Leslie Shriner Monthly Newsletter Schnauzer Grooming Club Terms of the Trade Hand-Stripping: The overarching term for the dog grooming process of pulling out long, dead, topcoat hairs so new hair grows in. The hairs are pulled, without breaking, from the follicle, using special tools including textured stones or blades, stripping knives, and fingers. Hand-stripping is performed on breeds specifically bred for the thick, coarse, hairs to release easily and without pain from the skin. Such...
6 months ago • 9 min read
Staying Pup-dated! The Schnauzer Puppy Newsletter Facebook Courses Coaching Community Links September News From Straw Hat Standards Schnauzers So… I intended to send out a newsletter every 2-3 weeks with updates about the puppies’ development and socialization. LOL. The reality of twelve puppies taking over my life exceeded even my expectations! They’ve been a great litter, and I’ve really enjoyed raising them, getting to know them, and shape them for their aptitudes. One of the quieter...
over 1 year ago • 9 min read
Staying Pup-dated! The Schnauzer Puppy Newsletter Facebook Courses Coaching Community Links The rumors are true… Straw Hat Standard Schnauzers has a new litter! Introducing the “Perfect Storm” Litter 7 Boys, 5 Girls Born 6/14/24 TO KARMA & JAX Puppies at 9 days old Puppies at 9 days old Puppies at 16 days old Puppies at 16 days old Why This Breeding? Patricia White of Halcyon Standard Schnauzers was my original and remaining to this day mentor and example of what a breeder of Standard...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
Starting is Half the Battle! The Schnauzer Grooming Club Newsletter Facebook Courses Coaching Community Links Why do we think learning something new is hard? Because, usually unconsciously, we quickly start assessing risks. With grooming, some of those are obvious, like immediate harm caused by accidents. These are pretty easy to get instruction around, though, so then what’s really stopping us? I believe it’s change, specifically changes to and within ourselves. Change creates uncertainty,...
almost 2 years ago • 6 min read
Hand Stripping Foundations The Schnauzer Grooming Club Newsletter Facebook Courses Coaching Community Links Many new Schnauzer Grooming Club members have a common question: WHAT IS HAND-STRIPPING? Hand-stripping is plucking the hard, top-coat hairs to promote new hairs to grow in. Schnauzers were originally bred to have a dense, wiry, coarse, weatherproof coat, so it could brave intense winter conditions to still do its farm tasks in the mountains of the Alps, in Bavaria. Seasonally, the...
almost 2 years ago • 5 min read
Valentine's & Anniversary Gratitude Month! The Schnauzer Grooming Club Newsletter Facebook Courses Community Youtube It's been a big year for Schnauzer owners everywhere... When I started the Schnauzer Grooming Club Facebook Group this month a year ago, I didn’t know what to expect - for the people who might be interested, or for myself. I was hopeful that I might be helpful and give some tips and confidence to some people who might be looking for it. I really did not expect, though, that so...
about 2 years ago • 4 min read
Cultivating Cooperation & 2023 Highlights The Schnauzer Grooming Club Newsletter Facebook Courses Coaching Community Links Before technique is even a consideration, before grooming tools even matter, there is your mutual relationship, both in general and on the grooming table. You both bring completely different realities to the grooming table and the experiences that happen there, and cooperation lies in the common ground you can find and build grooming activities upon. Each grooming...
about 2 years ago • 6 min read
Bathing for Hand-Stripped Coats The Schnauzer Grooming Club Newsletter Facebook Courses Coaching Community Links BATHING. IS. CONTROVERSIAL, and that's ok. The passion behind people’s vehemence about what is right/wrong to do regarding bathing a hand-stripped coat is a sign that it matters to them, and that’s a good thing. Other people WILL disagree with me, some of you may disagree, and that’s ok too. Veteran bathee Carly getting towel-dried at Georjean's. That said, I only give...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read