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so hello I’m Stuart Simon own of groom
doc city and this is Nelson and I’m
gonna do he’s a cross between a Maltese
and the Bijan as far as I know and I’m
gonna do a kind of like see Liam kind of
usually cut on him so first of all he’s
got a few little knot and he’s got not a
brilliant temperament to be groomed so
it’s going to be kind of played by ear
grooming and hopefully you can sort of
see some really good ways of dealing
with over the bowtie kid he’s a really
lovely dog he’s just had a really
difficult past so he sometimes doesn’t
really completely trust humans so I’m
going to start by I’m going to clip out
this area here ah no because this area
is what gets the area that gets the most
naughty and matted and if it’s not there
and we can hide it from the groom then
it’s better to take it short that way he
doesn’t have any trouble in the future
so I’m going to do that with a 10
so first things first we’re going to
lift them up be a good boy and I’m just
going to take the whole Center now
also in the summer he prefers it I said
because it keeps him nice and cool so
I’m literally just going to shave down
them a stripe down the middle then I’m
going to do all these sanitary and his
pre grooming bits and bobs
oh boy hang on now
good boy Nelson
oh boy boy I got in
and good boy
under his arms he also gets quite mad
tude and he doesn’t really let anyone
brush them out so again we can hide them
ah good boy good boy
Hey
Nelson the whole thing for him because
he doesn’t like the process very much is
to try and get done as painless and
quickly and easy as possible so if there
are knots better just cut them out than
to put him through any stress in that
way he’s a happy dog I’m a happy groomer
so I know he’s touched on his legs but
I’ve got to get them brushed out so I’m
going to give it a go and see how he
gets on good boy no problem now there’s
no knots all right all right darling
okay okay it’s all right sweet up and up
Nelson no it’s all right Shh you get
done no Nelson it’s all right you were
doing so well good boy good boy
you did it see see how clever you are
you see how clever you’ll be in good boy
okay all right so better is that better
be careful when you’re doing naughty
Dog’s I shouldn’t really put in my face
so close to his but he’s my dog so I
know when he’s going to go when he’s not
generally but in as a rule I wouldn’t
put your face too close to adopt this
that’s possibly gonna bite you good boy
Nelson I know I know I know
stop your pickle aren’t you you’re a
pickle face yes so even though he’s been
washed and brushed out he has got the
sort of head of nuts up within about
five minutes so it’s really important to
try and get all those nuts out before
you properly start to do the haircut so
I’m going to do a nice short back I’m
going to leave a skirt I’m going to give
him some nice trousers and I’m going to
take the head he said not dissimilar to
a wheat and cut and just a smaller
version so I’m using the 7f on his back
take it nice and short it’s really going
to be nice and tight
Cooper nice and cool in the summer
so Nelson’s got a habit will not have it
it’s just the way he’s built of looking
fat but he isn’t a fat dog it’s just
that because his hairs so big and his
skirt kicks out so this needs to go
quite low otherwise he ends up looking
fat so I do take it down again I just
slide it off making it into rib cage and
it helps with his waistline
most people wouldn’t go shorter than
seven f on but you need that again we’re
going to follow the muscle line
you say I put our muscle line
we’ll try it all that up later same on
the other side
so I’m just flipping the pads out making
sure they’re all clear repair good point
mr. nails on okay so we’ve done the
sanitary gonna strip down the middle
which I’ll show you if you can see there
but you won’t be able to see that from
the outside to helping to keep him cool
in the summer
stand good boy so now we do the feet I’m
going to start with this back leg if he
lets me know good boy
so we need to blend from a really short
to a kind of long ish leg it’s always
hard to do because I’ve taken it so
short on the body and legs gonna be
quite long so it takes quite a lot of
lending so again I’m going to take the
front part of the foot out
unless is around
fluffle this up when we use my sister’s
to blend into the leg
so I’m going to scissor out from here
down to the hock just to give some
angulation make sure you’re standing
properly
we want it to go straight down from this
join we want the leg to go straight down
a column look sorry
so we’re starting to see the blend
between the 7f and the scissor in so I’d
need to do now is to really get that
blended in properly so we’re going to
use thinners just to get rid of any of
the lines
so you want to understand properly so
that we can get an idea of his stack and
we need a little bit more to grow in
here so I’m just going to take a bit out
of that
and we need a bit more to grow here as
well because we want to come down a bit
further
you can see the shape we get in
and that’s all that’s well done that’s
it that’s the end come on you don’t be
lazy so I’m just gonna turn in that way
so I can see the inside of this leg
so the thing with Nelson is he really
doesn’t like the whole process he hates
being brushed he really finds it
frightening so the shorter for him the
better because it means that he comes
here less but he still needs to be
stylish so we’re still going to give
them a nice scissor cut but we don’t
want to put them through anything
doesn’t like going through so we’re
going to try and make it as good as
quick and easy as possible for him so
the skirt now just needs to be blended
in like I said before because he’s got
quite a fluffy coat and it kinks out I
like to make it really really flat to
his body so I take it probably a bit
lower than I would usually otherwise he
looks like a fatty okay then if you just
stop standing weird
ah no good boy so you can feel like he’s
really rigid and really tense the whole
time he’s just waiting for it to hurt so
a lot of reassurance for mr. Nelson so I
put my tape up a little bit
so what I’m doing I’m correcting his
standing because he’s going and he’s
kind of almost getting ready to run
so I’m just correcting his stance so
that I can see exactly where I need to
cut down to his front leg
Nelson Nelson
so I just want to shake it out fluff up
a bit this is Rin spray mmm
with the front legs on little dogs I
don’t I start with the leg rather than
