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PeggyTheParti’s Diary has inspired me to share my home grooming journey with Coco!
Coco is 14.5 weeks. I started grooming when we got her at 8 weeks - she had had one VERY non-pro groom with the breeder. Her face was sort of clipped, but VERY choppy and unfinished:
She was fluffy everywhere, basically. I started right away with daily-ish brushing (slicker) and combing. I was also dremeling her nails every few days - going very slowly, a little each day (a paw at a time). My goal was to get her used to grooming. We worked on the ground - on a so doggy mat. LOTS of treats!!
We had a good routine! In fact, I was getting confident. Weekly bath and blow dry (with my dyson, no heat), paw clipping. All good!
Then there was the time I got TOO confident and tried clipping her face.... with a Bravmini+
BIG. HUGE. UGLY. mistake!!!
Fortunately - no damage to her skin... she just looked absolutely ridiculous for the next week.
The bigger issue was that I lost ALL CONFIDENCE. That had been my first day attempting a face - and was officially my LAST day with the mini+..... it was the day I thought “who am I kidding - I’ll never be able to groom her myself, I have no idea what I’m doing!!!”
Coco is 14.5 weeks. I started grooming when we got her at 8 weeks - she had had one VERY non-pro groom with the breeder. Her face was sort of clipped, but VERY choppy and unfinished:

She was fluffy everywhere, basically. I started right away with daily-ish brushing (slicker) and combing. I was also dremeling her nails every few days - going very slowly, a little each day (a paw at a time). My goal was to get her used to grooming. We worked on the ground - on a so doggy mat. LOTS of treats!!
We had a good routine! In fact, I was getting confident. Weekly bath and blow dry (with my dyson, no heat), paw clipping. All good!
Then there was the time I got TOO confident and tried clipping her face.... with a Bravmini+

BIG. HUGE. UGLY. mistake!!!
Fortunately - no damage to her skin... she just looked absolutely ridiculous for the next week.
The bigger issue was that I lost ALL CONFIDENCE. That had been my first day attempting a face - and was officially my LAST day with the mini+..... it was the day I thought “who am I kidding - I’ll never be able to groom her myself, I have no idea what I’m doing!!!”