grooming

[dab_20]

I am trying to train sammy to be good while I am trying to brush him. He doesn't need to be brushed right now, but I figure he should get used to it for when he does have longer hair. He squirms like a madman and bites my hands and stuff. He chews on the brush, and anything he can do to make me quit, he does it.

The vet told me to play with his ears and paws so it will be easier to cut his nails and clean his ears when he's older, and he doesn't mind it. But when I brush him he is a little poop face. lol

[Toby's my baby]

Leave the brush out so he gets acustom to it. Then slowly, when he is really comfortable and in a nice place, just hold him and slowly brush him, but if he starts to squirm, stop, and let him smell it, and dont continue untill he is comfortable again.

[tz1]

touch him more and more in places he doesnt like so he gets used to it. brush him when he is very sleepy too (he probably wont put up a fight) and if he is good give him treats

ur lucky , from what i see from that picture your doggie is little , lol...most of the time zero lets me brush him, but when he doesn't it is a tough battle to wrestle him lol

[dab_20]

lol thanks. if i leave the brush out he thinks it's a toy and will start chewing it.
sam is about 4 or 5 pounds bigger than he is in that pic. lol.. but he is still holdable.

BTW do dogs get dandruff? cuz when i brush his ears, all this white stuff comes off his black fur. i know i am not brushing to hard, because i have the kind of brush that doesn't scrape his skin.

[dab_20]

this is his brush/comb:

[Corinna]

Yes they can get dandruff , but Ill bet being a cocker it's most likely food ,but spaneils go have lots of skin shedding becouse of the oils in the skin . It's from the days of them being hunting dogs.

[Toby's my baby]

Yes, I am pretty sure dogs get dandruff. You should use a really good shampoo, and the dog food that you feed them makes a difference too. I have a brush like this. . .
http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/93009/200.jpg
and it works really well. Hope this helps a little. .

[dab_20]

its not food, because his food is brown. lol... are cockers still used as hunting dogs?

ohh yes i do have a brush like that. but it was missy's and it makes me feel guilty when i use it on sammy.

we have a brush for sammy that i dont use on him yet that looks like the spiky side of that brush. and molly has a soft bristle brush that i could use on him also.

[Jessika]

its not food, because his food is brown.

She meant the food you feed directly coorelates to your dog's skin and fur condition. If he has dry skin check to make sure the food you're currently feeding has enough omega-6 and -3 fatty acids.

[dab_20]

OHH lol. i am clueless. ummmm would it say that on the back of the bag?? we feed him iams puppy food.

[Jessika]

Linolec Acid is a good source, as well as sunflower seed oil. Are any of those ingredients on the list?

[dab_20]

i will check in the mornin. the food is in the garage and it is FREEZING.

[Vette]

Where do you brush him?
on the floor?

[dab_20]

well i am sitting on the floor and he is either standin on the floor or sitting in my lap. why?

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Do you give up when he starts to fight and just do it later again? My opinion is a whole lot different than Toby's my baby's opinion. If he's just putting up a fight because that's what he feels like doing to get his own way, I'd make him sit there while I brushed him. If I want to do something to my dogs learned when we got them that I wasn't going to put up with anything like that for no reason so now they know that they're not going to win if they fight with me so they don't bother trying. If he's afraid, I'd definitely go along with what Toby's my baby said but if he's jsut fighting to get his own way I wouldn't let him win. I hope that all made sense. Also, don't brush him for long periods of time since he's still pretty young and doesn't really even need it at the moment you said.