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Thank you for all your advice Beth I appreciate it, it really helped me! :D I'm sure all equipment comes with danger warnings, I am an adult and would consider myself being very careful and precise - I don’t think I will be chopping Sophie’s ear off..! :rolleyes: Of course I will be careful...

Duncan if you read back you will see I have been posting my progress - at the start I had not tackled grooming sophie myself and was looking for some miracle cure! But half way down you will see I have started grooming sophie myself, I started with brushing her and trimming her with a sissors...

Hi Superdiver, if that is an attempt at an insult then keep your "limited experience" views to yourself. I could elaborate but I wont bother.

success!! I just wanted to let ye know we are getting on so well training Sophie in on grooming - so well infact that she now sits out on the step (no lead needed to restrain her) and allows me to brush and cut, its a long process she is a but uneven at the minute but most of the tangled hair...

success!! Thank you for your posts. I guess I should have addressed the problem sooner and yes not grooming her was the easier option than upsetting her, I know now this made problem worse rather than facing up to it. As Giny said she is never too old to learn and now it is time we faced...

Thank you for the Advice simplymisty, I live in Ireland and unfortunately dog grooming is not as popular here, the choice is limited to the vet or a local lady who just took up dog grooming and would not be trained and Sophie has been barred from there because she bit her nose :( Herschel I...

Ok well that does not help my situation one bit, in my (and my dog's defence) she is a nervous wreck because she is a rescued dog, please do not lecture me about not caring for my dog because I most certainly do, she is 8 this year and yes we only cut her once a year - firstly it costs €140 to...

Hi All, My medium sized long haired terrier Sophie needs her hair cut once a year as it gets too long and tangled. She is very nervous around strangers and has to get sedated when getting cut as she goes crazy and can get vicious. She is getting too old now to be sedated but she really...