Trixie got a haircut today. The last grooming session was a nightmare, she was injured and I was angry, so I decided then and there I would be grooming her myself — for better or worse. So, today was the day. I am always confused by the size of the guard for the clipper so I opted for a bit longer until I could see how it was going to go — next time it will be a little shorter.
It actually went pretty well. I can now see her eyes and she has a little less hair— not much, it needs to be shorter — and she doesn’t look professionally groomed but you know what, that is ok. Her last encounter with the groomer left her little bottom so razor burned that I had to sit up with her half the night applying neosporin and Vaseline while she sat and cried. Then, as I was trying to comfort her I discovered that she had a nasty cut to her neck.
So…..
It is very pricey going to a professional groomer and I am not going to spend the money to have her hurt.
She did well this morning and I decided to go slow, she will get a bath Saturday morning and we are going to start a bedtime routine where she gets brushed and her eyes washed every night. I am going to try to clip her nails but I am nervous to do it as she has black nails and it is hard to see where the vein is but I can file them if I have to or take her to the vet to get her nails trimmed.
Trixie is now learning what DIY means.
2 comments:
Good for you cutting her hair yourself. Poor little thing. Probably traumatized by the last haircut.
Good morning, GM! Usually she is pretty good at the groomer but this last time she was mess, and she cried and I had to put her on a soft blanket and medicate her and she just whined and cried all night. The razor burn was so bad she actually looked burned. So I decided right then and there that I would do the best I could but that was the way it was going to be. Usually it takes them almost two hours to do her but that time they called me in less than 45 minutes and were rushing me out of the place so I think they knew. Well, now I know. And she did fine with me yesterday. I knew to quit when she had had enough and it will just be an ongoing process. That is how my mom groomed our evil Pekingese. So, yeah, it will be ok.
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