A Fat Dog transforms into a...
I am one of the biggest penny pinchers there is. The Frugal Dad would be proud of the way I pinch my pennies. There is one thing I learned that I couldn’t do, cut my dog’s hair.
The first time I brought our Cavachon to the groomer for his haircut, it cost over $50. Being a penny pincher, I thought I could do the next haircut myself. I cut my own hair, so I thought it could not be that hard. Heck, I do everything else for my dog like brush his teeth, bathe him, clip his nails, and even express his anal glands (ick!)
Cavachons are non-shedding dogs, so, their hair is thick and grows like no tomorrow. When a Cavachon has long hair they look like a fat Bichon Frise. When they get their haircut they look like a skinny King Charles Cavalier.
We need to cut Tanner’s hair every 4 months. That fourth month came; I bought a cheap dog shaver at Wal-Mart and went to town on my dog. Going to town on my dog is an overstatement. The electric dog clipper was not powerful enough to cut my dogs thick hair. I could only do an inch every five minutes because it was like cutting 1,000,000 human hairs in that one-inch. An inch every five minutes would take me about 8 years to cut my dogs hair. I then switched to the scissors. That was a little better but still it took me over two hours to cut my dogs hair. The whole kid bathroom was covered in dog hair. I was also covered in dog hair. It was a mess.
After all the cutting of thick dog hair I was proud of myself. I finally cut my dogs hair! I gave Tanner a bath. I then saw a horror story of the haircut. All that pride went away. My wife saw Tanner and just started laughing. She said that he
To Skinny Dog Cavachon - Dad's Best Friend
looked just like the dog in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Whoops! Needless to say, I returned the electric dog clippers and saw my career as a self-proclaimed dog groomer end. (I am very sorry I do not have pictures of this. At the time, I was not a new dad and did not have a camera in every room).
Now we pay $50 every four months for the Cavachon haircut. Tanner turns from a fat looking dog into a skinny looking dog. Learning the lessons of being a dad of a dog.
Real Dad Blog Version: Does anyone know of a pet-grooming place that is cheap in the north metro area of Minneapolis or a used nice electric dog clippers that they will sell for cheap? This dad’s dog like have a man’s best friend that is cheap.
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Maybe it was the cheap clippers from Walmart? Can’t say that I’ve cut a dog’s hair before, but you’d think dog clippers would be made for thick fur.
Either way, sometimes its just easier to pay someone to do it, lol.