Amy before and after, plus questions
 After:  She was a lot fluffier yesterday evening, but children have wallowed on, hugged, and fussed over her.  The groomer managed to demat her and keep her in a puppy cut, which surprised me a lot. And now Amy knows that she's even more adorable now.The downside is Amy had a sanitary shave and seems pretty uncomfortable with that. She had some matting in that area that I couldn't get a handle on (which is why we took her in). Poor girl. If we keep her occupied with training and games in the backyard she isn't so likely to lick and further irritate herself. But if we don't keep her occupied she won't leave the area alone. She's absolutely grumpy and snaps at me if I try to see what all was trimmed up down there.  Any ideas on what I can do to help her out and relieve the irritation?Also, I could use a good list of grooming tools that work best for sheepies, and where to buy them. I think our brushes aren't exactly what we need for best results. |
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Amy looks beautiful. I always find it funny when you talk about Amy because my only daughter's name is Amy.  |
| It's hard if she won't let you look to see whether she's just red and itchy or has a heat graze from the clippers. Can you call the groomer and ask for suggestions? I have some mild cortisone cream that I used when Tiggy had a little bit of heat rash this summer. Hope someone else has more suggestions.  |
| Our vet recommended a zinc-free diaper rash cream in the past. (Zinc-free so it's ok if they lick) for Max. I don't remember which brand, but I remember there being a ton in the baby aisle of the drug store |
| How's Amy going? Has the irritation settled?? |
| Amy is going to the vet in just a little bit. She's miserable and its been a pretty rough weekend for her. |
| I'm sorry to hear about her discomfort!! I hate that... If my dogs stay in a kennel and get groomed, we ALWAYS leave a note saying to only use scissors to cut around vulva FOR that very reason. Yuki is sensitive, and I also say do not trim too close... since then, I have never had a problem. When I groom her, I do the same now too. |
| Poor beautiful Amy! Hopefully the vet had something to bring her relief |
| She looks great. With the razor burn - yes, I would scissors or use a longer guard on for that area. Very sensitive, and once they start in licking, it can go downhill rapidly.  Good decision to take her in to the vet, hopefully before she is raw and infected from all the licking and gnawing. These are some of my most popular pieces, and I have a link here somewhere too. Let me dig....    |
| viewtopic.php?f=7&t=28712 viewtopic.php?f=7&t=28718 viewtopic.php?f=7&t=28719 Found them - 3 different ones I did several years ago with Chewie as my model.  |
| Thank you so much, Dawn. This helps a ton. |
| By the way, what are the benefits of the wooden pin brush? What do you use it for? I've never seen one used before. |
| I'm so sorry about the irritation after the sanitary trim. What did the vet say? Sometimes it can be stubble that irritates, sometimes a razor burn; sometimes something worse. I accidentally nicked one of my girls when doing a sanitary; she ended up in a cone of shame and having to take antibiotics. I felt so horrible. But everyone assured me, my vet, the groomer when I told her what I'd done, that it happens. Dogs twitch and move and all it takes is a little fidget and your trimmed a bit of skin instead of hair. The wooden pin brush is the best part of our arsenal. Since there are no little balls on the end of the tines, it pulls through long hair nicely, without getting caught or removing too much coat the way a slicker can. And it can also penetrate the hair better than a slicker. It's my number one go-to tool for brushing, and especially if you are doing line-grooming. But even after 6 years with my girls, I'm still a novice. Dawn's a pro; she'll have a better explanation of what each tool does than I would! |
| I use my wooden pin brush pretty much in the same way as a regular one. It just has a different feel, for both the human and dog. One important thing - get a decent pin brush (metal pins). A lesser quality one has pins that are just snipped off. The better ones they grind smooth the ends. It makes a WORLD of difference to the dog, and how they enjoy a grooming session. And the wooden pins are even smoother than a great regular (metal) pin brush...so another advantage. Good for young dogs, in sensitive areas, etc. But a downfall is they are less accurate, and will sometimes skim over stuff that really needs to be detangled. |
| I ordered the Bass A-9 pin brush along with a couple of other items we needed. I didn't include the wooden pin brush, but I'll keep it in mind for the next time I place an order. |
| I have the wooden one; I love it, though I probably use it the least. It's a good one to get dogs accustomed to being brushed; I didn't start my girls to grooming until very late, and then one of them was just really resistant. I used the wooden brush on her for quite a while; I imagine it feels a bit like being massaged. I'll still break it out every once in a while, when they are dematted and I'm just doing maintenance brushing. Everyone likes a massage, right? |
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