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Christmas puppy-need advice !

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#1 ·
hello everyone
I am new to this forum. After much research, we decided to get our 11 year old daughter a Havanese for Christmas. He is all black, and we are sooooo excited. This will be a gift from "Santa" ,so she will first see him Christmas morning,We will bring him home at exactly 12 weeks of age. I read the articles and advice, and it seems crate training is the way to go for long term results. I have never trained or owned a puppy before, and am a little worried that we don't know what we are doing! More specifically, what about those first couple of days when everyone wants to hold him ,etc all day ? I would hate to have to crate him up ! ---please help me with any advice you can give- I am all ears !
Also,any cute black dog names (besides Pepper) ?
thanks!
marie
 
#55 ·
I almost shaved her when she was matted all over (but not beyond the point of no return) and I am a professional! Now at almost 2 I can get away with a couple of days w/o brushing. At one point I was doing about 45 min brushing every day until it was gone, but that didn't work. Every day it was actually worse, I didn't understand! At the end of the week I figured out I was going nowhere fast and decided now or never, I did it all in one shot in almost 4 hours. So glad those days are behind me!
 
#59 ·
I do it, when the dog is really sleepy, i make sure she's on her side and just grab it with my fingers and pull it out. she doesn't even flinch. My labradoodle likes it, she lays on her side and i use the tweezers to carefully pluck all the hairs. no worse than doing my eyebrows!!!
 
#60 ·
I just did Tillie's ears today! I don't make them totally hair less, I just trim the hair that grows inside the ear flap so the canals have air circulation and then I use my fingers to grab into the ear canal a bit and pull out any hairs that may be lose...
 
#62 ·
I groom my dogs (not a professional, I just muddle through) and never did it- but recently I brought them to a grooming school for a clip and they plucked their ears. They do have very hairy ears inside, but haven't had any problems with infections. Not sure whether I will try it myself...right now we're dealing with mats from playing in the snow! think we'll do shorter clip now :) They don't seem to get cold easily, and are fine for an hour walk in the cold without any coats.
 
#64 ·
The grooming school is run by the same person who runs the day care they go to. So I was confident that it would be OK.

Not only was it OK, both times I have brought them, they came back beautifully done! The price- 15 dollars each, one of the best bargains on the planet :) It makes my amateur clips look quite pathetic....
 
#65 ·
Off topic.... I go to a school for massage, nails, etc. They do a better job as they are by the book without cutting corners. I would imagine a grooming school would be by the book also. I say kudos for giving the school a shot. Same as the medical intern (off topic again), people need to learn so that services are available for the future.
 
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