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Yes, I am still a collie at heart. However, for the purposes of people drawing the dog's-soul I have inside me...well, I haven't insisted on actual accuracy in years (I find that people didn't like including the butt-markings so I began omitting them for other people's comfort) and anyways, why not have some fun with artworks? And lately, when people ask why I love grooming terriers, even the biting ones, I explain that I am totally down with terrier-ness. I get the terrier mentality. I accept that they are biting, barking, wiggling terriers. And after all, if I were a dog being groomed, I'd want to be a biting terrier. :)
Ergo...I've decided to Sealyhamify myself. :D Sealyham Terriers are my favorite of all the Earthdogs, and Charmin is my hero. ;) So...I have Sealy'd Sick, also reverting back to the true name: Seeks Shade, or just Shade for short.
After much debate, I decided to put Shade into a modified Sealyham coat pattern...it isn't as "skirt-y" as a showdog, this is so that he can actually function as an Earthdog. :) To better show where the hair is short and where it is long, and to give an idea of the structure of the dog under that hair (particularly the head) I included a diagram of dog vs. hair. :)
Been wanting to do this for a long time...been picking at this since I acquired my tablet (I HEART IT SO MUCH IT ROCKS!!!!) and am finally ready to unveil it.
Soproud. :)
Ergo...I've decided to Sealyhamify myself. :D Sealyham Terriers are my favorite of all the Earthdogs, and Charmin is my hero. ;) So...I have Sealy'd Sick, also reverting back to the true name: Seeks Shade, or just Shade for short.
After much debate, I decided to put Shade into a modified Sealyham coat pattern...it isn't as "skirt-y" as a showdog, this is so that he can actually function as an Earthdog. :) To better show where the hair is short and where it is long, and to give an idea of the structure of the dog under that hair (particularly the head) I included a diagram of dog vs. hair. :)
Been wanting to do this for a long time...been picking at this since I acquired my tablet (I HEART IT SO MUCH IT ROCKS!!!!) and am finally ready to unveil it.
Soproud. :)
Category Artwork (Digital) / Animal related (non-anthro)
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I liked Terriers before I became a groomer...now I LOVE them. XD I get bit by more terriers than anything else these days but it's ok, I "get" them and understand their mentality. :) Some are cooler than others though. Scotties rock but bite HARD (same jaw size and bite force as most German Shepherds!) but I'd rather do a dozen angry Scotties than a single obnoxious Bedlington. Cairns are awesome, Westies ok, Jack Russels are a coin toss. XD
I do love me some terriers. Terriers and Poodles are my very favorite to groom...I love them so!
I do love me some terriers. Terriers and Poodles are my very favorite to groom...I love them so!
ohman... I am so sick of poodles. I groomed them for 4 weeks straight when I started school. M-F, 9-5... Uugh. And it's been 6 and a half years and every poodle is like "...ffs, again!?"
They look good, but oh man if I never see another poodle again. x_x
But terriers, especially wiry coated ones? I'll groom them ALL~ day. So easy. Soft coated ones... depends on the breed.
They look good, but oh man if I never see another poodle again. x_x
But terriers, especially wiry coated ones? I'll groom them ALL~ day. So easy. Soft coated ones... depends on the breed.
I maintain that soft-coated terriers need to be tossed into the ocean. Soft Coated Wheatons? Yeah I would gladly never groom one again if I could. Always matted to shit, always nasty, and not at all "terrier-y" you know? Wheatons aren't real terriers to me. They're odd-looking Goldendoodle wannabes. (I may love Poodles but the "Doodle" mixes, I could do without.)
I have anxiety over poodles, because I suck at it, but I love grooming them. :)
Wiry coated terriers make me so happy. They practically groom themselves!!! It's so easy to make a train-wreck wiry terrier look amazing. <3!!!
I have anxiety over poodles, because I suck at it, but I love grooming them. :)
Wiry coated terriers make me so happy. They practically groom themselves!!! It's so easy to make a train-wreck wiry terrier look amazing. <3!!!
