Our Lhasa Apso puppy is just about 4 months old now and she is GREAT with baths, brushing, and the hair dryer. We need some advice though on how to get her used to the electric clippers and the sissors. So far she is TERRIFIED of both. She was originally skittish around the hair dryer but now she loves it. What I did then was I just gave her treats every so often and told her what a good girl she was and now she just sits nicely in front of me while I dry her.
Today I wanted to clip some of the hair away from her eyes with the sissors and she would NOT hold still. At all. I tried some stuff I saw on TV with slowly bringing the sissors to her and letting her get used to them and stuff, and that was all fine and good, but as soon as I try to clip near her eyes she just goes nuts. Obviously that's not good cause I dont want to poke her eyes out :-/ So then I decided to try the mini electric clipper that came with the big one, because it seemed a bit safer and maybe quicker. But she's terrified of these too.. How do I get her to relax about having the hair around her eyes/nose clipped? We do -not- want to have to take her to a professional groomer every time she needs a little clip.. Any tips would be appreciated!
Today I wanted to clip some of the hair away from her eyes with the sissors and she would NOT hold still. At all. I tried some stuff I saw on TV with slowly bringing the sissors to her and letting her get used to them and stuff, and that was all fine and good, but as soon as I try to clip near her eyes she just goes nuts. Obviously that's not good cause I dont want to poke her eyes out :-/ So then I decided to try the mini electric clipper that came with the big one, because it seemed a bit safer and maybe quicker. But she's terrified of these too.. How do I get her to relax about having the hair around her eyes/nose clipped? We do -not- want to have to take her to a professional groomer every time she needs a little clip.. Any tips would be appreciated!