Home grooming!

Cinny after her home grooming :)

Shih Tzus are one of the most expensive dogs when it comes to grooming. Cinnamon needs a trim every two-three weeks and taking her to a doggie spa is something I cannot afford any longer :(

So I went to the store and purchased a dog clipper to trim my baby myself and save me some bucks.

I do not have experience trimming a dog, but after watching how-to-do videos online I trained myself to do it, and this is the end result:

I kept Cinny's hair longer, it looks like she has pants on! 

 And trimmed her face so I can see her beautiful eyes!

If you need a basic and easy to use dog clipper check the Andis Easy Clip grooming kit! I got mine at Petsmart and I really like it, comes in pink too!

Grooming! finally....

My poor  baby was the victim of a busy schedule again. It's been two weeks since her last bath and two months since her last haircut. She was starting to smell :(
So I drove up again to my our favorite grooming place (hollywooddoggrooming) in the city and, once again, it was all worthwhile. She looks adorable.

Before grrrooming!

Mommy where r you? I can't see!

After: Oh, there you are!!

I'm a supermodel now!

(Finalmente lleve a que le corten el pelo a mi bebe. ya llebaba como dos semanas sin bano y ya emepezaba a oler! ahora se ve guapa!)

Cinnamon new haircut!

It is past midnight and I am taking a break from reading a Psychopharmacology book (not fun at all). And what a better way to waste time than to write about my lovely pup! So I took Cinnamon to the city to get a nice summer cut. Most people may think I am crazy to drive all the way up to San Francisco just to get Cinnamon groomed. Let me tell you this people: Yes I am crazy bananas cucu @-@ :)

Anywho, I love this place. They love small pups and I know my Cinny is in good hands there. This time I decided to chop her hair off (i hope that's the right expression). Yes, Cinnamon has lost her precious fur and now looks like a real dog. I love her new look and I am sure she appreciates having short hair during the summer!

Here are some pics of her new look:

Smileeee!

My little lovely pup! (she may need retainers)

Looking happy with her new look!

Grooming Nightmare

If you love your dog like I do, you want to give them the best. Well for my baby's first hair cut I brought her to a professional dog groomer in San Francisco http://www.hollywooddoggrooming.com. I wanted the best  treatment for  cinnamon first puppy hair cut. It was a little pricey, but she deserves it. They did an excellent job as she looked  more adorable.

                       Before                                                                                  After
Two months later it was that time to visit the groomer again. This time I decided to take her to Petsmart. Bad idea!!! She was matting, and they told me they would cut half of her hair, which I agreed. Not once, not twice but three times I told them not to cut her lovely top knot.  When I picked her up the first thing I noticed was her top knot missing.  Those unprofessional so called groomers cut off her top knot, and they also shaved all the hair. My precious looked like a Chihuahua and she was also shivering and looked afraid ;(. The only thing they offered me was a free teeth cleaning next time I go back. Noooo way!!  I will never go back to that awful place where dogs are in and out like in a car wash place.  There is a saying in Spanish “lo barato cuesta caro” which in English means that with cheap “stuff you pay more at the end” or something like that. So be careful when you decide where to take your precious baby.

                              
                            After Petsmart...she still looks adorable!!