On the bright side, I remembered to take some before and after pics of the entire TWO dogs I managed to get done today.
The first was a badly matted schnauzer. She was a sweet girl, but very head shy which made it very difficult. Had to do alot of scissor work because she flipped out with the clippers. Here she is before:
And After:
Next came Gizmo, a severely matted Shitzu:
As you can see, I had to tunnel my way under this giant pelted mat. As solid as they were though, I was able to do his body with a 5F blade. His legs on the other hand, needed a 7F, and, in some places, even a 10. He was a trooper for the most part. That is until I got to his front legs. He thought he might want to try and bite me, so I had to muzzle him for the last part of his rough in.
Once Giz had been bathed and dried, he'd settled down pretty well. I still had to fight to get those front legs done, most of which were done by scissoring, since he didn't mind that as much. He wasn't quite finished in the 'After" picture, but mom took over to finish him off, and I wanted a picture of MY work. But I was happy to find that there really was a dog under all that hair. And he was a much happier dog when he left the shop.
And last, but not least, I did manage to take an 'after' pic of Molly, the Great Pyrenees that I did yesterday. She was the sweetest thing ever.
Monday I will start making calls to get the electrical work started on my garage/shop. Finally taking the necessary steps toward getting my shop opened. Sure hope my body hold up!
