but that hair style is just not practical. Shaving her was much easier than I had expected. I used to leave her at the groomer for 6+ hours, but it took me less than two (I bathed her the day before). I'm sure that most of the time the groomer spends must be what it takes to brush and dry her coat. Before the shave, when her hair was long, I'd spend 3 to 5 hours brushing her after each bath (baths made her fur matt), and now it take just a few minutes.
