Alright, today's before and after grooming pictures feature Dulce. She's a pretty little Yorkie-Poo with the longest legs I've ever seen! I told her grandma that she should be a doggy model ;)
She came in with plenty of wild fluff, a few mats in her beard, and a HUGE mat on her rear end. I think she'd been biting at her tail for a while. Aside from her above-the-tail area, it seemed like her mom had done a pretty good job of keeping her combed out. I'll give her efforts a B+.
The left picture is Dulce's "before" shot in the bath tub (notice the wonderful bath mat!), then you'll see my favorite time for all dogs - right after the blow dry, and finally we have the "after" shot. See that happy smile? She knows she's a pretty girl!
How did I do it? In the bath I used Espree's new Cucumber Melon shampoo followed by Bark2Basic's D-Mat conditioner lightly all over and then heavy on those rear-end matts. After soaking and working it in for about a minute I used my comb and mat stripper to demat her tail. Ear cleaning was done with a couple squirts of Top Performance ear cleaner and Q-tips. To wrap up the bathing process I toweled her and used my B-Air force dryer to dry and fluff. Her body, legs, and top of head were done with a #2 Andis blade comb. I did the usual maintenance of nail trimming/filing and ear plucking. I used a #15 on her eye corners and sanitary areas, then neatened everything with my Geib Gators.
