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Everything Dog Grooming Book: All you need to help your pet look and feel great! (Everything Series) by Sandy Blackburn
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A Winner!, December 11, 2008
I borrowed this book from the public Library. Great information, well written, a fun and enjoyable read. Great for bouncing around to look up various and useful tidbits. Am ordering one for me as soon as I am through with this review. This is my first review, but I want all to know how good it is. I like the tip about using corn starch to get mats out. Really works on my Shih-Tzu.
I have just started reading this book and find it a bit hard to put down.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago I had no interest in dog grooming. My wife and I are disabled older people. We worked for many years and near the end we had to do a lot of mandatory overtime. We only had one dog and we had little quality time to devote to him.
My dog passed away at 13 years of age from cancer. Both me and my wife said "No more dogs ever again." At the same time we both commented that we disliked small dogs and we would absolutely never own one. Anybody who is familiar with the good Lord's sense of humor can guess what happened next.
My neighbor brought home a female miniature longhaired dachshund. My wife and I love german shepherds. This dog was the exact opposite of dogs I liked. The dachshund had the same opinion of us as we had of it only I believe it actually hated us.
One day I decided to make friends with the doxie just to get her to stop barking at me. Dachshunds don't change their minds easily especially if they think of you as an enemy. It took me a month and a half of calm patience and doing everything just right to be able to touch her for the first time.
Six months, and a summer full of fun later the doxie got it in her little head that I was going to be her new owner. That's just what happened too.
Her name is Dolly. Unlike other dogs that I have owned giving her a bath is fun and she enjoys it. She did not like it at first but she's a smart dog and realized i was just trying to help.
I knew I was not doing it right and that's why I ordered Sandy's book.
It's a good book too full of common sense advice. Sandy mentioned a few things about expressing a dogs anal glands that I had never heard before. I had never heard that if you do it too forcefully you can rupture the sac. I'm very afraid of hurting my dog and I'm leaving this job for the vet. I don't know how much force to apply.
I have discovered that books on dog behavior don't exactly apply to a Dachshund. This stubborn and independent breed make those people look like they don't know what they are talking about. They are stubborn true but it's hard to find a breed of dog that loves it's owners so much. My doxie acts as if it's a privilege to live in our home.
I have not found anything in Sandy's book that does not apply to dachshunds. I rate this book as a keeper. A keeper is a book I'll keep for years and re-read. A keeper is not a book that I read once and then donate to the Salvation Army Store.
Thank you so much Carl, I also have a "Dolly" in my house! I hope you have many years of happy grooming!
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