I actually have a wheaton tomorrow morning. I DREAD doing it. It seems like all these soft coated, non/low shedding breeds are always matted to shit because apparently, no one owns a fucking brush. And the owners are picky... "LEAVE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN" or flat out wanting me to brush the dog out. ... I had to brush out a yorkie yesterday. Took me an hour and a half just for brushing. I really feel bad since I know Max used to go in as bad, or worse. :/
And I'm with you on "po-/-odle" mixes. Very few things do I like poodles mixed with. Most of them seem like "Hey, this dog has a uterus, and this one has balls! Let's breed them and make some cute name to seem them for a lot of money!" At least the breeders I groom for are reasonably priced for their dogs, which are not promised to be show quality, nor do they make any size guarantees.
And I'm with you on "po-/-odle" mixes. Very few things do I like poodles mixed with. Most of them seem like "Hey, this dog has a uterus, and this one has balls! Let's breed them and make some cute name to seem them for a lot of money!" At least the breeders I groom for are reasonably priced for their dogs, which are not promised to be show quality, nor do they make any size guarantees.
Oh god, I'm so sorry. I'll keep my fingers crossed that they will bring in something nice instead of the Wheaton.
It seems like all these soft coated, non/low shedding breeds are always matted to shit because apparently, no one owns a fucking brush.
OH MY GOD I KNOOOOW. We have a couple who own a pair of Wheatons, and EVERY DAMN TIME they come in we have the same conversation.
Owner: "We want them long and fluffy."
Us: "Okay well, they're both matted, and the mats are really tight, so we will have to shave them today."
Owner: "Oh, no, those are just tangles. Brush them out. We don't let our dogs get matted."
Us: ".........................no. These big clumps of hair? That are solid, like someone glued softballs all over your dog? THESE ARE MATS."
Owner: "No, that's just their little dreadlocks from playing in the river."
Us: *collective facepalm*
What REALLY gets me is that not only will Wheaton and Doodle owners NOT FUCKING BRUSH THEM, they always want them long and puffy!!!! WHAT THE SHIT!!!
We even had one fucktard who thought that getting his dog groomed ONCE would keep the hair from matting ever again, because we'd straighten the hair and it would never tangle once brushed out. Idiot.
Took me an hour and a half just for brushing.
Oh lord. I've got no patience...if it's a terrier with a wiry coat, maybe, but everything else? I shave. My rationale: they let the dog get matted, so shaving will prevent recurrence of mats longer than a brushout, plus less painful. I brushed out a dog once only to find, to my horror, there were mat-sores underneath and that by brushing, I'd brush-burned his sides and made the sores bleed.
There are very few people who have dogs that I'd brush out if matted. :P
And I'm with you on "po-/-odle" mixes. Very few things do I like poodles mixed with.
It's like some evil moron somewhere decided to take the absolute worst of each breed and combine them into a groomer's nightmare. "MUAHAUAHAHAHA THE DOG SHALL HAVE THE SHEDDING UNDERCOAT OF A GOLDEN RETRIEVER BUT THE TIGHT CURL OF A POODLE, WHICH SHALL CAUSE THE DEAD UNDERCOAT TO MAT ON A SCALE NEVER BEFORE KNOWN TO MAN!!!!" Fuckers. And I defy the idiots who say they are "hypoallergenic." I've got a dog allergy. Some NON-SHEDDING dogs "get" me. Because of the Retriever in them, Golden- and Labra Doodles ALWAYS fuck me up. When people talk about allergies to dogs, I warn them that it isn't the hair so much as THE GORRAM DOG ITSELF. Sure, dog-proteins on the hairs all over the house make me do sadface but even a nekkid hairless dog causes some reaction. e.e
"Hey, this dog has a uterus, and this one has balls! Let's breed them and make some cute name to seem them for a lot of money!"
Okay I laughed there. XD!!!!
Something else that bugs me: when people assume I'm going to just LOOOOOVE their fugly-ass nasty little backyard shit-bred designer mutt.
Actual event: Phone rang, I answered, and the lady said she wanted to make an appointment for her two dogs. One was a Chihuahua we'd seen before, the other is a new puppy. I asked what kind of puppy it is.
Idiot: "It's a Chug."
Me: "...what?"
Idiot: "...you mean you've never heard of them? OH MY GOD YOU WILL FALL IN LOOOOOVE!!!! They're a new hybrid of Pug and Chihuahua!!!"
Me: (Biting back the urge to educate the dumbfuck about how a mutt isn't a hybrid anything, a hybrid is when you cross two totally different species such as lions/tigers making ligers, horses/donkeys making mules, et cetera) "Okay well, we'll see you soon."
