Attention Groomers, I have a ?

[lv4dogs]

Are you using it the right way? The way I was taught was to start about 4-5" from the tips and rapidly open and close the scissors while moving to the tips of the hair. I agree with Sarah, as well. You get better results when you cut closer to the joint of the shears.

Yeah I am doing it both ways, cutting as close to the joint of the sissors as I can (but they aren't that long either) and I also start towards the tip of the hairs & cut really fast backwards (I learned that from watching human hair dressers use them). lol
One of my friends is a hair dresser and I need my hair trimmed soon anyways, I'll have to ask her what brands she reccomends. I don't think there is a difference at all between human & dog thinning shears, is there?

[IRescue452]

I don't think there is a difference between human and dog. We got ours at the dollar tree and its still working well. We used it for Pepper and ourselves. Can you return the one you got and tell them it isn't cutting?

[lv4dogs]

I don't think there is a difference between human and dog. We got ours at the dollar tree and its still working well. We used it for Pepper and ourselves. Can you return the one you got and tell them it isn't cutting?

Yes I can return. I think thats why it's dull, I jinxed myself. LOL When I purchased it I asked (because I know that four paws is not that good of a name but it was all I could find) that if I was unsatisfied with it could I return it? They said as long as I have the packaging & cleaned it up. Which I kept the package & they aren't even dirty.

[LuvGold00]

I thought of you today, and checked my thinning shears, they are Anvil, made by Top Performance, which is the PetEdge brand. They work great for me, had them for over a year now, and still work great!

[lv4dogs]

I thought of you today, and checked my thinning shears, they are Anvil, made by Top Performance, which is the PetEdge brand. They work great for me, had them for over a year now, and still work great!

Thanks for the tip. I'm going to my friends (hairdresser) tonight to get myself a trim, if she doesn't have a good pair that I can purchase or knows of a retailer that is close by (I use my credit card for emergancies only... or at least try) then I'll be sure to get a pair of those.