[cbrand]

Are you kidding?!?! He looks fantastic! She did a terrific job. She really nailed the topknot and the legs look great. What breed does she normally groom? The only thing I would change is that I would round the ear following the natural curve of the leather rather than bobbing it straight.

He looks about a thousand times better. In the future, given his conformation, he would look super in a "Modern" trim like the German trim above. More hair on the legs will serve to shorten him up.

 

[bigpoodleperson]

I agree, he looks great!!! I bet he feels alot better too!!

 

[neVar]

i think she's said she's done 1 poodle trim before him that wasn't a 'shave him with a x blade all over' type thing- so i was so impressed with him i think he looks FABULOUS. She normlly does pet pets pets- so a lot of mixes- and has a retreiver herself and a shi tsu...

and considering she came in to make the appointment to do him herself- when 1/2 her day was taken up with a funeral (which of course she only found about last week- and didn't want to rebook me i'm like HELLO i could have brought him tomorrow!) so she was crunched for time on him too.

the ears are gunna go- they still get into the food a bit (i feed raw) so we'll clip them down- after his scabs all heal up on him.

only concern now is the 3 of us (another friend works there who i've known for years) agree his hips are iffy i'll have the vet look at them better friday- and another vet will see them saturday when he comes to visit flyball practice. so he'll probably be more of a rally o dog then a flyball dog (um,mm yeah he's a standard- i figured that out already *L*)

 

[Harley_chik]

I agree w/ Cbrand he looks great and he wears that clip really well! (And I usually don't like really short trims.)

I love Winteroo's grooms too. She said she has lots of Poodles; does she breed or are they pets? They are beautiful dogs!

 

[redcricket]

Wow! He looks fantastic!! I can't wait to get Cricket groomed now...she is long overdue!!

 

[flyingduster]

oh he does look nice for sure!

 

[KPoos]

and that is why she was in the winning USA groom team

Hey Mia's breeder belongs to that team. Wow I didn't know it was that big of a deal. Cool!

He does look a lot better. I like how smooth she made him. He's a little on the thin side but nothing really bad. Most poodles are trim.

 

[Rachee150]

If you get a thing called a "snood" you can put his ears back with that and not have to shave them off. I feed my dogs raw too and my poodle has long ears. Its kind of like a hood you slide over their head. Its not very expensive either. I think I paid $5 - $10 for mine.

 

[neVar]

yeah- thing is- i'm not a big fan of the long ears- ON BOYS- like them on girls- but i like my boys to look like boys *L*

Groomer already offered me a snood for $5. . .

 

[thestars]

You can always take a scissors to them or a 1 inch comb attachment to them to achieve the shorter ear look. I do it on my boy Sam and Lucy sometimes.

 

[thestars]

You can always take a scissors to them or a 1 inch comb attachment to them to achieve the shorter ear look. I do it on my boy Sam and Lucy sometimes.

Here is a picture of Sam with short ears I like. I just groomed him last Friday.

 

[neVar]

yup that's the length of ear i like- bit nervous to try it with scissors to start- but might pick up an attachment (my clippers purely get used on horses as the aussies we don' clip a darn thing)

now with teh clippers are we clipping WITH the hair growth right? not against (like i do on the horses)

 

[KPoos]

yup that's the length of ear i like- bit nervous to try it with scissors to start- but might pick up an attachment (my clippers purely get used on horses as the aussies we don' clip a darn thing)

now with teh clippers are we clipping WITH the hair growth right? not against (like i do on the horses)

Clip with the hair growth if you want to test the length. If you want shorter clip against.

 

[neVar]

Ok the ears are gone- my grooming table is covered in hair *L* ok it's not NOW i vacuumed.

i was too lazy to get my clippers from the barn- and got all motivated (i did the two aussies first *L*) so up he went and out came the scissors not actually that bad of job- i'm proud *L* fo ra quick snip snip- it could handle being evened out a little bit- i spy a few spots i want to clean up- but he looks so much better (IMO ) with short ears- he looks like a boy now


Now my issue- he's peeing on his front leg- that said it is bitter cold (-25C) out so i'm guessing he's not picking that back leg up s much as he should.

 

[thestars]

His ears look really nice. You could always put leggings on his front legs.

 

[neVar]

the leggings might happen- silly boy- i didn't notice him doing it before today- so i'm hoping it's just from teh cold-

jeese gotta make pj's for the small dog and now something for bernie

 

[KPoos]

We taught Harry to stretch more. He was doing that too and on the leash my husband would pull him forward while he was peeing and tell him don't pee on your legs. Enough of it and he's learned what that means and moves his legs up if we see him getting close.

 

[neVar]

So smart if
it continues to be an issue I'll try that. When hopefully it's not
colder then antArtic

 

[poodleholic]

Now my issue- he's peeing on his front leg- that said it is bitter cold (-25C) out so i'm guessing he's not picking that back leg up s much as he should.

My male used to do that, so I left some hair a bit longer on top of the shaft, which directs the spray downward, rather than hitting the back of his front leg.

Lesly & The PooDells
Maddy, Beau, & Lucia!

 

[neVar]

oh good tip PH!