Hopefully I'm doing this reply correctly, the forum set up confuses me a little bit. Thank you for your reply! I agree that getting them used to handling is so important! He has been groomed before and we do a lot of work on him letting us touch him and he is great with us brushing/combing him, brushing his teeth, cleaning his ears etc. We get a "puppy trim" that is just trimmed around the face, shaved sanitary, and trimmed around the feet. He does great with these, but I do not trust petsmart with a full groom for him and we are waiting on an appointment at a place recommended to us (2 month wait list!!) so he will have a full groom in early December! We should have made the appointment earlier but I had no idea it would be this long of a wait and I didn't try to make it until after he was fully vaccinated, thats why we have been doing little trims at petsmart. I can't wait for a full groom though! I'm very excited to not have water dribble all over the place every time he takes a sip of water!Alfie is very cute and I am happy you have joined us.
I do have a suggestion though which is to get him to a groomer and get him used to being groomed. Even if you like a fluffy all around look it is wise to have all poodles used to grooming just in case you have an emergency need for grooming and in case you change your mind. Grooming has to become routine for a poodle.
You should! It's fun and I'm sure your pictures would turn out great! A vlog would be cute I would love to check that outWelcome Lauren! You've got a very handsome boy!! I have always wanted to start a IG for Norman, but do not have the photographic skills like you seem to have!! Plus I cannot get Norman to sit still hardly!
Thinking though of starting a vlog with him on youtube!! That would be an adventure for sure.
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Hopefully I'm doing this reply correctly, the forum set up confuses me a little bit. Thank you for your reply! I agree that getting them used to handling is so important! He has been groomed before and we do a lot of work on him letting us touch him and he is great with us brushing/combing him, brushing his teeth, cleaning his ears etc. We get a "puppy trim" that is just trimmed around the face, shaved sanitary, and trimmed around the feet. He does great with these, but I do not trust petsmart with a full groom for him and we are waiting on an appointment at a place recommended to us (2 month wait list!!) so he will have a full groom in early December! We should have made the appointment earlier but I had no idea it would be this long of a wait and I didn't try to make it until after he was fully vaccinated, thats why we have been doing little trims at petsmart. I can't wait for a full groom though! I'm very excited to not have water dribble all over the place every time he takes a sip of water!
Haha oh no, that's exactly what Alfie does!! I thought this would solve our problems, but it really is like he forgets to swallow the last couple laps! Maybe he will be dribbly forever!One of my poodles is a very very messy drinker!! She’s 5 now and I’ve always kept her with a clean face but you’d think we live with a pack of St. Bernards! She leaves tails of water all over the house every time she drinks.
It’s almost like she forgets to swallow and just walks away from the bowl with water just pouring from her mouth!!
Luckily it seems her new sister is not equally as messy! I’ve been around poodles all my life and have never met one who is as messy a drinker as she is! We keep a towel near the water bowl and have to wipe the floor several times a day. (Early on we did try things like fountains and placemats but nothing worked to contain the mess.).
So, a shaved face might not stop he drips! Haha!! (It does for most poodles though, Hazel’s just a special drinker!)
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Haha oh no, that's exactly what Alfie does!! I thought this would solve our problems, but it really is like he forgets to swallow the last couple laps! Maybe he will be dribbly forever!
Sorry, ha! but Peggy's the same. A nice clean face helped very slightly, but she always releases a mouthful as she walks away! We've had her 4 months now, and I still get startled by her puddles and tend to go through a quick checklist before remembering how terrible the puppy is at drinking:Haha oh no, that's exactly what Alfie does!! I thought this would solve our problems, but it really is like he forgets to swallow the last couple laps! Maybe he will be dribbly forever!One of my poodles is a very very messy drinker!! She’s 5 now and I’ve always kept her with a clean face but you’d think we live with a pack of St. Bernards! She leaves tails of water all over the house every time she drinks.
It’s almost like she forgets to swallow and just walks away from the bowl with water just pouring from her mouth!!
Luckily it seems her new sister is not equally as messy! I’ve been around poodles all my life and have never met one who is as messy a drinker as she is! We keep a towel near the water bowl and have to wipe the floor several times a day. (Early on we did try things like fountains and placemats but nothing worked to contain the mess.).
So, a shaved face might not stop he drips! Haha!! (It does for most poodles though, Hazel’s just a special drinker!)
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