They arrive, and oh mein gott that thing was so fucking ugly. Nasty undershot jaw, big bulging head on a scrawny neck, bowed-out elbows, snorting like a Pug with emphysema. It was a fugly shit-brown, not that beautiful seal brown or a nice cocoa colour, not even a good liver colour which I love, no it was SHIT-BROWN, and had the nastiest temperament of any puppy I've met. I was literally disgusted.
I'm also shocked how many people think that "designer dogs" have "hybrid vigor." Not being HYBRIDS, no they don't...plus if you mix two breeds who have the same genetic problems, guess what! No less risk than with a purebred...in fact there is MORE risk, since not many designer dog breeders do genetic testing or cull their stock. Worst case of hip dysplasia I ever saw with my own eyes was a mixed breed dog...both parents were breeds who were predisposed to hip problems! :P
Wow, that got all kinds of tl;dr fast...sorry if it got ranty and disjointed. O.O I think I sleeps nao.
It seems like all these soft coated, non/low shedding breeds are always matted to shit because apparently, no one owns a fucking brush.
OH MY GOD I KNOOOOW. We have a couple who own a pair of Wheatons, and EVERY DAMN TIME they come in we have the same conversation.
Owner: "We want them long and fluffy."
Us: "Okay well, they're both matted, and the mats are really tight, so we will have to shave them today."
Owner: "Oh, no, those are just tangles. Brush them out. We don't let our dogs get matted."
Us: ".........................no. These big clumps of hair? That are solid, like someone glued softballs all over your dog? THESE ARE MATS."
Owner: "No, that's just their little dreadlocks from playing in the river."
Us: *collective facepalm*
What REALLY gets me is that not only will Wheaton and Doodle owners NOT FUCKING BRUSH THEM, they always want them long and puffy!!!! WHAT THE SHIT!!!
We even had one fucktard who thought that getting his dog groomed ONCE would keep the hair from matting ever again, because we'd straighten the hair and it would never tangle once brushed out. Idiot.
Took me an hour and a half just for brushing.
Oh lord. I've got no patience...if it's a terrier with a wiry coat, maybe, but everything else? I shave. My rationale: they let the dog get matted, so shaving will prevent recurrence of mats longer than a brushout, plus less painful. I brushed out a dog once only to find, to my horror, there were mat-sores underneath and that by brushing, I'd brush-burned his sides and made the sores bleed.
There are very few people who have dogs that I'd brush out if matted. :P
And I'm with you on "po-/-odle" mixes. Very few things do I like poodles mixed with.
It's like some evil moron somewhere decided to take the absolute worst of each breed and combine them into a groomer's nightmare. "MUAHAUAHAHAHA THE DOG SHALL HAVE THE SHEDDING UNDERCOAT OF A GOLDEN RETRIEVER BUT THE TIGHT CURL OF A POODLE, WHICH SHALL CAUSE THE DEAD UNDERCOAT TO MAT ON A SCALE NEVER BEFORE KNOWN TO MAN!!!!" Fuckers. And I defy the idiots who say they are "hypoallergenic." I've got a dog allergy. Some NON-SHEDDING dogs "get" me. Because of the Retriever in them, Golden- and Labra Doodles ALWAYS fuck me up. When people talk about allergies to dogs, I warn them that it isn't the hair so much as THE GORRAM DOG ITSELF. Sure, dog-proteins on the hairs all over the house make me do sadface but even a nekkid hairless dog causes some reaction. e.e
"Hey, this dog has a uterus, and this one has balls! Let's breed them and make some cute name to seem them for a lot of money!"
Okay I laughed there. XD!!!!
Something else that bugs me: when people assume I'm going to just LOOOOOVE their fugly-ass nasty little backyard shit-bred designer mutt.
Actual event: Phone rang, I answered, and the lady said she wanted to make an appointment for her two dogs. One was a Chihuahua we'd seen before, the other is a new puppy. I asked what kind of puppy it is.
Idiot: "It's a Chug."
Me: "...what?"
Idiot: "...you mean you've never heard of them? OH MY GOD YOU WILL FALL IN LOOOOOVE!!!! They're a new hybrid of Pug and Chihuahua!!!"
Me: (Biting back the urge to educate the dumbfuck about how a mutt isn't a hybrid anything, a hybrid is when you cross two totally different species such as lions/tigers making ligers, horses/donkeys making mules, et cetera) "Okay well, we'll see you soon."
