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| Welcome to our little corner. Happy your home will be sheepied this summer. Fun times ahead. Ask questions, owners from all over the world and a rather chatty little group. |
| Welcome to the forum from Missouri |
| Welcome from Australia! Can't wait to hear all about you puppy. |
Welcome! Nice to meet you. Can't wait for those puppy pics!!!  |
| Welcome from Ottawa, Canada and congratulations on your new furkid! Can't wait to see the pictures. |
| Welcome from Minnesota How exciting for your family! |
| Hi from New Jersey! We just got our bundle of joy 1 week ago today! |
Welcome from Florida!  |
| Hello and Welcome from Tennessee. Looking forward to pictures of your new baby! |
| Thanks, everyone! I'm located in Indiana, and I've already learned SO MUCH from this forum. The one thing that I have yet to find is an experience OES groomer, so if anyone has any suggestions as to where to find one, I'd love to hear them! Thanks so much! |
| Well, not to be a downer, but from my experience, unless you're really really lucky (and have a lot of extra $), if you want to keep your sheepdog in full coat, it's a d.i.y. project. Not that that's impossible, I spend about 3 hours/week on keeping Mady groomed. If you're planning on keeping your sheepie in various shorter puppy-cut styles, a groomer might be useful then. And don't feel bad if you are not able to keep your sheepie in full coat. Yes, I love their full coats, but it's their amazing and irresistible personalities and temperaments which are most important.  |
Thank goodness we were planning on keeping him in a puppy coat, then! While my significant other was definitely for a full coat, I told him that unless he's doing the daily brushing, it's up to me. He definitely left it alone after that.  I was hoping to find a groomer who had seen multiple OES before, as I've heard so many horror stories of nose shavings and the like.  I would never want to put my poor baby through that, so we're hoping to find someone. We currently have a Cairn Terrier who gets his Cairn cut every few weeks, but, as much as we love the groomer, she hasn't done an OES before. Can I trust her to do a good job, or should I find someone experienced??? |
| Welcome from Milwaukee. As for grooming...I have two sheepies and keep both in a shorter coat. I have gone through numerous groomers and have settled for...right now, two. One for baths and brushout and one for the actual cut down. What I found out that has helped is to take in a picture and written instructions on what I want done. Usually the very first thing I put on the written instructions in capital letters is not to shave the dogs nose. I also put my phone # where I can be reached if there are any questions. You are not very far from St. Louis and should come for Sheepiepalozza. Its in May and you can get a sheepie fix and check out all the various hairdo's we do. And yes...we do need pictures and lots of them!!! |
Thanks, Simon's Mom. I'll definitely try and check that out!! And I'll take your advice when it comes to groomers. Honestly, it's fur, and it will grow back, I would just feel so guilty if my baby was uncomfortable.  As far as pictures, my fiancé and I have first pick of the boys, and we're getting pictures weekly from when they're born, so there will be plenty. I'm so excited, I can barely contain it!!! |
| Welcome from Texas. Hope the next few months fly by for you. |
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