Just got my dog dryer :D
I bought a dog dryer yesterday, and of course wanted to try it. She's in short coat now, but I still want to bath her  I don't have a grooming table but I use an old desk. I dont have a head holder so it's pretty hard to let her stay when am blowing her. And she just HATES it!!  She just bites the dryer. After a half hour she calmed down and allowed me to do her body, and I finished the body and I could not do her head! Since she was a pup she has always try to bit us ( or not us, just the wind) when we blow at her (just the mouth). Is this just becouse I don't have a grooming table or is she just like that the first times, when she's getting used to it? Im going to buy a grooming table when I have that money Any advises are great! Something I can do to make her stop ? (I'll put some pictures when I've got the time  ) Thanks |
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| Marin, she just needs to get used to it. Like most new things, young dogs need to become accustomed to different experiences to accept them. Like the first time walking on a leash, the more she is exposed to the dryer when you use it, the more relaxed she'll become with it. Don't get discouraged, she'll get it! |
| You don't need to get a grooming table to do it... I didn't have one for a few years. Kaytee hated the dryer too and would do the same thing. I have one of those Air Force Commander loud "orange" dryers. After struggling with her a couple of times, I stood her up on a bed (with a heavy blanket to keep the bed dry), put a cup of really good treats on the windowsill within my reach and put a slip lead on her. (Just be sure you don't direct the air toward the treats or they'll be all over the floor.  ) I snubbed up the lead with my left hand and held the blower end farther away from her body so it was a more gentle sensation of the air on her... as she got used to it, I held the blower hose closer to her. I got her used to the air blowing on her body and legs first. I did not do her head with it for a while... instead I used a gentler human hair dryer on very low heat. She tolerates the dry fine now... just like the other dogs.My boy used to head for the closet... he was so afraid of the sound and fell of the air. http://oesusa.com/index.465.jpg He still doesn't really care for it but tolerates it well now. Especially when I give good treats while doing it. I think it just takes some time for the dog to understand that it's not going to hurt, good things can happen when it's being done and we're not going to give in.  PS- She's lovely!! |
| My dogs hate the dryer and they each get bathed every 4 weeks. I have a Commander (orange one) Air Force dryer. I have to laugh when I get to my older one's head. he does this thing with his head from side to side. I call it doing the "Stevie Wonder" If anyone remembers how Stevie Wonder used to sing at the piano, shaking his head side to side - that's what my guy does! I don't use a grooming table either. had one but dogs got too big for it. We dry on the floor... |
Quote: I call it doing the "Stevie Wonder" If anyone remembers how Stevie Wonder used to sing at the piano, shaking his head side to side - that's what my guy does! |
| Thanks for the answers And I guess I just need to be patient  I'm putting in some pictures of the dryer and the bathing yesterday How do groom them on the floor ? Laying down or just standing ? And are your dogs in full coat ? Thanks B.T.W. ! |
OldieAska wrote: How do groom them on the floor ? Laying down or just standing ? And are your dogs in full coat ? I wish I could groom on the floor. Asterisk will bolt and run away when I come near her while on the ground with a brush. I have to elevate her in order to get any grooming done. My dogs start up with the noose around their necks so I can groom legs and sides. I use a cooler between their legs so they can't sit down. They are very good at kicking the cooler onto the floor though. I have them lay down when I groom the back and the belly. It's easier this way. Currently, my dogs are in a teddy bear cut length. About 4 inches of coat, but the coat is thick. |
| Tiggy hates having her head dried especially around her eyes and ears. I move the dryer further away so its more gentle or I just use my hair dryer on the cool setting. |
| just remember you have the bargining power, toys, treats whatever takes her fancy, use a small hand dryer on low and while you are either playing of giving treats slowly use the dryer, run you fingers through while the dryer is on, then turn the dryer off and brush and do it again, if you can get someone else to hold the dryer. like a small stand dryer lol and you just feed treats and do what you have to do, she will soon associate the head being dried with being a nice fun thing. |
Sometimes, having air blowing on them in more that one directions helps. Maybe set a fan on a table & direct it at the opposite side from which you are using the dryer on. if they feel air coming from more than one direction they seem to figure it isn't going to hurt them. When I dry mine after a bath they have 2 fans on them a tank dryer hooked to the wire on the expen & the stand dryer blowing down on them from the top. Here' a picture of Melody getting dried after a bath. |
| Thank you guys for the help and answers I've been using treats when I'm blowing and she's much better! ChSheepdogs wrote: Sometimes, having air blowing on them in more that one directions helps. Maybe set a fan on a table & direct it at the opposite side from which you are using the dryer on. if they feel air coming from more than one direction they seem to figure it isn't going to hurt them. When I dry mine after a bath they have 2 fans on them a tank dryer hooked to the wire on the expen & the stand dryer blowing down on them from the top. Here' a picture of Melody getting dried after a bath. What a good idea ! I'll do that next time ! |
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