Hair clippers - Paw Talk

ninja_smurtles · #1 05-10-2005, 03:49 PM

Indy only had his hair completely shaved less than a month ago and already it is 2 inches long. The hairdressers is £35 a time so I cant afford that every month.
I went to the pet shop to get some doggy clippers and there was 2.
1 was £60 and 1 was £110. I asked him which 1 was the best for Indys hair and he said the expensive 1. He showed it to me. It did not come with a comb, scissors or anything and only had 2 length attatchments. I said I would think about it.
We went to an electric shop today and bought mens hair clippers for £15 and they work a treat. The only thing is u have to charge them and they only last 30 mins so right now he is wandering around with half a haircut.

corgimom · #2 05-11-2005, 02:14 PM

lol, I bet he looks cute with half of his hairs gone.

elfomatic · #3 05-11-2005, 02:59 PM

lol ... i don't blame you. The ones you bought will work just as well .... I should know. For the last 2 years I've been giving my husband haircuts with the dog clippers! For some reason I can cut his hair fine but whenever I attempt to cut dog's hair with them the dog always ends up with a bald streak running up its back.

ninja_smurtles · #4 05-11-2005, 04:02 PM

Yep the human ones work good.
I completed him today and he looks nearly as good as when he went to the hairdressers. So i will be doing it myself in future.
I think I have the experience from all the boy relations hair I had to cut off coz they did not want to get nits at school

UTCandy112 · #5 05-13-2005, 10:02 AM

I'm looking for some clippers for my shih tzu too. What brand do you guys have? Because I shaved my husband's hair with the conair ones and they died within a year.

ninja_smurtles · #6 05-13-2005, 03:05 PM

I think they are Nordic ones but I think babyliss is good too.
they should come with a years guarantee so if they do die you can take them back

UTCandy112 · #7 05-13-2005, 08:57 PM

I've never seen those two brands before :-/

ninja_smurtles · #8 05-14-2005, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by UTCandy112


	I've never seen those two brands before :-/

well I do live in Sweden so...
Where do you live?
I think Babyliss is widely distributed coz u can get it in the UK too
Just go to your local electric shop and see what they have to offer

lilchris_28 · #9 05-16-2005, 01:41 PM

I prefer the Andis 2 speed. I think they're $80 or something like that. They're black and square. It's the kind I use on a daily basis at the shop. I work with people who have had them for over a year and a half doing up to 8 dogs a day, 5 days a week and they haven't had a problem with them, unless they dropped them. If you're looking for a durable clipper, those are your best bet. I like that you don't have to do hardly any work to maintain them. You can get these in the US at Petsmart or Petco.

UTCandy112 · #10 05-16-2005, 06:19 PM

They're more like $130

lilchris_28 · #11 05-16-2005, 10:58 PM

There's some that are about $80 and they come in a kit with a white cover and a dog (I think a cocker) and a horse and something else on it.

UTCandy112 · #12 05-17-2005, 10:19 AM

Well that was the web pages I'll have to go look when I get the chance. Not really important right now as seeing akio (my shih tzu) just came back from the groomer's on saturday.