Grooming a Show Yorkie

Thank you MK&C!!!

We're supposed to be going to get some grooming stuff soon. I shaved the hair on Dixie's ears today just to see how she'd react. She did good. I know I didn't do it right, I didn't read anything. I went onto yorkie.org (or...it might be yorkies.org)...Anyway, it tells you to do it in a triangle. If I didn't do a triangle, would that be penalized in the ring? I'm not showing her too soon, so it'll have plenty of time to grow back for me to do it right, but I just wanted to know. I shaved all the hair inside, and out of the ear. I'll post pictures tomorrow. Anyway, please let me know what you know. THANKS!

I'm not sure about it being penalized in the ring. Pics would be good, though

For the ring, you also do need to scissor the hair on the edges of the ear where you shaved, to make it look neater. You most likely weren't able to shave the hair on the sides so it's going to be a little longer than the hair on the middle part of the ear. Grasp that little bit of hair on the side of the ear, pull it gently to get it to stand up and away from the skin, and snip it off. It's hard to do on really tiny ears (I hated doing it with Schnauzers) but it makes a big difference.

I actually got the hair on the sides! She didn't mind at all. I'll post pictures soon!

Unfortunately, at this time, I only have 1 clear picture. I had to hold her on my lap, and it was too close for the camera to focus. When my sister gets home, I'll get some better ones.

*UPLOADING*

Here ya go! I just shaved all of it. lol. I didn't know what to do, so I just did it all. Let me know what ya think. THANKS!

Sorry, sister had LOTS of homework, so I couldn't get anymore of the back of her, but here's one from the front. I can get more tomorrow of the back.

They could be much neater, but this was just a 'trial' run to see if she'd put up with it. I don't think I'm going to do Lucy's ears again though. I'll do Dixies, but today Dixie and Lucy got into their normal fight (over a treat ) and Lucy came out of it with scabbed up ears.



You can see the one on the front, and it's worse on the back. Poor girl! I put some neosporin on it, and she didn't mind. Dixie did try to lick it off, but I stopped her, and she hasn't messed with her since. They're sleeping together on my jacket on the floor right now.

Oh, and she's wet from the dew. She just had come back from a walk, lol!

Thank you for the links!

Does anyone else have any advice? It'd be appreciated!

LizzieCollie,

Thank you SOOO much for the advice about the conditioner/spray bottle! We didn't have suave, so I used White Rain, and you can litterally see her coat sheen! It's sooo pretty, and shiney! Thanks again!

p.s. She smells GREAT too!

Hi, I was looking through your pics and I do have a suggestion
The next time you shave her ears do not take them down so far, you don't want to shave the whole ear, just the top third. You do want to leave some ear fringe. Good luck

Thank you very much diva_pup! I too read that you're supposed to only cut 1/3 of the ear. But unfortunately it was after I'd trimmed them. I'm going to do it right next time though! Thanks again!

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