After Angel’s disastrous visit to the groomer in mid-December, her fur is finally starting to grow back thick and beautiful. It is now about a half of an inch long so she is not needing to be bundled up to go outside when the sun is out. She still needs her sweater on for early [...]
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Dog Coats and Winter Fur Growth
Removing Burrs from Dog Fur
Last week-end, Angel went with us for a wonderful hike in the warm Arizona desert. Unfortunately, while she loved the hike, she came home with her tiny feet full of small stickers and burrs. If you have ever tried to remove stickers or burrs from a tiny dog’s feet, you know they scream and yell [...]
Dog Scooting – Why Is My Dog Doing This?
I recently watched my tiny, yorkie girl scooting along my carpet in a very unladylike way and wondered what is this about? It turns out – dog scooting behavior on a rough surface like carpet or the grass can be related to several issues. The first reason that a dog may scoot is for hygiene. [...]
Dog Grooming
We recently took our beautiful, female Yorkie in to be groomed for the holidays since the fur around her face and on her feet
was getting long and unruly. Much to our dismay, the groomer didn’t make sure that she understood what type of haircut we wanted even though we thought we had been very [...]




