Grooming pet-peeves

[pitc9]

For me it's nails too!
I carry nail clippers with me when I visit family and friends houses and I offer to clip nails all the time!!!
Dirty ears bother me too, but that's more health than grooming.

[JenBKR]

I don't like to see dirty ears either, or long nails. Matts are probably my worst pet peeve though.

[Pam]

Matted fur!! This really bothers me. If you could have seen my Ripley when I first saw him you wouldn't have looked twice. He was a mess. Fortunately for him (and me!) I was able to see the wonderful little guy underneath all of those mats and mess. Why don't people research breeds and see what is involved, as far as grooming, before they select a dog.

Long nails bother me too, and Ripley's are longer than I would like. His nails are black and when I first got him I cut one of them too short and it bled. I have been trying to cut less each time and just do it more often but they are still longer than I would like.

[lv4dogs]

Matted fur!! This really bothers me. If you could have seen my Ripley when I first saw him you wouldn't have looked twice. He was a mess. Fortunately for him (and me!) I was able to see the wonderful little guy underneath all of those mats and mess. Why don't people research breeds and see what is involved, as far as grooming, before they select a dog.

Long nails bother me too, and Ripley's are longer than I would like. His nails are black and when I first got him I cut one of them too short and it bled. I have been trying to cut less each time and just do it more often but they are still longer than I would like.

You have a heart, thats why you were able to see past his messy matted fur. I love people like you!

Raustyks nails are a little longer than I'd like them to be and I clip them twice a week. She obviously came from a BYB or puppy mill. Her nails grow funny, like straight out not really curved that much at all and her quick fills up the entire nail. My vet said she has seen it before in some Rotts & Greyhounds that came from bad breeders. Its hard to explain without really looking at them but it's kind of difficult to trim them. Her nails are also black and they also grow WAY faster than almost every dog I have ever met before.

[Vela]

Ginger's nails are hard for me to clip, her quick is also like that, fillnig the whole nail and they are pretty long. I cut the front off and square it down to make the breakover easier for her but with her bad arthritis she doesn't walk much either to it's a constant chore. Cracker's one bad thing is i can keep his eye stains away no matter what I do. I have bought and tried everything but the sun makes his eyes water so much because he's white that nothing seems to help. I'm glad his nails stay short! I hate seeing matted dogs that have never seen a brush. I knew I didn't want to spend a lot of time brushing, they only get it once a week or so, so I got a short haired dog.

[k9krazee]

Raustyks nails are a little longer than I'd like them to be and I clip them twice a week. She obviously came from a BYB or puppy mill. Her nails grow funny, like straight out not really curved that much at all and her quick fills up the entire nail. My vet said she has seen it before in some Rotts & Greyhounds that came from bad breeders. Its hard to explain without really looking at them but it's kind of difficult to trim them. Her nails are also black and they also grow WAY faster than almost every dog I have ever met before.

I absolutely hate long nails on dogs, I am obsessed with nail cutting. But...Shadow's nails are really long, and I am sooo afraid to cut them. They are just like you described Raustyk's. They are impossible to cut because of the quick, they're black and they grow so fast!! And on top of it she absolutly HATES it, we usually have to take her to the vet to get it done but they can't take much off either, and of course she behaves perfectly for them I try to take a little off each week but its impossible.

But nails, Mats and long fuzzy feet, I can't stand.

[pnance]

For me it's long nails and mats. My other pups nails I keep fairly short, but Nikka's nails are a lot longer than I'd like, but she's so nail shy I can't clip them, she requires a trip to the vet. Last time they had to muzzle her, it took 2 techs to hold, 1 to clip and still took them about 45 minutes. They were almost ready to give her a tranquilizer just to mellow her. She'll let us do anything else, needles, clean teeth, ears, whatever, and usually adores the vet and techs, but don't touch her nails.

[cali]

long pants. I abosultly HATE long pants on dogs, I always clip them short because it drives me insane. long nails bother me on my own dogs, It does not bother me on other peoples dogs though lol umm ear fuzzyness and feet fuzzyness depends on the dog, like on Blair he has long hair on his ears, I would never dream of cutting, and his feet are very fuzzy, however the fuzz goes all down his legs, it just makes him look more like a bear(the breed is required to look like a bear) however on dogs who have smooth heads and legs no fuzz is allowed, I keep feet and ears trimmed short. oh and teary eyes, THAT annoys the heck out of me!

[lv4dogs]

For me it's nails too!
I carry nail clippers with me when I visit family and friends houses and I offer to clip nails all the time!!!

OMG, I do the same thing! I have 4 pairs of nail clippers, I keep 2 pairs at home, one at work & one in my car. (yes people bring their dogs to my work so I can clip their nails) LOL