They arrive, and oh mein gott that thing was so fucking ugly. Nasty undershot jaw, big bulging head on a scrawny neck, bowed-out elbows, snorting like a Pug with emphysema. It was a fugly shit-brown, not that beautiful seal brown or a nice cocoa colour, not even a good liver colour which I love, no it was SHIT-BROWN, and had the nastiest temperament of any puppy I've met. I was literally disgusted.
I'm also shocked how many people think that "designer dogs" have "hybrid vigor." Not being HYBRIDS, no they don't...plus if you mix two breeds who have the same genetic problems, guess what! No less risk than with a purebred...in fact there is MORE risk, since not many designer dog breeders do genetic testing or cull their stock. Worst case of hip dysplasia I ever saw with my own eyes was a mixed breed dog...both parents were breeds who were predisposed to hip problems! :P
Wow, that got all kinds of tl;dr fast...sorry if it got ranty and disjointed. O.O I think I sleeps nao.
Lol, I do the same thing. :D
Yeah, it's possible to get a good breed out of mixing GOOD lines, not mixing shit. We got lucky with Max and Bandit, they were both fairly healthy, and their problems were injury related. Mika has back problems, but she's half dox, and she's also FAT. (Which makes me :| because my grandmother is obsessed with feeding her people food, then wonders why she doesn't eat dog food.) She's really well put together.
And I now I have my first purebred dog. He's a lhasa, the standard size (his parents, especially his dad, are awesome), not one of those little tiny things. I have the ability, if I wanted, to maintain him in a show length coat, but ffs, I groom all day, I don't want to do it when I get home too, so he's gonna stay long enough for fluff, but short enough to manage. Again, the breeder has nice dogs, with good temperaments, but he's not exactly show quality.
Also, yeah, if I'm scratched by some of the "hypo-allergenic" breeds, my scratches look horrible and scar. I got a really long one about 5 days ago on my left forearm from a schnauzer, and it's REALLY red and bruised and bleh... I bet it's gonna scar. Not to mention sneezing my ass off from them. Mika is far from "hypo-allergenic" and she doesn't bother me, nor do the cats, or my older dogs, or my new pup. It's not the hair, it's the damn dander. Wash your damn dog, brush your damn dog, take care of your damn dog. _o And actually, hairless dogs tend to cause more allergy problems than fuzzy ones! People are always shocked by that.
And brush burns. Shit. I brush burned two dogs in two days, since I wasn't able to feel the dogs before the owners left, and couldn't warn them about possible shave downs. They were both, surprise! matted. I've taken to telling people "Look, imagine if you had a whole bunch of mats in your hair. Now imagine someone else brushing it out, and you can't do anything to stop them. Now imagine some of them are in places like your underarms, or at your crotch. Yeah, hurt yet? This is why your dog is bald!" Seems to get through. And thankfully, most of the owners I've dealt with are very open to suggestion, but I'll see how it holds up. Since the place I work doesn't sell brushes, I don't look like I'm just pushing sales. :p
... Have you ever noticed it's the picky ass owners that have matted dogs? I'm always confused, if they're that picky, why can't they brush their dog? x_x
Also, lol at do it once and it will never mat again. Ha! I (sometimes) wish.
Yeah, it's possible to get a good breed out of mixing GOOD lines, not mixing shit. We got lucky with Max and Bandit, they were both fairly healthy, and their problems were injury related. Mika has back problems, but she's half dox, and she's also FAT. (Which makes me :| because my grandmother is obsessed with feeding her people food, then wonders why she doesn't eat dog food.) She's really well put together.
And I now I have my first purebred dog. He's a lhasa, the standard size (his parents, especially his dad, are awesome), not one of those little tiny things. I have the ability, if I wanted, to maintain him in a show length coat, but ffs, I groom all day, I don't want to do it when I get home too, so he's gonna stay long enough for fluff, but short enough to manage. Again, the breeder has nice dogs, with good temperaments, but he's not exactly show quality.
Also, yeah, if I'm scratched by some of the "hypo-allergenic" breeds, my scratches look horrible and scar. I got a really long one about 5 days ago on my left forearm from a schnauzer, and it's REALLY red and bruised and bleh... I bet it's gonna scar. Not to mention sneezing my ass off from them. Mika is far from "hypo-allergenic" and she doesn't bother me, nor do the cats, or my older dogs, or my new pup. It's not the hair, it's the damn dander. Wash your damn dog, brush your damn dog, take care of your damn dog. _o And actually, hairless dogs tend to cause more allergy problems than fuzzy ones! People are always shocked by that.
