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Makes perfect sense to me. Its not where it comes from. Its the purpose behind its existing at all...what qualities were found in its ancestors that people (responded to) took responsibility for extending into the future. Doesn't matter where it came from or who bred it, as long as there was purpose to it, That served the needs of some person who could recognize THIS dog can add value to MY purpose better than any other. But Reliably good dogs can only keep happening or be found if breeders and their buyers understand a shared purpose, and their own abilities to respond to it effectively. That they can or will TAKE responsibility for their purpose. To the best of their ability in whatever conditions they have to work with. Not hand responsibility to a group identity with the expectation that environment will meet any conditions thrown in your way with its own. The 'environment' the dog or its breeder comes from has little to do with its quality, except for how supportive it is of the breeders and their response to the purpose. How and if a breeders response to his purpose is rewarded. Accidents will happen. Sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. Life ISN'T predictable. Predictable responses won't always work. If Life throws me an accident thats better than what I've come to expect, be buggered if I'll throw it away because I don't approve of where it comes from, or prevent a repeat because it doesn't represent my predictably standard environment. An environment that only supports predictable standards would mean only standard responses are accepted or rewarded there. That limits the possibilities of my purpose and of my dogs. No change, only reduction. Teach purpose for dogs and breeding, show anyone how to respond to it, no matter where they exist NOW, and the purpose and responses of those who don't offer anything real will be exposed with recognition of them. There won't be rewards for people to offer so little. Teach people to EXPECT more by giving it and share how. But I forget, It has to be recognized 1st. Thats not the standard response. And my purpose isn't the standard. Its a good dog by the standards "I" have come to expect. Not one predicted or dictated by an environment I'm restricted to, if there any reward to be got. If my purpose has no value to anyone but myself theres no reward beyond my own dog, so its going to be hard to even find him. As long as we keep referencing a K.C environment for 'best practice' in opposition to any alternative, we ensure the rewards for a good breeder or a good dog depend on the environment they come from and we won't be rewarding effective purpose and responses from any because we aren't focusing on them. Only on standardizing the k.C environment to meet all environmental conditions and demands thrown its way. Trying to counter act the unpredictability of environmental conditions through an environment so predictable its no longer there. An Environment can't be static and support response. Your speaking my language!

Personally I think much of the problem is that we seem to value a dog for its breed or its pedigree or its breeder, rather than seeing the value in the dog itself. Maybe there's something wrong with me but I am for dogs, all dogs, no matter their breed, breeding, breeder. I think generally we've lost the ability to appreciate a good dog for what it primarily is, a dog (rather than a breed or a pedigree etc) I've seen superbly sound of mind and body mutts, and rubbish with an extensive pedigree. And vice versa. A good dog is a good dog. A bad dog is a bad dog. I see people call all oodles as rubbish, and all pedigrees as superior, for example. Me, I'd rather say, well lets have a look at it and judge it as a dog first. Just because a mixed heritage dog can't be judged to an exacting written standard doesn't mean you can't judge it as a dog. Ok I'm probably ranting on here......

For hair already on the clothes try washing them again separately and using a tumble dryer to dry them. For blades, personally I use Geib blades but any of those 3 brands you mentioned will be fine, esp a 30#. If you are ordering from a wholesale site like Petnetwork look for the grooming attire and get yourself a scrub top shirt. Otherwise just wear old clothes and wash them separately! I wear plastic scrub top & pants. I even have dirrent socks and underwear for work. No grooming clothes ever touch regular clothes!

Here's some I prepared earlier! Yours has coat more like the bigger one, done in the way I've described.. This was with the orange comb on freshly washed and fluffed up hair. Choosing one or two length bigger, yellow or light purple, will fill out a slightly rounder look. If you use the longest combs there will be too much hair and it will drop and not look so round. Hope this makes sense! Have fun.....

Over the top, down the sides, down the ears, down the cheeks, down and around the whole muzzle. Go right around under the chin from each side. When you're done use your scissors and thinners to trim around the edges of the ears, and level off straggles under the chin, and smooth things out generally.

