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Cocker Specific Discussion => Grooming => Topic started by: amanda9586 on January 17, 2008, 12:40:33 AM
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Hi,
Poppy off for her first "haircut" tomorrow. She is seven months old, not sure when most people get their dogs cut for the first time but we felt it was about the right time for a tidy up as she has 4 large mops attached to her legs which are getting a tad wet with all this horrible weather.
Don't know why but I'm a bit nervous about getting our little fluff bucket cut?!?! I just kind of love her exactly as she is but she is getting a bit unwieldy to dry off.
Hope she behaves and does not embarrass me ph34r she tends to be quite good at that :005:
Anyone got any funny grooming stories to make me feel better? :D
Amanda & Poppy x
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Aww wee popett :luv: If I had a show cocker id let them stay hairy :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: and do all the ness grooming 150 times a day :005: :005: as I dont like them clipped :'( ph34r sorry :005:
Maybe its because our workers lack hair, just jealous :005: :005:
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No I dont like them Clipped too much either so I'm hoping for just a tidy up and a trim! Especially those feet - Oooh more nervous now! ph34r
I guess you just have to make sure you ask for what you want!
Amanda & Poppy x
Ps just read one of the ohter threads about taking a photo - thats a really good idea.
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Just incase anyone is interested - just got back from the groomers and she is still a lovely show cocker!
Not to much taken off just nice and tidy and esp nice tidy feet!!! :luv: :luv:
Really really pleased..... :D Its nice when you find someone who is really nice with the doggies and you also end up with what you want.
Amanda & Poppy x
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Glad to hear you're pleased with the trim
Can we see a picture please? (any excuse :005:)
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Hi Amanda, do you have a photo? Was she clipped or just trimmed with scissors. :D
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Hi Amanda, do you have a photo? Was she clipped or just trimmed with scissors. :D
Just trimmed with Scissors. Will get a photo when OH comes back as its a two man job!
I was pleased as well as she had no tangles and the lady said she had nice clean ears :D top marks for us first timers!
Amanda & Poppy x
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OH still away with work so attempted some pics on my own..... They are not the best pictures of Poppy (and you have to bear in mind that she has been spayed so still growing back fur underneath!)
Before our little fluff bucket..... :luv: look at those paws :005:
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff76/amanda9586/IMG_3255.jpg)
and after (still a fluff bucket but nice and tidy esp those paws!!) :luv:
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff76/amanda9586/IMG_3298_2.jpg)
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff76/amanda9586/IMG_3309.jpg)
Looking forward to her next trim as everything may have grown enough by then to get a "proper" cocker shape. :D
Oh yes - lady said I could have feet cut shorter but I quite liked them a bit longer.....
Amanda & Poppy x
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she looks great, sooo grown up :luv: :luv: :luv:
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Poppy looks beautiful with her new fur-do :005:
She looks very much like our Jasper in that last pic....
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Wow she is gorgeous! I'll need to keep Sam away from here later so he doesn't fall in love!!
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She looks gorgeous! :luv: The groomers have done a great job - neat and tidy but still nice and furry (if that makes sense!) :D
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Poppy looks great - the groomer's done a great job. :luv: Love the black floor as well - need to change my white (brown muddy) kitchen floor :005:
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Oh my! Amanda! Hasn't she grown! :005:
She is stunning! What a lovely looking girly! :luv:
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Poppy looks great - the groomer's done a great job. :luv: Love the black floor as well - need to change my white (brown muddy) kitchen floor :005:
Black floor - worst ever!! Shows every little wet paw / foot print....... ph34r
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Aaaaw she's so pretty! :luv:
Her hair cut is just right, I hope we can find a nice groomer for Pippa when she's bigger!
Barb
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Black floor - worst ever!! Shows every little wet paw / foot print....... ph34r
Tell me about it - think we have the same one! :005:
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She is absolutely beautiful.... I love her vibrant colouring.... (I won't be showing Ollie.... he already thinks shes is "a bit of a looker") :005:
And very nicely trimmed too... wont be long before she needs it done again though Amanda....
We've decided to buy all the combing/stripping stuff and do it ourselves... how successful we'll be remains to be seen - but I want Ollie to say straight haired and wavey, rather than have a more wooly looking coat.... to be honest the cost of grooming every few weeks (£30 around here) makes the DIY option more of a necessity.
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Glad to read you had a good experience at the groomers. I'm hoping for the same.
Daisy (8 months) will have her first visit early Feb. Having phoned round a good deal of grooming parlours, I was aghast at the variety in their responses. ph34r Some would not entertain hand stripping at all, some were totally money orientated and couldn't book me in quickly enough, others told me point blank that I was wasting my money with stripping and that clipping would be quicker, easier and would be my end result anyway at 8 months. Perhaps they might be right, but "customer service" was not part of their training!. Frankly, it was disappointing.
Only one asked me about Daisy's character, coat and did not mention money at all. Guess which groomer I picked?!!! ;) She said that she would firstly like to meet Daisy and assess her coat to see if hand stripping was going to be right for her or not. She said that the first few visits would be simply building up Daisy's confidence. What a difference! It was a joy to talk to someone who had my puppy's best interest at heart, rather than just telling me what they were going to do. The groomer I chose also said that if Daisy could not be stripped, she would still be able to get a nice Cocker show look with hand scissors, so it wasn't a case of clipping or nothing.
Every night Daisy and I have a "grooming hour" . She loves the attention (and treats!) and I have stepped up the (pretend) scissor work to get her used to the noise, which she doesn't really like. At present I just trim her paws - which are HUGE! But with this dreadful wet weather, the woolly mammoth look just isn't practical. I don't want an "oven ready " effect, but anything has got to be better than the present!
The final straw came when someone actually asked me what breed she was. I've never reached for a Yellow Pages more quickly!
Nearer the time I'll take some Before and After photos, but as she's a very dark Blue Roan, it's hard to tell one end from the other right now....
Kay
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Hi Kay,
Wow you had a task finding a nice groomer ph34r I was very lucky in that there are a couple of COL's who live not far from me so I asked them for some recommendations and the lady I got recommended is literally a mile up the road. She has a cocker herself but does grooming for all types of breeds.
She was just so nice with Poppy as well - just tidying her up and getting her used to the whole experience. I have to say that Poppy was an :angel: though - Very proud mum!
Good luck with your first visit and defo need pics - any excuse!
Amanda & Poppy x
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Poppy looks gorgeous! I am so disappointed! Bailey is over 5 months now, but he doesn't look anything like needing a trim in the near or distant future! >:(The only bits of him that are long are his legs which are woolly! I suppose it will save me a fortune, but I wanted him to be really hairy! Not that I don't love him to bits just as he is.
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Oh me oh my LizzyB - be careful what you wish for!!! I have an INCREDIBLY hairy, very dark, blue roan, 8 month old pup and her hair/fur grows like weeds! :luv: When dry, she looks like she's just come out of the tumble drier and everyone's convinced she's hideously overweight. However, with all the rain lately, when they see her after a wet walk over the fields, she's as slender as a rake!!!
I do love grooming her, which is just as well, because it's a nightly procedure before bed time, to keep on top of all the possibly matting and knots. Mostly I find half the field buried somewhere under her tummy and in her back legs!
There are times when I wistfully think of getting a whippet next time.....but only wistfully! :luv: :luv:
Kay