I haven't cut them with the clippers (knock on wood), but Frosty was quite traumatized when I quicked him. He is still not super comfortable when I clip his nails, and especially the particular nail I quicked, but he's much better. I did what you did and took ten steps back and just showed him the nail clippers and gave him a food reward. Then I worked up to just touching his toes with my fingers and giving him treats. Then clipping just one nail and giving treats. You get the picture. With lots of patience and yummy treats (high value), Lucky will get over his fear.

 

Lucky’s haircut is like a disaster as my husband has never shaved a dog in his life. It is really not good LOL he left the head because he hates getting his face shaved and now he looks like a bobble head.

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snow do you have a grooming table? I find that if I only groom on the table they are pretty compliant even if I have had to do something hard like dealing with Javvy's icky ears the prior time. It is sort of the deal we have that they get it that they have to be compliant on the table and in return I never do any serious grooming anywhere else. Maybe it would be a good idea to take him out to someone to even things out and get him past his nerves. I think professional groomers have a detachment and a calm assertiveness that help dogs to be more relaxed than they might be with "mom (or dad)."

 

He might just be hurting from the cuts on his body. Give him 48 hours to feel better and try again.

 

I was away grooming him and Catherine’s grooming table idea made a world of difference. He behaved like an angel on the table. I had to cut him super short to even our what my hubby did. My hand is still vibrating lol. He was actually very happy after the haircut and started spin dancing. I think our groomer does not charge enough money to groom him. It kills your back and I cannot imagine grooming a doodle. I would probably hate all doodles because keeping poodle dogs in long hair is a bit cruel in retrospect. He had a mat on his chin and armpit. The bravura did not seem as easy to cut with as the andis but was great on the face. I also liked the battery life and portability.
Here are some photos! He looks like a different dog and is cartoonishly small. He looks very feminine almost like he is Kits gf.

He has really lost a lot of weight. Here is a full body photo of him being happily shaved. Do you guys think he is too skinny? His hip bones seems to be jutting out in the back.

ETA: I only did one poodle feet and my husband really liked his paddle ham paws lol

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His face looks great! He doesn't look too skinny to me - poodles just always look shockingly skinny when they're shaved because they have narrow, leggy bodies.

I haven't done a full groom on Archie yet because I'm too afraid of messing it up, but I've soothed razor burns on him by giving him a shower with cool water. I've also rubbed aloe on it (don't get the kind with lidocaine or other additives and only apply a thin layer in case he licks it off). Of the two I think the shower helped the most, while the aloe just made me feel like I was doing something. If the itching gets really bad, I've had good results from benadryl too. Archie's got pretty sensitive skin, so if he gets razor burn sometimes he'll get a mild bumpy rash, and that's when the benadryl helps the most.

 

I also love his expressive face. He does look skinny but I think that is due to the haircut - no matter Lucky is a handsome boy.

 

He doesn't look skinny to me either. If he had ribs visible, I would say yes. He's such a cutie

 

I am glad getting him on the table helped. I do think he looks skinny. My vet would say he needs to fill in over his hips. Think about making satin balls for him. It has helped Javelin tremendously to give his regular food the supplement of some of them a few times each week.

For your Bravura order the black diamond blade and you will find it to get through his coat like a hot knife through butter.

 

My Pomeranian is too fat. So hard to make little dogs lose weight. You can’t see his ribs and have to squeeze to find it. Lol. You can’t tell he is overweight due to his hair.

I just googled satin balls and we did something like this when rescued our Persian cat Donald. She was skin and bones and his breeder lady told us to cook something like this. It worked very well. This is an excellent idea, we will make him some satin balls. Do you think we should change his food all together? His coat also has this powdery whitish residue/dandriff which I had thought disappeared after switching from Fromm Gold. Our old dog only had this when she was not on good quality food. The previous people fed Sahara science diet and when we switched her over to acana it went away. I had always thought it was the food but perhaps not?

The thing about Bravura is that there is only one speed. It take a long time to go through the body and esp difficult if there are mats. I found it best for face and feet. How does the black diamond blade do with mats around the pit? I struggled the most around the armpit area due to the awkward angle and the connective skin flap. I was super careful.
My last question is about comb attachments. Do any comb attachment work? I’ve used a few plastic ones and one metal one made by wahl. None of them do anything other than pull on their hair. Does one just purchase different size blades?

 

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I also thought Lucky looked a bit thin. Just don’t let him share with Nibbler

 

Lucky looks so adorable with his new groom. I laughed so hard at his one nekkie foot. It is totally awesome. You did a great job!

 

No matter how he’s groomed, Lucky always looks cute.

 

I only use the Bravura for face, feet, and tail. For the body, I have to go to my preferred workhorse, an Andis. I did try the Bravura, but Wilson's coat was just too thick. As for attachments Wahl metal comb attachments are the only way to go. Honestly though, I much prefer to use a 3/4 blade on my Andis for a nice body length. The other blade I love is the Oster toe blade; with half the normal blade width, it can really get in there and cut those tiny toe hairs. Believe me, I had Wilson combed out to the skin before I tried the Bravura on his body; it just was not happening.

 

This is very helpful. Your description pretty much summed up my experience with the wahl bravura clippers. It was a slow and tedious process when doing the body. There was a neck mat I could not comb out of his “turkey waddle” as my husband called it lol. The underside of his belly was also very coarse and the skin is very sensitive. I found that the stomach area a bit difficult as well but it was nice having him high on a table. Am I the only one afraid of nicking the nipples? This would be less of a problem with a good comb set.

The matting happened the one time we didn’t dry him after a swim. He had a lot of fun that day frolicking with Kit and rolling in sand afterwards. We got lazy and let the sand fall and let him dry naturally. Force drying takes at least an hour even at high speed and heat. I have no clue how people manage a poodle coat if their dog enjoy swimming.