DIY Doggie Hair Cut… Whahat?!
Yep. We went there. It was all Chad’s idea.
About three times a year we load the pups into the car for a day at the spa. And by spa we mean the Petsmart grooming salon where they are washed, leashed up, trimmed, cleaned, snipped… expressed.
All for at least $40 each. And even though we always love the results of a good Petsmart scrubbin’ – we’ve posted about it here and here too, it’s time to save some dough friends. Look at that stud.
We didn’t do that. Petsmart did, but the rest of what you’re about to see is all Miss Lucy so we had to be sure to share the love and throw up some oldie but goodie shots of a very dapper looking Barton. Isn’t he the bee’s knees?
In an attempt to save some long-term beans we splurged sixty this weekend on a puppy hair trimmer. We’ll be the first to admit that we didn’t do a lot of research prior to making this purchase – a little unusual for us. Instead we went to straight to the dog groomer’s horse’s mouth by chatting up the groomers at our local Petsmart for shopping tips. We ended up picking up an Andis Easy Clip – it is pink by the way, so macho men beware. Chad had to take a moment to get over that before bringing it home.
And no, even though we’ve said Petsmart about ten times in this post already, they didn’t perk or pay us to write this. Heck they don’t even know we’re writing this. Too bad though, hair trimmers aren’t cheap and Lucy might have accepted the swag if offered – she’s shameless.
The kit came with a DVD for training which Dr. Whited watched thoroughly before beginning.
Hey, if Chad can cut up people’s heads and necks at work surely he can cut the dog’s hair right? Well, you guys can be the judge. Here is a look at our little Chia pet before the experiment.
Look at those furry haunches. Do dogs have haunches? Not really sure what those are, or why I typed that. Hmmm. But she’s furry either way.
Just because we can’t help ourselves, we started off planning to video the entire process for you guys, but a lot of blade switching and fur clogs caused this to be a slow process. So we only taped about fifteen minutes of the madness, sped it up and set it to some swingin’ music instead.
And the final result.
From now on her nickname will be patches. Reference previously mentioned haunches.
Girl can pose for real.
Oh, and here’s all the hair we cut off of her. Ewww. You can see why we did this little experiment out on the back porch.
The results aren’t professional but we’ll get better – and they’ll still get a trip to the spa, just not as often.
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We attempted to trim Ty’s nails ourselves. We even bought the fancy Peticure, hoping it would be easier. Yeah. . . Ty is an aggressive wiggler and screamer. No amount of bacon would calm him. We decided just to pay a pro. Some things are worth the $$.
I think Lucy still looks adorable and, as long as she doesn’t fight too much, keep at the DIY!
She doesn’t fight the hair cut or the bath. Neither one of them do. They don’t like us trimming their nails so we pay for that whenever we can, but every now and then Chad will hold them down while I try it.
I was looking for a “family photo” for the after shot.
Everyone smiling, dapper Barton trying not to laugh at Miss Lucy.
Did you flip to see who the guinea pig would be for this project, or was Lucy more in need? I’m impressed by the first try!
Lucy was definitely the most in need. You’re right though a family pic is definitely in order!
Wow y’all are seriously so brave! She looks good! It totally does get easier over time but please tell me you’re not expressing her yourself! That was a non negotiable for us when we decided to take on our own grooming! You might find that your vet is cheaper and does a better job expressing because they internally get them too…something we found out the hard way about PetSmart
Ha! Yea we would never dream of tackling that uh…. Diy project? No they will still get the occasional trip for really good nail trims, ears, etc. We are not quite that cheap :)