Niki

No I didn't abandon them, Niki and Winter is still living with me. 

Not too sure if they know of their lil' sister yet, but Niki is definitely excited over the baby cot and baby cloths that he always wanted a sniff!

Rain A Maltese

This is a stinky Rain!
A Cute stinky Rain

He's adorable and I should say quite easy to handle, except for some ear cleaning which he detest. But all in all, everything is good.

I shaved his body down, leaving only his little head

And off he goes into the shower ..
So while waiting for the soak in, I took some photos of the kelian face..

HE LOOK SO CUTE RIGHT !!

Then after blow drying...

See!! He is CUTE I say!

He's already over 10 years of human age and yet he is still so lively and cheerful....... and a little barkish. But his barks are so soft no matter how fierce he tried to be.. (LOL~)

So, today I learn how to trim his face, a puppy face

That's all.
Today's a short lesson.

Old Patches

LESSON FIFTEEN

He is a senior Shihtzu with a tongue sticking out all day. Laoshi says it's a defects in most shihtzu, especially when they get old. 

He is a cute patch.
He has many patches.

Partially blinded, but you can feel his love when you care for him.

He dislike people touching his nails.

He dislike showers in his face.

I still groomed him, anyway.
Glad that he went back, clean.

On the next table was a little puppy, snoozing most of the time.

Cute lil girl. :)

Today learnt scissoring, trimming the ears, mouth area, eyes, and limbs. Oh, and round paws!

Yuri the Cross Russell

Lesson Fourteen

She is a Jack Russell cross with some Terrier. She've got a cute face, long body, and rather short limbs. Roughly 4 years of age, hyper active with lots of energy!

Yuri.

She has wired hair but doesn't shed easily.
With minor skin problem, and a handful of ticks!

Here is her shave down

And shaving down her face and limbs

Here... Now she looks fat! Opps!
So after shaving the face, laoshi taught me how to hold a scissors the correct way.

It reminded me of my band days, when all of us just got our new instruments. We didn't have enough breath to hold a bar or two, neither we have the energy to keep playing for continuous 2 hours. I am filled with excitement, and will spend some time practicing my scissoring.

1000 vertical lines per day of practice.
This is laoshi's standard.

Wish me luck!

RODI's Shave Down

Lesson Thirteen.

Rodi the Medium Poodle (male)
He is a good boy today :)

(BEFORE)

I have successfully passed my exam the previous week for basic grooming, and today I'm learning new stuff - A Shave Down !!

Usually for dogs with skin problems, heavy matts, or as per request by customer.

(Half body shaven down)

And the face before shaving

And after (Poodle Face) with botak nose until neck.
If you notice, there is a V near the neck area.

Feet, laoshi taught me poodle feet today..
(This is before)

And after..

Now I can groom Niki and Winter by myself !

Medium Poodle - Kuro Lady

Lesson Ten & Eleven

Just like Lesson Eight, I was suppose to complete a Medium Poodle, Nara, but I didn't managed. Here am I today, handling another medium Poodle, Kuro.

I spent one full lesson (5hours) just on brushing =.=
And the following lesson was to shower her and trim her ears, paws and nails.

After brushing:

After shower and all done

*happy* 

Next lesson will be my exam day.
Am looking forward.

On my next table is a 10 month old Westie!

SOOO CUTEE !!! 

I was telling hubby that Winter is so huge compared to him :S

FUTU the Cute & The 1 Month Old Puppy

FUTU!!
Lesson Nine.

Yes she is a poodle also, and she is so obedient ! I have no problem grooming him today, done within 3 hours (incl shower)

Laoshi taught new stuff today!

See the "ribbon" on his ears?

This is actually to protect his ear fur as they are trying to grow his ear fur long. It prevents rough playing and breaking of his fur. So, laoshi have to comb it every day, remove this wrap and re-wrap it ON DAILY BASIS!

Cute little thing. <3

So since I'm early, lesson should end at 5pm, but i'm done at 3pm, so laoshi brought this 1 month old puppy from his cage to me. He, the puppy, is actually the son of Handsome (the shihtzu cross maltese) and 小小公主 !! 

See the size 

I was trying to trim his nails and he was trying to chew on me. It's his first ever grooming session and he is so so scared that he kept whining. And the mum, 小小公主 which is just at the next table, barked at me.

He doesn't have teeth yet.

SOOOO CUTEEE !!! 

Both the parents is a shihtzu cross maltese.

WHY SO CUTE !! 

Dirty Medium Poodle - Black Black

Lesson Eight

No photos of him, as the session was messy and dirty. I didn't allow myself a break cuz I wanted to complete the brushing and combing asap.

ZZZ !!! 

I did not manage to complete the grooming again.

Black Black is a medium size poodle exactly look like the photo below: 

I have a little secret actually; I am fearful of big dogs, even if it is a gentle Poodle.

So, this day finally came and I have to face it. 

I have learnt that the Poodle family is huge. Ranging from Toy, Miniature, Medium to Standard size Poodles, comes is a handful of colors, cross or not, usually are gentle and easy going.

