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Sedating dog for grooming

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MovedByFanciesThatAreCurled · 16/02/2023 12:10

Hi everyone - I have a very lovely springer who is an absolute nightmare at the groomers. Please could someone recommend a sedative for us to give him just to take the edge off? Thanks!

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dementedpixie · 16/02/2023 12:22

Ask your vet for a suggestion

Spanielsarepainless · 16/02/2023 13:05

Ask your vet. But my springer got so worked up I learned to do him myself. He has Trazadone for firework horror, which definitely took the edge off.

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 16/02/2023 14:03

You need to speak to your vet but you may find a groomer won't take him if he's on any kind of sedative just in case there's a problem.

You may need to have him groomed at the vets for safety.

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MovedByFanciesThatAreCurled · 16/02/2023 15:38

thanks for your responses. I should have thought more carefully about the title. I don’t really mean sedation - I mean just something to calm him down - ie a natural remedy or something similar

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dementedpixie · 16/02/2023 15:47

I've heard of zylkene that's a supplement that's supposed to be calming

LadyDanburysHat · 16/02/2023 15:50

We just had calmex prescribed to our cat for stress. They do a dog version too. I think it can just be bought online

Runningonempty01 · 16/02/2023 15:56

There are certain breeds that need professional grooming, ie poodles. I have a very nervous border collie, I would never subject her ( or a groomer ) to a grooming session. A bath if she rolls in poo, a gentle brush if she is moulting and a bit of a trim around her back legs with scissors if she gets any knots seems just fine. I suspect she would try and bite a groomer, i save that stress for essential vet visits. Wouldn't the same regime work for a springer?

BiteyShark · 16/02/2023 16:12

Have you tried different groomers?

Are they just one person/dog or multiple groomers/dogs?

Mine developed a fear of the drying thing they use as well as fear some times after a vets admission because of being handled.

The groomer we go to though just works by herself so no other dogs/noise and we don't dry him and she has desensitised him so he now runs in to greet her.

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MovedByFanciesThatAreCurled · 16/02/2023 21:49

Thank you for your responses - much appreciated

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Badger1970 · 16/02/2023 21:56

I've got a sprocker and a cocker and have learned to groom them myself as both got so distressed being done by someone else.

Pair of clippers, and you're good to go. Just get quiet ones, and do it in really small stages.

Suzi888 · 16/02/2023 21:58

Badger1970 · 16/02/2023 21:56

I've got a sprocker and a cocker and have learned to groom them myself as both got so distressed being done by someone else.

Pair of clippers, and you're good to go. Just get quiet ones, and do it in really small stages.

DM trimmed her dog too.

AlmostSummer21 · 16/02/2023 22:04

Spaniel, just trim her myself.

tabulahrasa · 17/02/2023 00:29

It seems to vary by dog which supplements work, if any. None I’ve tried work on mine anyway.

But, tbh, I wouldn’t even take a springer to the groomers, or use clippers... I’d just brush it myself and trim any wee bits that need doing with scissors.

TheSandgroper · 17/02/2023 03:49

We tried a number of things on our border terrier, short of prescribed tranquillisers because I thought that would be a bit over the top.

Nope. Absolutely no effect whatsoever. I gave up and she got very rough grooming after that but hey ho.

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