Hi everyone. I'm hoping you all can help me. For the majority of my life, animals needing help have found me. I've been involved in animal rescue (formally) for a few years now. Currently, I have 4 small short hair rescues of my own. I'm sure you guys can relate, word gets around. So a couple days ago, I got a call about an elderly man with a cavapoo. I was told the dog was in bad shape and could I take a look. Long story short, I now have a very sweet, slightly nervous neutered, middle age, male cavapoo. My guess is that the grooming got away from the man and it wasn't willful neglect. Not much socialization though and does show guarding behavior. This poor dog is badly, badly matted. Right to the skin. I can't find any local groomers willing to give me a huge discount (the timing sucks. I'm broke.) So I'm going to have to tackle this myself. I have very little experience with long hair dogs. I do have a good andis clipper that I picked up a while back, just in case. I'm hoping to get recommendations on a blade #. I've done some research and have heard differing opinions.
Wet shave? With shampoo or rinsed?
Bathe before shave?
Any special tips for legs and face?
His ears are nasty. Do I pull out the ear hair before cleaning and treating? What's the easiest way? Without a real clear look, I'm pretty sure he has ear mites. No infection though.
Since I don't really know this dog yet, my plan is to give him some rescue remedy and go as slow as I have to. Like one leg at a time, then break, etc. I don't want to freak him out or get bitten. Any other calming tips?
If there is anything I haven't anticipated or need to know, I'd appreciate the help. I'm not concerned at all with how it looks right now. I just want to get him comfortable. He'll be here for a couple months at least while I evaluate him and make sure he's healthy so I can always get him groomed again after he grows out a bit.
Thanks in advance!
Kerry
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Wet shave? With shampoo or rinsed?
Bathe before shave?
Any special tips for legs and face?
His ears are nasty. Do I pull out the ear hair before cleaning and treating? What's the easiest way? Without a real clear look, I'm pretty sure he has ear mites. No infection though.
Since I don't really know this dog yet, my plan is to give him some rescue remedy and go as slow as I have to. Like one leg at a time, then break, etc. I don't want to freak him out or get bitten. Any other calming tips?
If there is anything I haven't anticipated or need to know, I'd appreciate the help. I'm not concerned at all with how it looks right now. I just want to get him comfortable. He'll be here for a couple months at least while I evaluate him and make sure he's healthy so I can always get him groomed again after he grows out a bit.
Thanks in advance!
Kerry
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