Yesterday Emme went to the groomer...again. I love having a Bichon and would choose Emme all over again if I had the chance, but there is no doubt that the Bichon Frise has a high maintenance coat. I have settled into a routine of taking Emme to the groomer once a month. That is more often than I go to the hairdresser! I go every five weeks; Emme, every four.
I have been keeping her coat cut short all over. Her body has always been cut short, but I have tried a variety of face cuts. I am happiest with her hair cut short around her eyes and mouth. I love to be able to see her dark eyes and if her hair is not cut short enough, it creeps over her eyes within weeks. I do trim Emme around her eyes in between groomer visits, but I like her face hair to start out shorter. It is also easier to keep her clean around her mouth when it is cut short there also. She gets less food caught in the fur around her mouth.
So I keep her in a "puppy cut." The benefit is that Emme looks clean and cute. The downside is she never looks like the photographs of a Bichon because those pictures are all of adult dogs in a "show coat." Their hair is much longer and is groomed to perfection. So the Bichon photos never look like my Emme. But since I know that true beauty comes from within, Emme is my beautiful Bichon.
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I feel your grooming pain, Mary Lou! I groom our TWENTY Bichons every two weeks. Around the first of the month, everyone gets a full groom which takes me a week of daily grooming to finish all twenty. Then around the middle of the month, I do a bath, blowdry and touchup. Ten dogs a day for two days. It's exhausting!! Also, additional dentals, nails and baths are done on as as needed basis in between normal grooming days. So, my motto is much like yours...short is good!
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