Well, I took a picture of his "bad" cut...he still looks like a doll to me...but you can really tell in this picture how bad she cut his face....
I trimmed up the rest of his body last night...I had let it grow for a week or two b/c she had left what she called a "skirt" on the sides of his belly and down his legs. As his back started to grow out, he just looked rough! So, he and I bonded with the clippers yesterday and I trimmed him short all over. He really needs more scissor clipping on his legs, and needs his booty trimmed more. It takes me SO long...he is so good at first, but then he gives up. I don't really blame him much. I am proud of him for as long as he DOES put up with me. I know I will get better. It would also help to have another pair of hands. I tried to do this by myself. Practice...that is what I keep saying. There are some parts that make me so nervous...like his little pee-pee parts and his booty, and around his nose/eyes. I am not going to touch his tail, and for now I am going to leave his ears/head/face...he may need his bangs cut before too long.
Anyway, if anyone who grooms theirs themselves has any tips...let me know. I am SO ready for his little fluffy face to grow back out so he at least LOOKS like a malt!!! STUPID GROOMER!!!!
i just had my lil boy shaved he will be a year weighs 3.6 pounds i brushed him everyday well he was getting matts i kept trying to get them out would come right back,so i took him to the groomers had beautiful long hair,she said they could spot shave him or shave him all the way down broke my heart cause his hair was half way to the ground,now everyone laughs when they come over,i put a little bandana around his neck,and he is beautiful to me.i learned what grooming tools to get and i hope his hair will never be short again.its summer so i call it his summer cut,but just to let you know i know how it feels,it will grow back,so keep your chin up sweetpea and snuggles mom
Awww, I think he looks cute. I agree, the hair will grow back pretty quick. We give Caesar his hair cut ourselves and we use scissors so he usually looks a little choppy for the first couple days until we get all the extras cut off.
I keep Maxi short my groomer cuts all around his face and also under his chin with the beard part is i like that short she also cuts his ears but she leaves them alittle long i like his short and i think your baby looks adorable
maxi 's hari grows really fast
Max's cut is adorable. He still has fluff around his mouth/muzzle...Brinkley's is gone.
But, I am not going to trim it until it grows out like I want it. He looks silly when his hair is unbrushed b/c his tail is fluffy and his head b/w his ears is fluffy and somewhat spikey :lol: ,so he looks like a little punk rock dog...my husband said he needs a leather doggy jacket...he he. I like his body part shorter too. That part I don't mind.
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I have heard mixed info in how many baths a Maltese should have. Some say every week, some every 15 days, others monthy. Also, some people say that frequent baths is actually not good for the coat (which is the aproach I took towards my Samoyed and, sincerely, he doesn't stink...
Pipper has a grooming appointment Tuesday. This will be the first time at the groomer since the pandemic started. I'm a little nervous because I haven't been anywhere around other people. I get groceries online and pick them up curbside and same with anything else I need. Only place I go...
My Maltese Gianni has very dense, thick, wavy hair. Since a baby he has been impossible to groom. Jumping, twisting and biting, so he goes to groomer every three months. In these troubling times, all groomers are closed. Right now his hair is badly matted. Going to attempt with clippers today...
When people say they wrap their Maltese in rice paper, is that the rice paper we can buy at Asian market? The ones to make spring rolls?
Also, can a Maltese be kept on a long coat without having its fur wrapped?
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