Dog grooming question

[klmno]

Can I use a trimmer made for a person on a dog? I found the dog trimmer I had bought a couple of years ago but had never used. I can't find any guards to adjust length with it. I'm wondering if I can use difficult child's trimmer and large guard on my male- even if it means getting difficult child another one.

 

[GoingNorth]

You can use a people trimmer on a dog, but you'll kill your blade<s> and possibly the drive motor as well. Dog hair has a different texture than human hair and the cutting part of the blade (the back part with no 'teeth' on it) is made at a different angle.

The higher end clippers they use at salons for humans can be used on dogs provided you get appropriate blades for them, and of course, 'combs'

 

[klmno]

Ok, thanks! My male's hair has gotten long and thick and has some matts in it. I'm going to try to get them by scissor cutting but he's hot- even in the house with AC and I fell bad for him. I can't afford the grooming bill right now. I'm just looking at mostly getting certain areas with the trimmer- around the tail and so forth. I can get most of it off with scissors, I think.

My female's hair is straighter and not as thick- it's more silky. I can always take care of her with scissors. (These are scissors meant for hair.) The nails- I can do but they only let me do a couple at a time so it takes a while to catch up on them.

 

[emotionallybankrupt]

I use a mat rake for the little matted areas that come up. Also, on the nails, after cutting them, you can smooth them out with a file for acrylic nails. I hate the sharp edges the nail clippers leave behind!

 

[muttmeister]

I don't think I ever used human clippers on a dog but I did use the dog clippers to cut difficult children' hair a few times when they were little. The dogs were much easier to groom than the kids.

 

[klmno]

LOL, MM! I'm going to try this. I don't think difficult child used the larger balde/guard on his hair before and that's the one I want to use. But really, I am more worried about the dog's comfort right now than I am about how difficult child wants his hair cut or how his hair will look after coming home.

 

[susiestar]

I never knew that there were differences between dog clippers and people clippers. The rare times I have had to trim a dog I just used the same clippers I use on the boys. My boys have such thick, coarse almost wiry hair that I have never noticed a difference other than it is easier to get a dog to sit still.

Learn something new every day, don'tcha?

 

[KTMom91]

Yet another benefit to having a Jack Russell...they don't need to be trimmed. Of course, Bud sheds so much I could probably build another dog with all the fur scattered throughout my house.

 

[Shari]

LOL Mary....funny.

My boys used the horse clippers to cut their hair all thru high school....don't think we've ever owned "people clippers"...

 

[klmno]

I mentioned to difficult child that I needed to either find the accessories that go with the dog's trimmer (so they don't get shaved to the bone) or use his trimmer. He said "oh, no problem- he'd share".

 

[Shari]

Lol