And brush burns. Shit. I brush burned two dogs in two days, since I wasn't able to feel the dogs before the owners left, and couldn't warn them about possible shave downs. They were both, surprise! matted. I've taken to telling people "Look, imagine if you had a whole bunch of mats in your hair. Now imagine someone else brushing it out, and you can't do anything to stop them. Now imagine some of them are in places like your underarms, or at your crotch. Yeah, hurt yet? This is why your dog is bald!" Seems to get through. And thankfully, most of the owners I've dealt with are very open to suggestion, but I'll see how it holds up. Since the place I work doesn't sell brushes, I don't look like I'm just pushing sales. :p
... Have you ever noticed it's the picky ass owners that have matted dogs? I'm always confused, if they're that picky, why can't they brush their dog? x_x
Also, lol at do it once and it will never mat again. Ha! I (sometimes) wish.
Oh noez!D: I bought you some Snow Geisha from Teavana - its only a couple ounces (cuz Teavana is expensive, oi!) but its enough to make about 15 cups. It even comes in a tin. :D
Note me with your address when you're ready and I'll try to scrounge up some money to mail it to you. :)
Note me with your address when you're ready and I'll try to scrounge up some money to mail it to you. :)
Oh, and you don't havta draw Maraschino, I do need more pics of Luthien's horse if that would be easier for you. :3
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3023672/
I <3's your horses. :D
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3023672/
I <3's your horses. :D
I loff Bloodhound. :) Though the facial markings are technically the same as the previous incarnation of my collie-self: http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g.....esheet-fin.jpg
Though now you have me contemplating giftart to Bloodhound. HMMMM. :3
Though now you have me contemplating giftart to Bloodhound. HMMMM. :3
Probably. That and I think people got all weird about making them the same every time. I'm totally cool with BS-ing it...hell, every time I've dreampt of myself as a dog (I do that from time to time) my butt-markings are a little different, so I never expected everyone to get every little dot exactly the same...but people can be weird about that shit so I started leaving it off.
I really ought to do an updated and accurate drawing of how I look in my mind when I dream myself canine, you know? :) Me and Oncacrotta are both sick, I'm gonna buy some ice cream and hang at her place today, we might do some arts while we snack, so I might just doodle that. :D
I really ought to do an updated and accurate drawing of how I look in my mind when I dream myself canine, you know? :) Me and Oncacrotta are both sick, I'm gonna buy some ice cream and hang at her place today, we might do some arts while we snack, so I might just doodle that. :D
You totally should!
And yeah my markings are really complicated to someone who's JUST looking at them but when I say I really don't give two shits how the merle is done just as long as its merle and not dalmatian spots, folks are like "oh okay then". I included it on my ref sheet that "I don't care!", maybe you can do a version like that that includes it with a note?
And yeah my markings are really complicated to someone who's JUST looking at them but when I say I really don't give two shits how the merle is done just as long as its merle and not dalmatian spots, folks are like "oh okay then". I included it on my ref sheet that "I don't care!", maybe you can do a version like that that includes it with a note?
I do that when I ask people to draw Butterscotch, lol. Describing his markings sounds complex as shit (Buckskin overo, big bald face with a pink nose, black around his eyes and ears, white right arm and white left leg, black right leg and black left arm, black mane and tail) but in actuality, I don't give a crap if his markings look the same from picture to picture so long as the basics are covered. Actually someone wanted to give him two black hind legs and I was cool with it, because it worked better for the picture!
I've found that it helps if I say "I never draw him the same way twice so I don't expect anyone else to get anal retentive about his exact markings." :)
Okay well, I'm off to get ice cream and doodle!!! :D
I've found that it helps if I say "I never draw him the same way twice so I don't expect anyone else to get anal retentive about his exact markings." :)
Okay well, I'm off to get ice cream and doodle!!! :D
Thanks so much! :D I wanted to make sure people knew it wasn't "all dog" or something...we had a dog in once that had a Bedlington-style head (it was a poodle mix) and someone came in to ask if the dog had a tumor on it's face. We were all "No that's hair. 8|"
Wire hair dogs ROCK. :D
Wire hair dogs ROCK. :D
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