Horsefeathers! Posted January 17, 2004 Posted January 17, 2004 The holidaze came and went with the usual rush of holiday doggers needing to get beautiful. I do not take new clients during the holidaze, but for some reason, I still end up crazy busy (primarily fielding phone calls from irate people because I won't take new clients). Soooooo I've done my part to help beautify this small town. I swear I groomed every dog here. At least it feels that way. However... My beloved Standard Poodles that are so used to being primped and preened were neglected in the craziness that is the holidaze. I kept meaning to set time aside for it and didn't and now... I'm shaving off those beautiful, foofy coats that I worked so hard for! :cry: :cry: Pauly is already nekkid (not naked but nekkid as can be). Perry gets it today. The coats were salvageable, but I just refuse to put my dogs (or me) through dematting when it was my fault for letting them get in this shape, though I am saving ears, tails and topknots (geez, give them SOMETHING to make them look like Poodles). Pauly looks so tiny. I didn't realize how much hair he had. Poor dog felt so funny after being nekkid. He ran and romped for the longest time like it felt sooooo good, but when it came time for him to go to sleep, it was like he was paranoid. :-? He would just spring up and start scratching and stomping at the floor like a chicken, looking worried, and he's so clingy. He won't leave my side. It's like he thinks I was punishing him for something and he's trying to redeem himself (I know I'm anthromofartisizing... assessing human emotions and reasoning on a dog, but just go with it). He's getting used to it, but now I get to go through it today with Perry (he has a LOT of hair and I'm sure he has eyes somewhere... I have to smack him in the middle and get him walking to know which end is which... he hates it when I poke treats at the wrong end of him... and here I just thought he had a surprised look on his face when it really wasn't his face at all :oops: ). Oh, the shame! I think I'm going to just have the back windows in my car tinted even darker so no one will see them. Most people comment on how beautiful they are. Now they have pogo legs! :oops: :-? :cry: Quote
Queen Bitch Posted January 17, 2004 Posted January 17, 2004 Hee heee. You KNOW we need pics HF..... Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted January 17, 2004 Author Posted January 17, 2004 No, trust me, you don't! :oops: :P Quote
Queen Bitch Posted January 17, 2004 Posted January 17, 2004 Oh come on ........ :wink: :evilbat: Quote
DogPaddle Posted January 17, 2004 Posted January 17, 2004 (I know I'm anthromofartisizing... assessing human emotions and reasoning on a dog, but just go with it). :lol: You always have a way of poking fun at stuff that puts it in perspective, :thumbs: I have to smack him in the middle and get him walking to know which end is which... he hates it when I poke treats at the wrong end of him... and here I just thought he had a surprised look on his face when it really wasn't his face at all ). :o :lol: Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted January 17, 2004 Posted January 17, 2004 :lol: :lol: poor pups! Oh, we NEED pictures! It's a MUST HAVE! You just can't tell us about how silly they look without showing us! that's MEAN! So PICTURES, NOW!!! :evilbat: Quote
courtnek Posted January 17, 2004 Posted January 17, 2004 relax HF - they are only responding to the feel of wind and air that they couldnt feel before....they'll get over it and the coats will grow back out. sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do...they'll be fine, trust me. just remember that matting is painful to them. Yes, you couldnt keep their coats up under the pressure, but you've done the next best thing. They'll be fine... WE WANT PICTURES!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :fadein: Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted January 18, 2004 Author Posted January 18, 2004 courtnek napisał(a):relax HF - they are only responding to the feel of wind and air that they couldnt feel before....they'll get over it and the coats will grow back out. sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do...they'll be fine, trust me. Oh, trust me, I know. You can't begin to imagine how many times I've had this conversation with clients. I had one lady client last year who called me later to ask if I had recently hired some help, someone who might have traumatized her dog, or if *I* had done something to the dog. I was totally flabbergasted (it's the only time in nearly five years I've ever had anyone think I hurt their dog :-? ). You see, it was a little Poodle that had always had a full coat, but had gotten matted to the bone. I told the lady the dog would need to go short and took it down. The dog had never been clipped that short before and went home and sulked and hid and wouldn't come out from under the bed. I knew that it was from the air hitting her skin and that it had to feel weird (now THIS is where people often assign "reason" to dogs... she said the dog was embarrassed... no, she was just plain bare as*ed, not to be confused with embarrassed). I told the lady about the skin and hair thing and how it must feel like someone following you around, touching you, and she must have been satisfied. I had been grooming that dog for four years, so hopefully she had to have known I didn't just pick a day to beat the hair off her :-? . Oh well, she still comes every six weeks, so I guess she's comfortable. Anyway, yeah, I've had THAT talk (they may act funny) many, many times. It's just shameful when it's my own. :oops: I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow. :oops: :-? Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted January 18, 2004 Posted January 18, 2004 they feel better for having a nekkid cut it will grow back before you know it Quote
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