Favourite part to groom?

I can P.M. each and every one of you with my address and directions. I have 8 shelties that always need some brushing. Consider it my contribution to your therapy!:lol:
 
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seashel said:
I was brushing the boys today as they are moulting (everything is moulting here - the rabbits look very odd!) and found myself enjoying combing out the thick hair around the stifles and the top of the elbows - there's something so satisfying about getting those fat tufts of dead hair out! Then I moved onto trimming the feet and it got me thinking, there are some bits of the dogs that I like grooming and some I do not like.
Aside from the obvious (claws and beneath the tail) is anyone else prepared to admit to having favourite and not so plesant parts of a sheltie to groom?

OK..if no one posts I know to seek professional help!:lol:
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Hey-Sandstorm here-
I'm calling all shelties to sit down when your owners want to brush your pants. We have rights too. I don't want my pants brushed, I am proud of them!!!! Okay, butts get big, and my mom always calls me silly butt- I am humiliated!
Sandstorm
 
Callie is very cooperative about being groomed so I like brushing all of her :smile2:
Cranberry has some objections to being prettified so his ruff and feathers are probably the easiest parts to do. His ears and pants are the parts that need the most work :yes:

not coming to Connecticut any time soon :biggrin2:
 
Sounds like something for the SUBU to address. The SUBU has been very silently lately. Indy and Bacca here.....OK, brothers and sisters, what do YOU say about this grooming stuff that our paren'ts keep insisting on???

We've been pushing back lately. And mom is not happy....we can tell. What's the middle ground?
 
Favorite part: Front feet!

Least favorite: Back feet (never can get it right), sheltie pants, and anywhere on Bentley's butt (he objects!)
 
My favorite part of grooming are the feet. Believe me with eleven dogs there are enough feet to keep me in pleasantries for a long long time! I'm not a fan of clipping the ear hairs though, I'm always afraid of getting some snippings into the ear canal. I try to keep my thumb over that area but some of these dogs haven't been trained to sit still when I'm trimming the excess hair from their ears so I'm always checking and rechecking to make sure their ear canals are clean...

General grooming is a snap here as I do brush them often and they are bathed and groomed once a month...

Hugs
Judy
 
SheltieLuver said:
I admit I get a feeling of satisfaction when I pull out those tufts. :smile2:
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I will confess to that too. I borrowed a friend's sheltie last summer so I could brush him and remove all the tufts. she has multiple shelties and had brought 2 with her to use in CGC/TDI testing. I started brushing during the tests and didn't get done so I stole him overnight and finished making him pretty :yes:
 
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