Hello, Jim...

Posted by feet's too big (A) on February 17, 2007 at 12:02:03

In Reply to: Thanks Bill.... posted by subcoolman on February 17, 2007 at 09:44:10:

Grooming sounds rather more time-intensive than it actually is, with a Husky-sized dog (eg hairy Husky "Hoki" - one of Cass's play-fighting friends who has sometimes seemed to moult sufficient hair each day to spin a cardigan from!) taking less than 5 minutes to give a thorough (outdoors!) top-to-bottom treatment, using a proper "stripping comb"**... After the initial week (when about two carrier-bags/treatment of dense hair and fluff were removed), Hoki has often only required a brief daily "going over"...

The main point is that if a dog's hair is going to resist coming away with the stripping comb, it is not going to be loose enough to fall on your carpets or chairs!...

** IMO it is vital to get an effective tool here, in that before I lent Hoki's owner my stripping-comb, she was almost tearing her hair out from having unsatisfactory results from lots of supposed grooming aids and was desparate to find a vaguely effective, speedy excess dog hair removal method... She purchased her own the day after she had a chance to try the stripping-comb I had loaned... The fact that Hoki and brother Storm now LOOK groomed is simply a welcome bonus, as of course is the absence of hair at home!... So if you find that you have difficulty sourcing one to match the description in my previous posting - since I have a "spare" in the car - if you email me, I'll post it on to you...

Regarding any smell in the living-room, I can only suggest fairly regular carpet-cleaning (as the problem is probably likely to be a cumulative effect of a number of small "accidents"), together with an appropriately aromatic post-cleaning "powder"... "Kilz" might be a bit extreme for this application!... As dogs tend to repeat bladder function at locations where previous release has taken place, the absence of such a scent may minimise the problem...

Sadly, apart from suggesting keeping a bag in the porch containing towels to clean mud off their feet before they enter, there may not be much to be done about keeping paw-marks out of the house during periods of wet weather, though thankfully any paw-marks are both easy to clean from an insulated surface at any time, and easy to hoover from carpets (after they've dried!)...

I don't think I can do much about the expenses(!), so I think that's about it, in terms of addressing your posted problem check-list!...

Bill.

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Topic - De riquer new fashion - revjac 11:35:27 02/16/07 (26)

KOOL Kato!!!! - Timbo in Oz 15:37:17 02/16/07 (0)

Awwwwwwwwwww gee I really do like those dogs. How do they go in the heat? ~t - three_sox 15:03:46 02/16/07 (5)

Not fond of the heat - not this one! - revjac 09:56:04 02/17/07 (0)

wellllllll...... most breed within the group known as Northern Spitzes*, like Kotay do - Timbo in Oz 15:28:00 02/16/07 (3)

Thanks Timbo............... - three_sox 15:37:48 02/16/07 (2)

You will get sick of grooming them! but yes i've never met one I didn't like or didn't like me with calm reserve until - Timbo in Oz 16:04:15 02/16/07 (1)

Re: You will get sick of grooming them! but yes i've never met one I didn't like or didn't like me with calm reserve un - JeffMO 08:51:27 02/17/07 (0)

Oh great, now I'll have to get some for Ewok! - Bruce Kendall 12:38:40 02/16/07 (18)

'Where's me old photographs, then?' Fill him in willya EG? - Timbo in Oz 15:29:48 02/16/07 (4)

I've been scatter-brained. - Bruce Kendall 15:32:51 02/16/07 (3)

there there Bwooce I kinda understand, in the circs and all - Timbo in Oz 15:35:01 02/16/07 (2)

A certain character in an ancient BBC radio series??? hints? - Timbo in Oz 19:24:01 02/16/07 (1)

Arrr, not familiar with that particular sketch! - ElbowGeek 20:36:08 02/16/07 (0)

and not only that! - revjac 13:02:58 02/16/07 (0)

You now have another potential speaker-knock-down pet? -t - Sordidman 12:52:15 02/16/07 (11)

She seldom has an opportunity to do any such damage. - Bruce Kendall 13:19:54 02/16/07 (10)

Poo - Sordidman 18:20:04 02/16/07 (0)

Re: "...freshly-installed carpet..." - subcoolman 13:37:15 02/16/07 (8)

(But once they kick-off this mortal coil.....)... You'll get some other dogs?.... - feet's too big 15:05:22 02/16/07 (7)

As for that last line, - Bruce Kendall 19:05:46 02/16/07 (0)

If nothing else, they teach humility to the cats -t - Sordidman 18:22:46 02/16/07 (0)

Re: "...(a) house REQUIRES a dog to become "a home" - subcoolman 16:35:00 02/16/07 (3)

Domestic problems with dogs?... - feet's too big 08:17:22 02/17/07 (2)

Thanks Bill.... - subcoolman 09:44:10 02/17/07 (1)

Hello, Jim... - feet's too big 12:02:03 02/17/07 (0)

Pussy cats work for me - et al, mind, Beeeel! - Timbo in Oz 15:20:08 02/16/07 (0)

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