How to clip Poodle Feet

[@johnsellers9623]

Melanie, you are so pleasant to listen to and your happiness does rub off on your friends and viewers. You give and gave me confidence to tackle the job of grooming my standard poodle, and it’s not nearly as easy as you make it look. I just took mine to a woman to clean up my work, but I think I’m gonna have to take a few lessons to know how much pressure I can put on the clippers. I’m so nervous I’m gonna cut or hurt him. And I’m realizing that to do a good job, scissor work is a must. But I’m determined and my little buddy is happy with how he looks when I try to clean him up. I was wondering if you just use powder and your fingers to get the hair out. I’m sure I’ve watched how you do it because I’m watching so many videos. But I’m not a fan of the groomers who twist the tweezers and yank. I know I’m not getting all of the hair out but they are clean and he doesn’t hate the way I do it. My other standard that passed from bloat last year had his ears cleaned by groomers regularly and he seemed to have ear infections to many times. I’m trying to figure out what is best and hopefully my baby boy won’t have the ear infections my other one had. Thanks for sharing your advice and experience with people like me that really need it. And from a normal, good and fun person. ✌️👍😊

[@MelanieNewmanSalonEssentials]

Hi John, I only pluck my poodle ear hair if the vet tells me too. Some of my poodle i dont remove the hair and some i do. It depends on how hairy the ear hair is and if the ear canel can breath. I do beleive that the hair can protect the ear as well. Cheers Mel

[@johnsellers9623]

I’m enjoying the heck out of this. I’m a 63 year old retired welder fabricator, biker guy from Pennsylvania and I’m surprised myself that I’m watching two nice ladies grooming poodles. But I’m from German shepherds all my life and now on my second black standard poodle. Amazing dogs. They are needy but my first one knew how to make me laugh when I wasn’t feeling it. Now my favorite breed. Melanie , you keep me smiling too. ✌️one more quick question, is bathing once a month ok or should I just wait till six or seven weeks and do the bath with the groom? My dog hangs out in the garage and truck with me, but I do keep him brushed so there’s never any knots. I also really want to get him to the river and lakes, so is brushing him good, good enough or can I bathe him more? Maybe you have a recommendation for a shampoo that won’t strip him of his natural oils in the coat and skin. Sorry if I’m being a pain and hogging too much information. But I trust your advice and will follow it. Keep up the good work and fun doing it. ✌️

[@MelanieNewmanSalonEssentials]

G'day John from Pennsylvania, Thank you for tuning in to our channel. I bath my dogs from once a week to sometime every second week. I would recommend our purify collection for your Poodle. It contains activated charcoal so it will remove dirt and oil, but it is very gentle on skin. Here is the link to our USA 🇺🇸 website www.melnewman.com/products/purify-value-pack. Please let me know if you need any futher help 🐩

[@tcbear5133]

I’ve been doing my toy wrong. I was going on the whole foot. It looks like she’s wearing pants.

[@tcbear5133]

What was the name of the little quiet clipper?

[@MelanieNewmanSalonEssentials]

the little baby trimmers- www.clippershop.com.au/aesculap-exacta-cordless-animal-pet-trimmer the bigger trimmers- soundvet.com.au/aesculap-akkurata-cordless-clippers-gca-400

[@tcbear5133]

Thank you