What scissors/shears do you have in your kit bag, and why?

The white on the muzzle of the dog on the table is why I said, if at all (doubt, doubt, doubt) it is the same dog, then the white on the muzzle is that of an older dog. And the pictures were taken when he was a lot younger.
The dog on the table is a lovely companion dog, the dog on the ground is probably a finished Champion.
 
So I guess, I have to ask the question...why the scam? She showed the finished dog on the table. Why the other pictures.

But really, that's not the point. The point is which of her techniques are appropriate. In running through it again, I gained a little knowledge, but probably mostly what NOT to do.

I am curious about the show dog grooming video though. Anybody have any experience with the outfit that produces this?

btw....I posted an ad on Kiijji a couple of days ago to see if I could find a groomer who specialized in Shelties. One responded. She specializes in herding dogs, not Shelties particularly. She works out of her own home and does pick up and delivery services. She sent me the following as to how she grooms:

I just wanted to explain in detail how I groom shelties myself I take great pride in these dogs as I am a herding dog owner myself.(Australian shepherd)
Prebath: I do a 15 min brush out of excess hair, cut nails, pre trim feet and hocks.

Bath: I use a deshedding shampoo 2x's. Rinse. Condition the coat with furnmintor solution, thats applyed and left on for 5 mins
Rinse.

Dry: volocity dryer brushing at the same time to help less pull on the dogs skin.

TRIMING
Ears: they should be shown in great detailed, edge ears and define natural shape. using thinning sheers.
brush out their fur on their face cheeks and make it shaped to the dogs natural shape. Bring their mane
in a V shape to the bottom of the chest. using thinning sheers.
Front legs:
feathers should fall naturally with little scissoring. recommend thinning sheers every other groom for neatness.
feathers should be trimed from bottom of foot to top pad. feathers fall over to foot
back hocks:
most like hocks trimed short but show groom should be about a inch of hair and lightly trimed just for neatness with
thinners.
Undercarriage:
lightly trimed for neatness with thinning sheers for a natural look.
Back legs: should be thinned to the body contour of the dogs stance.

Shelties should be groomed with thinning sheers to maintain a neat and very natural look. Scissors will show lines
and can be noticed the dog has been groomed.

Little about myself Been a groomer for 4 years and been in the pet industry for 15. I love dogs.
I use to work for a large corporate company and left because I care to much for the dogs to see them
being miss treated by some groomers. I would drive home some nights in tears just thinking to myself what if that was
my dog?
That was 2 months ago. now I have a small salon off of my kitchen and my clients followed. I pick some of them up for their
grooms and they stay with me for the day, some are in and out and I have one client who has 12 dogs who stays for the groom
chit chats and has a cup a tea.

I think I found myself a winner. What do you all think?
 
I hope you have but I certainly hope she grooms better than she spells. Sorry, I'm picky on my spelling and grammar, especially when it is advertising a business.
 
Maybe you can ask her if you can come and watch her do a few grooms. It sounds like she probably worked for a Petsmart,Petco type co. and the majority of the groomers work I've seen from those places are hack jobs.:eek2:
 
She did say that she left because she couldn't stand to see dogs being mistreated by the other groomers....that's an awful thought!

I know that groomers have to put up with all kind of animals that won't cooperate, but I do wonder what kind of measures they resort to.....:(
 
Our older sheltie had seizures so it was hard to find a groomer who would take him as he usually went into a seizure while on the grooming table. (Eventually he got onto the proper meds and dosage)

In the meantime, I asked one of the receptionists at the vet’s office what groomer she uses and found someone who I hope never retires. She worked as a beautician for years then decided to go into grooming, her dog had seizures too so it was a perfect fit. This lady is awesome, she loved Kelly and he always came out looking like a million dollars I stopped in early to pick him up and found her telling him all about the soap opera she watches…she talked to him the whole time he was there.

So if you are looking for a good groomer just ask everyone you know who they use...if you like your vet..start there.
 
Well, grrr!

So back to the original topic.....

Still trying to get new thinning shears.

Ordered some Dubl Ducks....they were backordered with no set delivery date. Went back to this thread and decided to go to Sally's. The store in my city had 1 set of very expensive shears, and one set of super-cheapies....no better than what I have now.

So I ordered a set of Geib Gators from PSH....now I just a phone call that these too are backordered, with a delivery date no earlier than October 30th and maybe not even then.

So I'm back to square one! Need a new supplier I guess. Because I'm in Canada I generally order from Ren's or Pet Supply House, but looks like I'm now going to have to order from the US. It's just so much more expensive because of the shipping.

Grrr! What is your favourite store to order online from for Grooming tools?
 
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