HELP!!! I’m new!

[hs]

I have a 41/2 month bearded collie that I have groomed daily since we brought him home at 8 weeks, but now he has started to get quite aggresive  >:D when I brush him not a happy chap about it at all. Has anyone got any tips.

[*Lassie*]

Hi are you holding the coat near the skin as you groom? if you don’t and you catch a knot it will hurt. I have a rough collie who will air snap if you hurt her while grooming.
Val will be on here later, she is a proper groomer and she breeds Beardies so she will be a lot more help than me. 😉
What I would suggest is keep the sessions short – try not to pull at knots – stay calm, quiet but with a no nonsense approach, it may not be him being aggressive as such just pushing the boundaries due to hormones. 🙂   

[Anonymous]

Thud as I hit the floor an aggressive bearded collie never heard of such a thing  :nono: :nono:
Right first things first whats his breeding, what are you feeding him on, and what are you grooming him with
Val trying to get up off the floor

[*Lassie*]

Forgot to say Hi and welcome and we need lots of photos of him what’s his name?

[SuzAndTheDiva]

Hello and welcome – do answer Vals questions shes the one to help – maybe you can explain more what you mean by ‘agressive’ i to want to know what your using to groom the dog  🙂

[hs]

[quote author=*Lassie* link=topic=13031.msg251198#msg251198 date=1226520701]
Hi are you holding the coat near the skin as you groom? if you don’t and you catch a knot it will hurt. I have a rough collie who will air snap if you hurt her while grooming.
Val will be on here later, she is a proper groomer and she breeds Beardies so she will be a lot more help than me. 😉
What I would suggest is keep the sessions short – try not to pull at knots – stay calm, quiet but with a no nonsense approach, it may not be him being aggressive as such just pushing the boundaries due to hormones. 🙂   
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Thanks for a friendly welcome his name is harley and he is a working beardie we got him as a companion for our 8 year old gsd after loseing her lifelong friend last xmas at 14. Its been that long since we had a male puppy forgot all about hormone surges.

Perhaps he is just testing boundaries as I use a soft brush as he still has puppy coat.

[SuzAndTheDiva]

what sort of soft brush –  if its too soft it wont brush him………

[hs]

I always try to do it when he is calm but latley he has started to snap and struggle as soon as I start. I tried a paddle type which breeder recommended but that was worse.

[SuzAndTheDiva]

where are you grooming him – on the floor sofa table?? not sure what you mean by paddle type -you need a good pin brush and a comb – Val can recommend more on that side of things.

[hs]

I brush him in the utility on a bench I am using a small pin brush,

[Anonymous]

Working beardie says it all, you will have your work cut out to make a working beardie a family pet

[hs]

Thanks that was really helpful, I will take it on board

[SuzAndTheDiva]

ok and when he snaps struggles what do you do – how long are you brishing him for?

Whos his breeder  🙂

[hs]

I try to keep sessions no more than ten mins I tell him no when he snaps and try to carry on I do this every day so I thought he would be getting used to it by now

[SuzAndTheDiva]

and your rewarding him when hes good – hes not knotty at all is her – does anyone else brush him?

So where did he come from?  any photos?

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