Hello-
This is my first post. My good friend has a black long haired persian who liked being groomed when he was a kitten. Unfortunately he developed a very bad cancer and had to have a portion of his jaw and some other teeth removed. He was at the vets for 6 weeks. He is doing very well now and with his hair grown back you can't really see his deformity - however he does NOT want to be held and does not want to be touched except on his head and back. Because of his surgery he has difficulty grooming himself - but I guess they all have difficulty with the long hair. He has bitten the groomer and now they are reluctant to groom him. He recently was shaved at a cost of $350 including the cost of anesthesia. He is now constantly grooming but his his hair is growing back in. My friend's concern is that she cannot afford to have him anesthetized everytime he needs to be groomed.
So the question is, what can she do to condition Zhivago to be able to tolerate her grooming him, and then be able to get him shaved without anesthetizing him? Any clues, hints, links, resources, advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Russ
This is my first post. My good friend has a black long haired persian who liked being groomed when he was a kitten. Unfortunately he developed a very bad cancer and had to have a portion of his jaw and some other teeth removed. He was at the vets for 6 weeks. He is doing very well now and with his hair grown back you can't really see his deformity - however he does NOT want to be held and does not want to be touched except on his head and back. Because of his surgery he has difficulty grooming himself - but I guess they all have difficulty with the long hair. He has bitten the groomer and now they are reluctant to groom him. He recently was shaved at a cost of $350 including the cost of anesthesia. He is now constantly grooming but his his hair is growing back in. My friend's concern is that she cannot afford to have him anesthetized everytime he needs to be groomed.
So the question is, what can she do to condition Zhivago to be able to tolerate her grooming him, and then be able to get him shaved without anesthetizing him? Any clues, hints, links, resources, advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Russ