Here, a Poodle puppy to end this post. :) 

The Carpet Matt - Toy Poodle II

Lesson Seven

I didn't manage to complete de-matting this little poor girl. 

And my lesson for this week ended.

The Carpet Matt - Toy Poodle

Lesson Six. 

Groomed Brush Natsuri, the toy poodle, today.

Her tangles were so bad that people will shave her down the moment they receive her. But "Every groomer will have to go through this" my laoshi says, so I continued de-matting her with a pinch of salt.

She look like some abandon little dog.

(P/S: her bad matt is due to bad fur condition, plus her hair tie which she scratches on)

After 7 hours of hard work, her messy head is gone, and her neck and shoulders. Not even half her body done yet. *Grossly over matted*

"The more grooming you do, the more patience you will get" - laoshi

...... to be continued ......

A Chin That Bites

Lesson Five

Still practicing on Basic Groom, and today failed terribly.

Nikki the Japanese Chin.

I arrived on time (consider myself late actually) because I went to SGH early in the morning to submit my medical report from Woodlands Polyclinic. No breakfast, no lunch and canteens are nowhere to be seen! I'm so famished but I have no choice but to proceed to school.

Cute little face with the same name as my Baobei #1 - I thought my day would be great. Started his grooming and I found horror. This is a little monster that bites!

Laoshi saw him snapping at me fiercely (finally!) and decided to activate the muzzle as he already left some ugly markings on my hand. (FYI, he looked like an old dog without fangs, so all the bites are depressed teeth marks without blood) 

MUZZLE - 0

NIKKI - 1

Due to his short snout, muzzling failed.

Laoshi finally took out a secret weapon, GLOVES!

But frankly speaking, it didn't help a lot. The gloves prevented Nikki to bite into my skin directly, but the more I ignore his bites, the harder he chews. Ended up I still get red marks from his biting. Worst thing is, he refuse to let go my fingers after biting it hard. I can feel my knuckles breaking....

*cries*

Shredding Pugachine

Finally I have some photos to show!

Here is my 'School' at Bukit Timah, right opposite Beauty World Center. Bus 961 takes me from Woodlands Interchange to Beauty World Center within 30mins. The bus stop is just 10mins walk away from my school at Chun Tin Road.

P.G.A Since 2001.

I'm still doing basic grooming and there are so much to learn!

*BACK TRACK*

First lesson was CanCan the (male) Toy Poodle, cuddly and friendly. 

And I showered Handsome the shihTzu cross Maltese (male) which look so much like Niki!

Second lesson was with Lambery the (male) Toy Poodle with lots of matts on his body.

 Combing him along took me 2 hours.

Third was with Alska the very tough (male) Toy Poodle. This is a tough character! I had so much struggle with him and throughout the 4 hours of grooming him, I still have not completed ear cleaning and nails clipping. He hates especially shaving of the paws. Ended up laoshi did most of the things. :X

Now the fourth lesson today.

Showered ShihTzu mama: 小小公主 (little princess) 

Yes her name is 小小公主 (little princess) 

Not too sure why this name came about but there are way too many dogs there. 

Showered and cleaned her ears.

She just gave birth to 1 puppy two weeks ago and she is breastfeeding. We can hear her pup whining at basement one. She is a pretty tzu. :)

My next encounter was with this Pug. 

Her nickname: 小豬 (little pig) 

Her actual name was a japanese name which I couldn't remember, but anyway she can react to being called 小豬 (little pig) 

She sheds ALOT !!

Give her a light pat on her body and all her fur comes flying around. I spent some time brushing her and was horrified by the amount of hair she is dropping until laoshi told me that it's normal.

Sigh.

She is cute, but I hope no one brought her home just because of her cuteness and overlook on this fur-shedding machine. 

III Cafe

687A East Coast Road

Operating hours:

Tuesday - Thursday 12pm - 10pm

Friday - Sunday 11am - 11pm

 

We're here to have a small celebration for Niki and Winter for turning 3rd this week actually. And we had lunch. :) Both of them had some fun, but didn't take much photos cos I hate indoor shooting. :( My bad.

The place is clean and conducive, it's spacious and we were lucky to meet good doggies this time round! Both Niki and Winter played quite a fair bit as compared to when we were at other places :) Hubby and I can even lunch peacefully!

(Oh by the way, most photos here are taken by hubby's new phone: HTC One!)

Both of them didn't wanna take a decent photo with me!! *humph*

Here is hubby and Niki <3

So our day ended quick, both boys were tired and even slept on the way back home. I hope both of them had fun!

Conclusion:
This is a nice place to hang out. And if they have an outlet at woodlands, I'll definitely frequent it! East Coast is way too far for us, and infact, Niki started whinning just 10mins into the car ride. So, both became rather impatient.

We will drop by in the future if we have our own transport, and/or we are nearby that area with Niki and Winter. :) And I'll introduce this place to my friends for sure! (This place will be great for parties!)