Lif you have snap on combs that go over the clipper blade make sure the head and face and ears are clean and combed through. Fluff all the hair up a bit using your brush against the grain of the hair. Now be brave and put the light purple or maybe yellow comb on your blade and starting just above the eyes, clip over the top of the head front to back, then side to side moving into the ear hair where it joins the head, and keep going over the entire ear leather, inside & out, being careful to keep the comb flat with the ear leather and not run the edge of the ear I between the teeth on the comb. Now clip down the cheeks and around the entire muzzle. Basically move the clippers over the entire head, cheeks, muzzle and ears in the direction the coat grows. I'll come back and see if I can explain it with pictures too, just have one more dog to groom!

PK are you on FB . If so the girl from 'woof the original dog grooming' at Sylvania comes recommended to me.

PK I'll post on the closed groomer face book group for you and get back to you.

I'm having no trouble at all keeping busy with my grooming salon. But I've been hearing a lot of groomers are not as busy as they'd expect ATM. With grooming I think it being completely unregulated and reasonably cheap to get started there are a lot more operators With boarding I think there is a generational shift away from back yard pets towards pampered and indulged indoor pets that are more like pseudo children and the old outdoor style kennel runs are not at all appealing to this market. Unless you have a resort style set up with couches and TVs etc. and the rise of in home pet sitting appeals to this market and again relatively inexpensive to set up as a pet sitter. Another factor is possibly slowly but surely pet ownership is declining

Westiemum this is what I was talking about in your guess the mix post. This is the sort of 'dishy' face that crops up with brachycephalic mixes. Your guy wasn't so prominent but I could see it in there!

Oh and the ugliest dog I ever clapped eyes on was from an oops litter between pedigree Chinese crested and Pekingese!! Imagine a Peke like build with a hairy hairless coat and crooked bite with buck teeth and bulgy eyes. OMG it was baaad!

I had a client with a Bichon x Golden Retriever. It was a puppy from the 'breeders' second litter.

In the old old days it was Magic Silver White. Oh my dog you had to be careful with that stuff! These days, GloWhite. Another tried & true is to scrub the whites with yellow velvet soap cake. This seems to work best on softer coats to help remove grass and pee stains etc.

I'm so glad to see you all made it home safely. I think the dogs would prefer if the furniture didn't move in! ! Much more room for zoomies the way it is Thank you for spending some time with us in Mannum. Pity it was so fricking hot but what can you do hey. Apologies for my social awkwardness I know you'll appreciate I tried. And I'm also happy that no chainsaws were murdered in the process! ( only camera gear ) Here's to more adventures in your new home.

Seriously after 30 plus years I still can't go past Equinade GloWhite. Tried pretty much every dog whitening shampoo and just keep going back to GloWhite. I put 1 pump of GloWhite in with whatever regular shampoo I'm using, never neat.

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For clipping I definitely prefer scissor type nail clippers. Sometimes on very small dogs where it is difficult to get into the dew claw I will use those little fold out human nail clippers as I can slide them onto the side of the nail. Also useful for ingrown nails where you only have side access. I do prefer to dremmel. I'll clip,off extra length on long nails then dremmel but some of the shorter ones I just dremmel and also the ones that won't tolerate clipping I'll dremmel away at them instead of pre clipping. I love my stylus dremmel.. Unfortunately they don't make them anymore. I prefer to use the stones rather than the sandpaper. I just got a new stone that has a narrow tapered end its great for getting the underside of the nails after clipping. The stone with the blunt end has a hollow in the end which is great to press the end of the nail onto especially the end of dew claws or for less patient dogs to just knock off the razor sharp edges after clipping. I must try to make a video using the dremmel,with the stones. I also have an little eBay pet nail grinder. For dogs that are ultra sensative a sanding block or a pet nail file (curved design) would be a better way to start. For big dogs cut some pvc pipe down the middle and stick sand paper into the inside curve. Homemade large dog nail file! Then there is the scratch board. Google for videos

