Apparently grooming is as easy as 5 steps
Are they serious? And I thought the internet was always right! |
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Wow, maybe this should be a sticky.  |
Interesting. I would love to watch someone get through an OES coat with a natural bristle brush.  |
| I kind of picture it just skidding across the surface. |
sounds like we'll have plenty of time for drinking at the learn how to groom session  |
kerry wrote: sounds like we'll have plenty of time for drinking at the learn how to groom session
Perhaps it was drinking that prompted this person to think he could groom an OES in 5 steps. |
| Obviously they've been grooming a MO-bretheren.......undercoatless dog. Actually the natural bristle is what I use to get grooming powder or corn starch out of MO's coat. Works OK. Only makes felt out of any tangles.
One suggestion, if you are using natural bristles, try a scrub brush. Jack loves to be brushed with it. Silly dog. Can't do delicate areas because it is too big, but for back/sides/belly it's fine.....with caution. Still need to get deeper though with a normal slicker or comb. |
| Huh! Who'd a thunk! |
| The OES they tried had just had a fresh crew cut. |
| I do mine in just two steps (bathing done by professional groomer):
1)Brush, brush,brush, brush..... 2)Comb, comb, comb,comb..... It only take me 3-4 hours twice a week for the two of them. |
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That's pretty much what I was thinking. I could probably get by with that grooming method right now that my wigglebums are 1/2" long. |
George wrote: I do mine in just two steps (bathing done by professional groomer):
1)Brush, brush,brush, brush..... 2)Comb, comb, comb,comb..... It only take me 3-4 hours twice a week for the two of them. Doesn't combing remove the undercoat? If the dog has no undercoat of course it is going to be easier to groom (says Kerry who strips Morgan's undercoat because she does have a life - yeah right - outside of grooming the dogs and can't spend every evening brushing both of them) |
| Does combing remove undercoat?
I use a Resco medium/fine comb and I may get a handful total of undercoat from both dogs in a session. Maybe if you show your dogs that is critical. I just like the satisfaction of knowing that they are mat free, and line brushing doesn't seem to give me that satisfaction. |
| If 5 steps is all it takes then maybe I should reconsider such a long drive to have Mandy teach me in person We should encourage the author to have first hand experience and then revise the steps. Sound like the steps were copied and pasted from somewhere with no real life experience. |
Years ago (am I showing my age?  ) that was all they used on OES coats a pure Bristle brush and a wide tooth comb.
My first show sheepie that is all I used with her, prefer the new fandangled soft pin brushes now as so much quicker. Still use the mason/pearsons on there coats when youngsters and for show poofing. 
The pure bristle ones actually remove less undercoat then the pin brushes and do go through the coat good in layers if you are using them properly and when you strike a matt, well pull apart with fingers then run the bristle brush through. You may be surprised at how well they do work on a sheepies coat.
That was there main grooming tool a Mason/pearson pure Bristle brush in the UK for there sheepies in years gone by. 
You actually find less coat static too while grooming with a pure bristle brush. |
| that's interesting. I was just wondering about brushes. I'd like to try the bristle brush later just to see how it does. My puppy's coat is pretty simple so far (no undercoat yet); her guard hairs are just coming in I think. I'm just thinking ahead. |
lisaoes wrote: Years ago (am I showing my age?
) that was all they used on OES coats a pure Bristle brush and a wide tooth comb.I think Lisa secretly wrote the article. |
VerveUp wrote: lisaoes wrote: Years ago (am I showing my age? ) that was all they used on OES coats a pure Bristle brush and a wide tooth comb.I think Lisa secretly wrote the article. Lisa is shifty like that and she always makes it look so easy... |
| I like Step 3 - fluff dry. Doesn't that sound easy? It doesn't even mention a dryer.
It takes 5 bath towels to get Bailey to the stage of "not dripping" - and he's not in full coat. I can't even imagine what the drying process is like for the full coated dogs |
Bailey's Mom wrote: I like Step 3 - fluff dry. Doesn't that sound easy? It doesn't even mention a dryer.
It takes 5 bath towels to get Bailey to the stage of "not dripping" - and he's not in full coat. I can't even imagine what the drying process is like for the full coated dogs You'd be surprised how well the super absorbent towels work, combined with a quick once over with the air force dryer before they get out of the tub mine don't stay overly wet for long. |
VerveUp wrote: I think Lisa secretly wrote the article.
 Naaah mine would not be 5 easy steps, it would be 50 dozen do's and don'ts |
kerry wrote: Bailey's Mom wrote: I like Step 3 - fluff dry. Doesn't that sound easy? It doesn't even mention a dryer. It takes 5 bath towels to get Bailey to the stage of "not dripping" - and he's not in full coat. I can't even imagine what the drying process is like for the full coated dogs You'd be surprised how well the super absorbent towels work, combined with a quick once over with the air force dryer before they get out of the tub mine don't stay overly wet for long. Hmm - how long are your dog's coats? Bing would stay wet for ages - and ages - and ages - lol. . . |
got sheep wrote: Interesting. I would love to watch someone get through an OES coat with a natural bristle brush.
I thought the same thing .........HOW ??????????? 
Antoinette |
Mop lover wrote: kerry wrote: Bailey's Mom wrote: I like Step 3 - fluff dry. Doesn't that sound easy? It doesn't even mention a dryer. It takes 5 bath towels to get Bailey to the stage of "not dripping" - and he's not in full coat. I can't even imagine what the drying process is like for the full coated dogs You'd be surprised how well the super absorbent towels work, combined with a quick once over with the air force dryer before they get out of the tub mine don't stay overly wet for long. Hmm - how long are your dog's coats? Bing would stay wet for ages - and ages - and ages - lol. . . Well there is wet and then there is wet. I usually dry them with a couple of towels and then a once over witht he airforce in the tub and then leave them confined inthe guest bathroom for an hour of so and they are then able to make a run outside to pee (where if I am lucky they don;t roll in the dirt). They need to be damp to brush anyway...... I used to confine them to a crate with the airforce for a few hours and they weren't any drier. |
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