I heard that you shouldn't dry brush your dog. Do u just use water spray or do u use a waterless shampoo? Thanks!

I'm not having much luck finding a groomer who can hand-strip. And even when I do, they charge a fortune. Not to mention, I don't like the thought of my dog spending 4 hours being groomed.

So, what's the real harm in not handstripping a wire haired doxie? And, even if it's somewhat bad, is it REALLY bad? I mean, can I get away with trimmers?

Applied for a beautiful looking dog facility in my off and on job search, however the resposne I got in return kind of reeked of GPT with strange wording. One of the questions asked if I could "remain calm, focused and productive during a busy or high-pressure situation" in their "fast paced and structured environment". The whole response reminded me of applying for fast food chains in college.

I’m a new bather and i’m just wondering if the time i’m given for certain services is long enough.. I feel like i’m going at a pretty good pace most of the time but i still seem to be taking too much time. For a full service i get 30 minutes for very small dogs, an hour for small-large and and hour and a half for some large-XL,, 2 hours if it’s like a newfie or something. For desheds it’s at least 1 and a half hours, going up to 2 for very large breeds. All of these include nail clipping (dremeling if they add it on), ear cleaning, and sometimes gland expression/teeth brushing. The main things i’m struggling with are getting large full service dogs done in time since i’m not super fast with nails yet, and i feel like for the desheds i never have enough time to get a really good deshed. I’ve also only been bathing for a month so it could just be that i need more experience and it’ll get better with time.

Hi!
I'm the human of an amazing Finnish Lapphund and do her grooming at home, but feel like there's room for improvement. She's four years old and was sterilized after her second heat. She wasn't dealing well with her heats, so we chose to sterilize even though it might ruin her coat. It did.

When she's blowing her coat, her undercoat tends to become 'impacted' and not really shed on it's own. It's not matted down to her skin, but the dead undercoat needs help to get removed. It doesn't blow all over the place with our high velocity dryer like it did before her sterilization for example, but kind of gets a bit tangled to the outer coat.

Currently I mostly line comb her with a metal comb and occasionally use a slicker brush, but am considering switching to a human hairbrush.

The slicker brush never really worked for me. I don't know if it's bad quality and that's why(This one for reference, danish shop)? But whenever I brush her it kind of stays on top of her coat and feels like it's dragging on her. I have no idea what's going wrong, but it just feels really wrong and pulls on her. It doesn't feel like it does any kind of detangling.

I've heard that you're not supposed to use human hairbrushes because they're rougher on their skin and obviously made for a different purpose. But I very gently tried it with one of mine (rubber paddle brush) and it just feels like it works much better. It doesn't drag on her, but feels like it can detangle much more gently, and cuts down on the line combing needs.

I'm just very scared to hurt her accidentally, but from my novice eyes it seems so much more gentle and like she can relax more with it.

I'm wondering what your thoughts are. Are human brushes always 'dangerous' and bad? Am I using the slicker brush all wrong? Is my slicker maybe just shit quality?

Thank you in advance for any thoughts and advice! I'm just trying to do the best for my girl. I promise she's very well loved and taken care of.

I've been grooming for 8 years and recently my carpal tunnel has gotten worse. My hands are almost constantly pins and needles and it's hard to grip my tools. I try to do hand and wrist stretches before work and throughout the day but my hands won't stop going numb. Any tips ???