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Title: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: Poppsie on May 06, 2012, 08:10:12 PM
Phoebe and Mia are pretty good at being groomed  :luv: I try hard to groom them at least once a day so they won't get knotty etc, BUT when it comes to doing their tails  >:D oh no the little boogers will try anything to get away so I can't brush/comb their tails. I've always been really gentle when doing it but for some reason they aren't too fond of it >:( Maybe they are super sensitive  :dunno: who know??
Anybody else's cocker like this????
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: The Waltons on May 06, 2012, 08:20:49 PM
Funny you should say that, milo hates grooming full stop. He is very fond of his tail & when we are having cuddles & i touch it, he turns round & grabs it as if to say , leave it , its mine, he does not like it being touched.
jo & milo
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: kalami on May 06, 2012, 08:41:41 PM
I don't brush either of there tails
But they're not keen on them being stroked. Took bella to vet yesterday though as she's got a small lump on her tail and she let the vet have a prod and poke
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: Lily Freya on May 06, 2012, 08:53:24 PM
Ours are not too bad at all at being groomed, but you are right................when it comes to trying do get the brush to their tails, it is difficult.  I am ok if OH holds them into a standing position. 

But not easy hey????
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: KellyT on May 06, 2012, 09:11:56 PM
So having never had a cocker with a tail I was baffled at what to do when it came to grooming it  :lol:

However, Hazel doesn't really like it being combed, but I'm allowed to brush it, briefly, usually followed with a puppy mouth on my hand or the brush  ph34r
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: Mrs Pepper on May 07, 2012, 09:25:53 AM
Pepper is quite accommodating when having his tail combed or brushed but if he isn't in the mood, he will just sit down which then means I can't get to it properly!
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: minimoo on May 07, 2012, 09:35:22 AM
the three cockers i have had with tails have never liked having them done and will put up with it but they dont like it i think their tails must be pretty sensitive
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: tillydog on May 07, 2012, 09:42:23 AM
Lady has a docked tail and doesnt like it being touched.
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: siam on May 07, 2012, 10:06:58 AM
Alfie doesn't mind getting groomed but the tail is a definite no go area! Given that he has a pretty hairy tail (like the rest of him!) I need to grab any sneaky chance I can to give it a brush along the way! 
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: Clare B on May 07, 2012, 10:08:30 AM
Flo doesnt mind her tail being groomed, and she hates grooming but I think it's because her tail doesn't get the matting the rest of her coat can have .
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: Sue67 on May 07, 2012, 11:03:12 AM
Indy's tail's docked but she hates it being touched.

The look she gives you makes you feel like a pervert!  :lol2:

'That's MINE! How dare you mess with it! Get away you freak!'  :lol2:
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: hollyd443 on May 07, 2012, 08:35:50 PM
My two cockers don't mind it (but they love just about any amount of grooming and beautifying!) Sophie collie, Mika, and the collie thats staying with us at the moment don't like having their tails done but I think its because they have so much fur on them its pretty heavy going!!
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: KellyT on May 07, 2012, 10:26:53 PM
Indy's tail's docked but she hates it being touched.

The look she gives you makes you feel like a pervert!  :lol2:

'That's MINE! How dare you mess with it! Get away you freak!'  :lol2:

 :005: :005: :005: Millie gives me this look as well if I touch her tail (docked) or try to trim around her bottom  :005:
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: 8 Hairy Feet on May 08, 2012, 09:21:53 AM
I've had a wee breakthrough with
this problem ;)
I managed to leave my brush
and combs in Anglesey and had to
make do with a clothes-brush and old
human comb(Not ideal)the clothes-brush
is a really old soft bristle brush and Ellie
quite nicely allowed me to brush her tail
with it, something unheard of before,
so now
it's allocated as her tail brush...hurrah :lol2:
steffxxx
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: Clare B on May 08, 2012, 09:37:45 AM
I have much less problem brushing Flo now, by similar circumstances and having to use one of my hair brushes on Flo , just a cheap plastic wide needle  brush... Doesn't seem to pull so much.... Now it's solely for grooming Flo.
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: karen488 on May 08, 2012, 11:53:22 AM
Bingley doesn't like it, Darcey tucks it so much under her bottom it's hard to get to it, she hates it.
Title: Re: Does your cocker hate having their tail brushed??
Post by: dipsydoodlenoodle on May 09, 2012, 12:37:54 PM
Charlie doesn't seem to mind, I think he'll put up with grooming because he has to. I normally brush his tail when he's sat down with it sticking out behind him so I effectively brush it onto the carpet.