When I was pregnant with my first child I used to dream about days like today.
The dream would start out like any other grooming day, then as the dream went on I noticed that every time I finished a dog, and it went home, a new dog would pop into the kennel to replace the last dog.
I would groom that dog and another would appear, and another, and another.
I would not wake up until somewhere in my goofy brain I realized that I was dreaming, and all I had to do was wake up.
When I did wake up, the relief I felt was amazing.
Well, today I kept trying to wake up, only, I wasn't dreaming.
It was just one of those days.
A book solid day.
Walk-ins left and right for nails and brush outs.
Nails on Self-Serve dogs.
It was like a Saturday, only today was Friday, and it seemed everyone was off work today except us.
I don't even want to think about what tomorrow is going to be like.
Another booked solid day with a bunch of large dogs, and it's the day before Easter.
I don't even want to think about what the Self-Serve is going to be like, and how many times I am going to have to stop grooming to go clip nails.
It's going to be another 'will this day ever end.'
I know it's going to be a bad day when I only have 3 dogs done by noon.
Then I had this little lady come in.
She came in with her friend.
Another little SpanX that is tan and white.
If it hadn't been so crazy today I would have gotten a picture of her friend.
I meant to, I forgot.
Anyway, this little ones friend has a smoother coat, more like a field spaniel.
A naturally smooth back with a little feathering.
This little girl has more then her fair share of hair, and peach fuzz all over.
(This is where a picture of the other dog would have come in handy.)
The owner wanted me to make this little lady look like his other dog, but he did not want her to look clipped.
He wanted her to look natural.
So I pulled out my Furminator.
I used the Furminator to remove all of that fuzzy peach fuzz.
The furminator does great getting out all of that peach fuzz and leaving the smooth, courser hair behind.
A natural look.
I also used it to take a lot of the fuzz off of the legs.
Most of this came off of the dogs back and sides.
This is what her back and sides looked like after using the Furminator.
Once I finished using the furminator, I grabbed my thinning shears.
I used my thinning shears all over to get rid of a lot of the long stringy hair.
They wanted the ears left long, so I also used the thinning shears to smooth out the ears.
I used the thinning shears to thin out the fuzzy hair and blend the head and ears.
This is what the back legs ended up looking like.
And the front leg.
I think it looks natural without looking clipped.
She looks as tired as I felt.
All she had to do was stand there. :)
I still had 4 more dogs to finish after her, and it was already 1:30.
Are you sure today wasn't a Saturday?
I will not dream about dogs tonight..
I will not dream about dogs tonight..
I will not dream about do.....oh sorry.
I think I am scared to go to sleep tonight. :/
Happy Grooming, MFF
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