I am a failure at grooming!!

[Cynthia and Magic]

I don't know what I am doing wrong.

I spent 2 hours brushing, combing....got all kinds of fluff off him I didn't know he had. Read all the info, watched youtube videos.....and I thought I would ace this!

 

Set up the table....made a coffee...all smiles and all prepared. Crap.

I was hoping to get him down to about a 1" summer cut. He has really dense curly hair. After 2 hours of hacking away....I hardly got any hair off him! I thought, maybe my clippers are too cheap. Ran out mid-job and bought a more expensive Oster...but it just keeps jamming in his hair and pulling off the attachment!...and didn't do any better than my $40 clipper. It looks so easy in the video!!

I didn't bath him first because he had one a few days ago....how dirty could he be?? Could this be the problem??

 

I was really hoping to be able to do this....but after 4 hours, I have an exhausted pup....and I am ready for the nuthouse!!

...I hate to admit defeat - but do you think I should leave this up to the groomer? Maybe his hair just got too long.....or maybe I just suck as a groomer!!

 

[Cynthia and Magic]

I ordered some of those metal comb/blades....and gave him a bath already, so ya, it looks like I will have to bath him again by the time the new blades arrive! I ended up giving him a scissor cut - and hey, he looks pretty good. Lopsided, but still pretty good! He likes to lay down when I clip him, so it wasn't until he was up and running around I notice the 2 sides are different....:P

 

...it's good to hear all these different experiences!!!....thank you...