Do you mean easy/easier care? You appear to be arguing that some degree of neglect is OK in this breed. When I had a series of surgeries, my tibbies soon develop significant matted lumps in their leg area & under their ears. Other family members hadn't realised the need for regular coat care. My Swedish-born tibbie with a far denser coat is particularly vulnerable. But, on that occasion, even my less dense Australian-bred tibbie, had nasty, uncomfortable thick lumps... which were the devil to get off. And horrible for her. If someone owns tibetan spaniels, no matter who & how many, if they can't or won't do regular grooming, then they should either keep them entirely clipped... or not own the breed at all. Wtf no ! I don't like to see any level of 'neglect' of any dogs coat care. I guess I was coming at it from the angle of being a dog groomer for over 30 yrs and dealing with all sorts of breeds, coats, and levels of care and neglect of all manner of pets. I suppos I was saying that IF neglected, the coat of a Maltese or a poodle etc would become more matted, more unhygienic more quickly, and harder to fix than a Tibbie or that type of coat. I'm not defending neglect! Eta I can see how these bloody rspca cases get legs when I get bashed up for simply talking about a coat type and breed. ffs I'm not defending neglect. dont hurt yourself gruff please. what we need is new laws, anyone that finds their dog has matted for whatever reason needs to turn themselves in, and accept the full force of the law. if the law states the coat must be groomed no less and once a week, if they for any reason cannot groom it themselves they have 48 hours to book it into a groomer or turn themselves in. problem solved. I do mean that tongue in cheek but I suppose it will be taken seriously by AR though. I had the most wonderous poodle, only needed grooming once a month unless she got wet and rolled in the mud that is. glorious harsh coat. you dont see it that often do u gruff No you don't! I've handled a few poodles that have that wonderful crisp Brillo hair that barely tangles. The perfect combination of texture and oils. Not so often seen in the smaller varieties. But don't be caught saying out loud that you only need to brush your poodle once a month! Not many will understand, some might call the authorities on you.

Do you mean easy/easier care? You appear to be arguing that some degree of neglect is OK in this breed. When I had a series of surgeries, my tibbies soon develop significant matted lumps in their leg area & under their ears. Other family members hadn't realised the need for regular coat care. My Swedish-born tibbie with a far denser coat is particularly vulnerable. But, on that occasion, even my less dense Australian-bred tibbie, had nasty, uncomfortable thick lumps... which were the devil to get off. And horrible for her. If someone owns tibetan spaniels, no matter who & how many, if they can't or won't do regular grooming, then they should either keep them entirely clipped... or not own the breed at all. Wtf no ! I don't like to see any level of 'neglect' of any dogs coat care. I guess I was coming at it from the angle of being a dog groomer for over 30 yrs and dealing with all sorts of breeds, coats, and levels of care and neglect of all manner of pets. I suppos I was saying that IF neglected, the coat of a Maltese or a poodle etc would become more matted, more unhygienic more quickly, and harder to fix than a Tibbie or that type of coat. I'm not defending neglect! Eta I can see how these bloody rspca cases get legs when I get bashed up for simply talking about a coat type and breed. ffs I'm not defending neglect.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=tibetan+spaniel+photos&client=firefox-b&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT6YTd96TQAhUCVbwKHRi6C5MQsAQIGw&biw=1920&bih=971 so? Tibetan's don't have short hair on their ears like the breed photos? and that maltese looking thing is actually a Tibetan Spaniel is it? Tibbies do have relatively short plush coat on the outer ear leather, but often grow large plumes of very long, fine, soft hair directly behind their ears, more especially on desexed animals, and it does indeed get matted, often into a hard ball shaped lump, If not cared for appropriately. And some of them have really volumous coats, again more especially the desexed animals. It does take a lot more general neglect of a Tibbie coat than say a Maltese or poodle, before it starts to get very matted overall, and can generally be fixed without resorting to shaving, except perhaps behind the ears, but if they are indeed cared for regularly and properly, then yes they have an easy/easier coat than some other breeds

Of course yes! If the dog is a great example of its breed no judge should penalise a superficial wound from accident injury surgery etc The only instance is say that I would not is if the wound was from surgery that changed or corrected the dogs conformation.

I could easily clip that dog to look liken a Schnauzer. It sort of looks like Black miniature schnauzer puppy that has not been clipped

The Newfoundland kennel I worked at also had their own version of this idea! They had a square wooden mold fill it a bit with wet cement mix then shove a cheap plastic bucket into it and fill around to top up if necessary. Wait until dry and take the plastic bucket out. You now have a block of concrete with a bucket shaped hole in it. They uses metal buckets in them. They would put them next to a fence and attach the bucket handle to the fence with a metal hook. So they couldn't tip it or pull the bucket out..

Yes this. The old double sided concrete laundry troughs are ace for heavy duty water babies. The kennel I worked at years ago had more than a dozen Newfoundlands to cater to. Everyone had a double concrete trough of their own and they'd sit in one side(in the water) while drinking and paddling in the other side. Sometimes they'd just straddle with their front in one side and their butt in the other side. They worked so well for these large strong water oriented dogs!