Cutting my dog's hair

MiNxYyY

MiNxYyY

MiNxYyY

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Following on from a thread a while ago about cutting my pet dog's hair, we have had some training so the dog can relax around us.

Now, we have been doing the training for 4weeks, and have seen a really good turn around, so now the dog feels really comfortable around us.

This is were it gets tricky..

Turns out that our dog has a fear of scissors, so when trying to cut her hair, she will run away as soon as she sees scissors.

We tried to take her to a pet shop/hair cut thingy and she was so scared once she saw scissors she raced out the door shaking .. :(

Now its getting really hot and our dog is suffering from long hair and we are running out of idea's ..

Anything else we can try? Ideally we want it done by the weekend.
 
You have to make your dog fall asleep somehow, get creative here (im sure theres something legal you can get for this) then shave your dog the way you like :)
 
Is it a rescue dog? What kind?

We've got a big poodle which obviously needs hair cutting. It now goes to a groomers but still gets trimmed round face/ears and brushed at home. Was too much hard work trying ourselves with clippers (I think you need to get really good ones, ours aren't)

At first he didn't like it, used to bite your hand when holding brush (not hard, just put his mouth round you to let you know he doesn't like it!).

We just made sure we did it when he was calm and relaxed, i.e not just after he's seen a pigeon in the garden. One person straddles (ooh err) him so he cant run away and holds his head and mouth shut whilst the other brushes or cuts hair around his face. When he really started to wriggle then we'd let him go away for a bit, tell him he's a good boy with a treat and then try again in half an hour when he's forgotten. He soon got the message and now doesn't bat an eyelid when one person goes to trim his hair.

You just have to be forceful, but not unkind. This is probably easier on a big dog too... Ours is a standard poodle.

Your dog really shouldn't ever bite you either, sort that out:(

oh, and for and LOLGAYPOODLE comments, he's dead cool and will eat whatever you have for breakfast:) No pom poms either.
 
Try introducing the scissors along with a treat. Repeat a few times. Let her get used to the scissors, then start to hold the scissors near her for a while before handing over the treat.

Slowly get her used to them before you start to make a couple of clipping noises before handing over the treat.

Don't try and push too hard too fast. She'll soon learn that scissors mean a treat and there are a good thing.
 
I remember when my dog used to have her hair cut, we'd have this woman visit... who'd pretty much bring a huge table which had a nozzle attached to it. She was a bit of a bugger though mind, so it's not surprising... the dog, not the woman.

The nozzle would go on the dog, and would also pretty much hold the dog to the table... yeah, she was a bit bothered by having her hair cut, but eh - the woman knew what she was doing and calmed her down and pretty much did her job, very well I might add! Might be something for you to look into getting the same thing done... I know, it sounds a bit cruel - but it was completely 'humane'.

If only I could for the life of me know what the equipment was called, she used, to give you a name - so you know what to look for :\
 
Stupot_ said:
You just have to be forceful, but not unkind. This is probably easier on a big dog too... Ours is a standard poodle.

Your dog really shouldn't ever bite you either, sort that out:(

oh, and for and LOLGAYPOODLE comments, he's dead cool and will eat whatever you have for breakfast:) No pom poms either.
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Unfortunately toy poodles are a little small for that method (my mum has major problems trimming/brushing our mutt), although they can walk really quite well on two legs when they want a treat :p
 
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