Favourite part to groom?

My favorite thing is to brush. I LOVE to brush. I've often said this is one of the reasons I would probably never get a short coated breed. I've also become a whisker trimming fool, and I LOVE to trim whiskers. I usually trim those every 2-3 weeks UNLESS Fluff is going out somewhere where there are other sheltie/dog people, and then I trim them every time she goes out so she isn't prickly (and I want Jennifer to see them trimmed :biggrin2:). I don't do Smudge's whiskers.

My LEAST favorite is to trim nails, and clean the inside of the ears.
 
I like brushing in generally but not formally. I like sitting in the chair with the dogs on my lap and brushing them while I watch TV. The tuffs make that messy. I hate the tuffs. I see a tuff and into the bathtub they go and a blow out.

I hate trimming feet, ears anything I need to cut. Hate it. I usually talk Rachel into doing it for me. She is the groomer not me.:lol: I don't mind nails. I'm very quick and good at them.:biggrin2:
 
Barb I have noticed the SUBU has been very quiet lately and I have noticed several things for it to be in an up roar over....maybe they are planning some thing.
 
Same for me - I love trimming his front feet but can never get the back feet right - I can't seem to figure out how to position him so that I can reach them!

corbinam said:
Favorite part: Front feet!

Least favorite: Back feet (never can get it right), sheltie pants, and anywhere on Bentley's butt (he objects!)
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This may be kind of weird, but I've started to really enjoy giving baths - maybe it's the fancy new professional tub Mom installed in her new dog room! :biggrin2:

I hate chalking. I just don't like the feeling of the chalk on my fingers, and between our own dogs and working for handlers, I feel like I've done it enough already. We've always used a long-handled plastic-bristle hairbrush to pack the chalk in, but a few years ago Mom got a little handle-less Fuller brush, on the advice of a friend. Because there's no handle, you have to stick your hand into the chalk and get it all over your hands. Aieeee! Goosebumps! I kept trying to "lose" it at dog shows. :wink2: Now we just bring both.
 
Sumac3890 said:
Barb I have noticed the SUBU has been very quiet lately and I have noticed several things for it to be in an up roar over....maybe they are planning some thing.
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You are quite right....I've noticed Indy and Bacca paying particular attention to this thread. I expect they are wondering where it will lead and if they need to step in at some point.

Could be that they are picking their battles....Halloween is coming, after all! :eek2:
 
tofu pup said:
This may be kind of weird, but I've started to really enjoy giving baths - maybe it's the fancy new professional tub Mom installed in her new dog room! :biggrin2:

I hate chalking. I just don't like the feeling of the chalk on my fingers, and between our own dogs and working for handlers, I feel like I've done it enough already. We've always used a long-handled plastic-bristle hairbrush to pack the chalk in, but a few years ago Mom got a little handle-less Fuller brush, on the advice of a friend. Because there's no handle, you have to stick your hand into the chalk and get it all over your hands. Aieeee! Goosebumps! I kept trying to "lose" it at dog shows. :wink2: Now we just bring both.
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hahaahaa I dont know if you've ever noticed at shows I also hate the feeling of chalk on my hands and if I touch my face since it has talc it makes me break out soooo I have to be really careful so im always either purelling my hands or washing them with the spray bottle I wonder if people think I have OCD or are germaphobic (which I am)...I loathe chalk and hate using it!!!

Oh and I use a denture brush from walgreens so it has a handle, and it the stiffness of a toothbrush, but the head is about 4 times the size of a regular toothbrush.
 
I like all of it, except Lady's belly, where she pees all over herself, and she loves to be dirty in that area. We have the Great Debate on that part ALLLL the time. She says, I don't have the time, and quit squirting that clean up stuff on me. It takes a little more then wipes some days. At the same time she likes a bath better then Lucky.
 
Also about the whisker trimming. My favorites are the black whiskers. The black ones are more wirey and more fun. :uhoh:









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