Archive | December 2011
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The Fur Club for Dogs: Progress Update #1
We have 1 1/4in of coarse and curly adult coat coming in! This is her first bath since her disastrous spay two weeks ago, and she NEEDED it! She wasn’t feeling well in this photo.
The Fur Club For Dogs: Supplements and Coat Growth prologue
I haven’t mentioned it here, but in February I’m attending my FIRST ISCC Master Styling Symposium in Texas. Bonzai needs at least 2.5 inches of hair if I am going to be able to use her. Karen, Bonzai’s breeder, heard my desperation and mailed me a Coat Growth Care Package. Enclosed were the AKC Registration […]
The Nightmare Before Christmas
“Hey Charity, are you up for a challenge?” My boss strolls into the salon on Saturday with a smile, knowing my answer. “Maybe. It depends on what it is.” I know him too well to say yes. He’s given me a 16 year old senile and aggressive Bouvier that was a solid pelt and couldn’t […]
The Nightmare Before Christmas
“Hey Charity, are you up for a challenge?” My boss strolls into the salon on Saturday with a smile, knowing my answer. “Maybe. It depends on what it is.” I know him too well to say yes. He’s given me a 16 year old senile and aggressive Bouvier that was a solid pelt and couldn’t […]
Experimenting with an English Cocker pattern on a puppy
This is Rico, a 6 month old cocker puppy. This is his 2nd groom and he’s extremely submissive and anxious. He tried to bite my coworker when she checked him in for me and she came in shaking her head and giving what she thought was a death sentence: “they want a cocker cut”. I’d […]
Experimenting with an English Cocker pattern on a puppy
This is Rico, a 6 month old cocker puppy. This is his 2nd groom and he’s extremely submissive and anxious. He tried to bite my coworker when she checked him in for me and she came in shaking her head and giving what some might consider a death sentence: “they want a cocker cut” I’d […]
Misadventures in Poodle Coat Change
For Halloween I decided to dress Bonzai as Glenn Close’s take on Cruella de Vil. My three year old son, Talon, was a Dalmatian puppy. I used Chris Christensen’s White on White, Thick n Thicker, and After Bath for the first time since Bonzai was a teeny puppy. She was softer than ever… but also […]
