This finding a good brush is driving me crazy-so......

[BarbV]

I absolutely agree. I tried so hard to condition Bailey to like being brushed, but nothing worked. I started brushing her gently at 10 weeks old with a soft brush and with treats to get her used to it, but she attacked the brush. I tried clicker training her, but she still attacked the brush. Eventually I had to give up and just brush her despite her screaming and trying to kill the brush. I can't wait around for her to get used to it or she'll end up with mats, tangled fur, and dead undercoat when it's 100 degrees outside.

So, I just give her a flossie or frozen kong. She still wants to kill the brush, but it's decreased the amount of times she tries to attack it.

Ditto! My dogs don't kill the brush, but sometimes it takes them along time to settle down! Until I got my lazy suzy grooming table, I would leg wrestle them into position.

I still do it when I groom at the cottage. This means dog lying down. Put one leg over dogs neck to keep him pinned. Start at the back end and work your way up. At some point you'll switch legs and pin the back end while you working on the neck. By then, the dog should be in a "calm, submissive" state, as Caesar would say. Flip dog, and repeat the other side. Then put dog into a sit or stand and work on the head and ruff.

Start in shorter sessions and gradually extend them. I can now get Indy to succomb to over an hour of grooming if necessary (excluding baths). And lots of treats! Before and after, and sometimes during.

 

[BarbV]

I could be in trouble, Mikos was already 8.5 months old when we got him 7 months ago!

They are never too old to train! Truly!

 

[BarbV]

You have to understand that Barb is obssessed with grooming. I think she should teach a grooming your sheltie class. Or make a you-tube video, there we could really see how much she loves to do this. We already know she could talk about it for hours.
All in fun, Barb.

Ha! Yeah, I can talk about it for hours, but do I walk the talk? LOL! Reality is that I know what to do and how to do it, but I'm essentially lazy! So I don't do it as often as I should.

I also have a handicap.....I have pinched nerves in my neck caused by osteo-arthritis that makes my hands shake pretty bad sometimes! The video would end up being: " How NOT to do a poodle cut on your Sheltie by accident! or, Ooops! the bikini razor slipped again!"

 

[KarenCurtis]

Ha! Yeah, I can talk about it for hours, but do I walk the talk? LOL! Reality is that I know what to do and how to do it, but I'm essentially lazy! So I don't do it as often as I should.

I also have a handicap.....I have pinched nerves in my neck caused by osteo-arthritis that makes my hands shake pretty bad sometimes! The video would end up being: " How NOT to do a poodle cut on your Sheltie by accident! or, Ooops! the bikini razor slipped again!"

LOL !!!
Sandstorm here;
we are not poodles! we are shelties! we will not be humiliated!

 

[BarbV]

LOL !!!
Sandstorm here;
we are not poodles! we are shelties! we will not be humiliated!

My boys would agree!

"Mom, step away from the scissors......"

 

[nbrard]

I have to laugh at the talk of poodle cuts. Brie had her leg shaved when she was spayed a couple of weeks ago and my son keeps calling it her poodle leg! Lucky girl, a shaved patch on her leg and mom trimming her ears a bit short!
http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb446/nbrard/2e510b37.jpg

 

[k9kreationz]

Has anyone tried those wooden bristle brushes? It says its to help detangle w/o pulling. I wondered if our pups would like that more.

I just bought 2 brushes ($70 ouch). I hope they work wonders! Well, I hope Koji will like it better. I think he has very sensitive skin.

 

[BarbV]

I've looked at them but never gave into the temptation.

I'm really happy with the brushes that I have now. Now I just want TWO of everything so that I don't have to keep schleping my grooming tools to the cottage each weekend!

 

[KarenCurtis]

I've looked at them but never gave into the temptation.

I'm really happy with the brushes that I have now. Now I just want TWO of everything so that I don't have to keep schleping my grooming tools to the cottage each weekend!

Uh-oh. Is there a brushes support group?

 

[BarbV]

Someone posted that their shelties tail was sucked up by the vacuum cleaner hose- was that you? I couldn't stop laughing.

I sucked up Indy's butt hairs into the dremmel! That created a set back that I'm still dealing with him with! He hears the dremmel and his butt just starts to twitch.

The best thing is still the grooming arm if you can set one up in your home. Mine collapses and can be attached to either my lazy susan or any convenient table top. And tucked under the bed when I'm not using it.