Alfie - help needed

[Freedom]

Alfie has hair not fur? The mitt won't work well. Bichons have hair; we use a slicker brush, either medium or soft bristles; the firm is too much for the hair and it just breaks. We also use either a greyhound comb or a poodle comb (I have both).

slicker: SOFT: http://www.petedge.com/product/Groom.../478/43697.uts

MEDIUM: http://www.petedge.com/product/Groom.../478/46649.uts

small slicker - good for ears, face and legs: http://www.petedge.com/product/Groom.../478/44553.uts

greyhound comb: (I only have the mdium / coarse, I don't do a good enough job that I would ever get a fine through lol!)
http://www.petedge.com/product/Maste...ombs/46284.uts

poodle comb: http://www.petedge.com/product/Maste...Comb/44176.uts


Sit and treats: I just re read what I wrote, didn't write it too well. That is a step further along in the process. You can't have the other dog close by when you start with the training.

A walk buddy would be fun for both of you! Good luck!

[ChrisH]

Freedom, I already have three slicker brushes and combs very similar to the greyhound and poodle combs in the links but I haven't used them on Alfie so thanks very much for the advice, I will give them a try.

[pomtzu]

I have a slicker, and it works good for short hair, however, I hate it. The pins are sharp and I usually end up with bloody pin pricks, and the pups hate it too. I can't use it on Myndi anyway, since I keep her hair long, and need to use the rake on her. The rake works good on Sparky when his hair starts to grow out and isn't real short, and I use it on his ears and tail which are always longer anyway.

I guess it's just a matter of trial and error to see which works best of each individual dog.

This is the type of rake that I use.

[ChrisH]

I was wrong about having 3 slicker brushes , I have one with plastic pins which I tried earlier and it worked quite well. The other two I thought were slickers are a furminator type thing and a rake similar to the photo you posted but, I think, bigger.

[ChrisH]

A little update. Alfie has been behaving a lot better around other dogs over the last couple of days due to my using his squeaker toy for distraction in place of treats. It has worked quite well so you could say I'm now cautiously optimistic about future meetings.

[lizbud]

A little update. Alfie has been behaving a lot better around other dogs over the last couple of days due to my using his squeaker toy for distraction in place of treats. It has worked quite well so you could say I'm now cautiously optimistic about future meetings.

Good news. I'm glad you are seeing progress.

[pomtzu]

Good boy, Alfie! Keep up the good work.