the feet gives me an idea of how much
takeoff
that’s the fee so I’m just scissoring
around the feet to try and get them nice
and round I basically want these to be
nice straight columns these legs so I
scissor up to get a nice finish on the
leg first and then I start doing the
front of the foot and again going round
making sure that I get a nice round
finish so fluff up because he’s little I
can’t get my scissors up all the time
and he doesn’t like me picking his leg
up
so I’m now basically trying to make it
as easy for him as possible I’ve always
got control of him
come on mr. Nelson you can do better
than that
so now I’m gonna try and you that is
naughty that’s naughty okay good boy see
he’s so unpredictable that’s why he’s so
tense I know he’s tense so I know I need
to get through it quite quick so here’s
just a question of making it the best
you can look with that I’m getting too
stressed out no no growling no I good
boy good boy
good boy Nelson and then once you’ve got
it to a place where you think it’s nice
you do the same on yes
you
so he’s really not enjoying it getting a
really moody I’m just trying to get
through it as quickly as possible to
make him more comfortable because he
doesn’t like it
good boy Nelson so I’m just sitting off
his 8 print good boy
okay so that’s sort of the best I can do
with the body at the moment because he’s
not playing ball
so it is tail because I’ve taken the
back so short I’m going to take the top
of the tail short as well and give them
a flag underneath I think it looks
restart personally probably won’t like
it but so again with a 7f I’m going to
take the top repair
I’m just going to skim down the sides
that so that if the tails down it still
looks quite streamline then I’m gonna
brush it out which is going to hate it
up
join
I’m just going to flag it
I find with dogs that don’t like it I
don’t know if you’ve ever done if anyone
out there is done a Reiki course I get a
Reiki course and it really works on some
trouble dogs quite a lot of dogs that
don’t like the grieving process find
that a rate like the energy that goes
through your hands they pick up on it
and if it’s really good energy then and
they pick up on it it comes them right
down so you’ve got to go you’ve got some
trousers they’re not the best I’ve ever
done but they’re alright for him just
tell you to turn up a little bit now
we’re gonna move on to the head so if
it’s going to let me do it
now since I’m nearing picture recently
so the grub around the oldie is good boy
good boy
No
so I’m going to take a 10 so I’m going
to take it in ah good boy I’ll talk
about from the eyes
then we go down from the corner of the
eye corner of the ear into the corner of
them now nice and short
and I leave a little bit there again
blend in
and I’m gonna plate the ears off with a
pen
and I’m just I’m thinning the neck into
the head I don’t like to take the 10 all
the way to the occiput I like to leave
the hair long here and so I don’t touch
this at all with the blade I always just
blend it I think the reason is for me is
because I don’t like to have a really
really short bit here and then long bit
and then blend and I prefer to blend the
whole thing that’s just what I do so I’m
just blending the also put into the body
I think it looks more natural I’m going
to get my 40 blade and I’m gonna do the
inside of the ears
I’m always working away from the year so
now I just need to scissor up around the
ears so I just put all the hair out so
I’ve just cut around the ears like this
always going away from the ear and just
take away all the struggling bits while
some grooming I’m more always looking
out for bits that I’ve missed so in just
in front of the year I always use
thinners to get that nice and short
okay so now
the face is the Nelsons face don’t bite
me so first things first take the hair
away from his eyes and I’m going to take
all this hair away
you’ve been a very good boy mr. Nelson
then I’m going to put it all forward
and I take my scissors line up with the
edge of the nose take it to the side and
take that away so it leaves you with a
nice eyebrow same on the other side line
up the nose move out to the side
when I get my thinners I’m just going to
fear the stop area so that from the side
it’s got a nice shape to it you see
then I’m going to thin all this out to
give them a clearer definition on the
head
and the beard
just going to shape it up so
because this central fall hasn’t grown
improperly you’re faced with a decision
as to whether to actually just take it
away and give much nowzick up because
he’s a he’s a Maltese
Bijan cross you can do whatever you want
with him
but this is it so when you get to these
points you can make a decision now I
personally think it would look a lot
cleaner if he would take if I was to the
middle of the eyebrows out so you can
make a decision when you come to it and
I’m that’s what I’m going to do I’ve
decided so I’m just going to take the
central bit out I think it’ll just make
him look a little bit smarter but
there’s no breed standard for a cross so
you can do every fancy
it just gives you an alternative to just
doing a standard car is something
different
when I would take see this hair here I’m
going to take the hell
I think we’re pretty much there so for a
job that doesn’t like it you can still
do a scissor cut it’s just on his terms
you don’t want to put them through hell
but that is a really nice picture in
you
so this is a finished pet trim on a
Bijan cross Maltese dog that doesn’t
like being groomed he’s really really
sensitive the whole time is very tense
but it just goes to show with a little
bit of love and a little bit of respect
for him you can get through it and get
good result at the end of it not the
best result accepted but not a bad job
and and he didn’t hate it so um it’s
possible I would say I would say that a
dog like this needs to come back to the
salon as as much as possible even if
it’s just for a bath and brush simply –
getting used to the environment to get
him used to the smells that’s you know
the atmosphere in here because that is
half the battle once they’re used to
environment then they’re probably more
be more happy for us to deal with them
and even if they a lot of my customers
if they go past the shop and they’re
frightened dogs I’ll tell them to come
in I’ll give them a treat and then off
they go so they don’t even have to have
the haircut as long as they come in and
here’s as good as gold now well done mr.
Nelson oh yes
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