New member - GSD owner

[barongsd]

nahhhhhhhhhh you are doing fine.. I am learning too.. BTW should read from me " Borzois' ARENT too bad... blah blah..." ( I am not awake yet either... lol..)

I just finished my morning coffee ... not that that makes a big differance ... I am confused most of the time, when wide awake or when half asleep, it doesn't really matter much..... I have to do some grooming today, especially TOE NAILS!! .. oh .. my favorite pastime!! .. Clipping German Shedder nails!!! ... is there a groomer in the house????

[borzoimom]

Ohhhhhhhhh joy! If your dogs nails are like mine- they are sooooooo big and thick. My other 3 are fine with it, but Hottie has to be done by a outside person- like a vet or groomer. He gets twitchy with me like " mom- ... surely you jest.." I am not sure if it is from when he was a puppy and I had to change bandages or what- but its worth the 7 dollars to let someone else do it, and he just like 'gives up..".. Thats just the way he is.. lol.
I did find that with shepherds, that after bathing them and rinsing them off totally, the last split second switch to slightly cooler water ( not cold) and that does reduce the hair fall out... Something about contracting the hair folicles or something like that.. All I know- is that it worked. You could still get out the dead hair while shampooing with a brush, but it kept the rest of the coat in tact... Not to mention made a wonderful shine as it didnt strip the final oil in the coat..
I am sure you already know this, but it worked for me all those years..

[barongsd]

Ohhhhhhhhh joy! If your dogs nails are like mine- they are sooooooo big and thick. ..............and rinsing them off totally, the last split second switch to slightly cooler water

I missed this post somehow ... anyway ... when I groom my dogs I groom them two different ways, one way for shows and another just to get them clean ... lol ... it is much more ardeous grooming for shows as you know .... trimming hair, paws, hocks, etc ... doing nails ... blow drying against the lay of hair ... etc, etc. .... we even use a different shampoo for shows, but for just a bath we use the old fashioned oatmeal shampoo, blow just to get them dry and trim the nails, clean ears and brush teeth ... it only takes about an hour or so per dog for a "home groom" .. much much longer for a "show groom" ...