Grooming
Li'l Pals Slicker Brush Review: Months of Weekly Brushing on a Cavapoo Coat
Fourteen months of Sunday brushing on a 16 pound Cavapoo, and an honest account of what a small slicker brush does and does not fix.
A retired school secretary in Roanoke on the small wire brush her groomer recommended, the pin brush it replaced, and the Sunday routine that finally got ahead of the mats.
Fourteen months of Sunday brushing on a 16 pound Cavapoo, and an honest account of what a small slicker brush does and does not fix.
One tool gets under the curl. The other rides across the top of it. Notes from someone who used the wrong one for three years and did not know it.
Fourteen months with a small slicker brush on a 16 pound Cavapoo, and the specific things that actually changed.
A retired school secretary in Roanoke on the small wire brush her groomer recommended, the pin brush it replaced, and the Sunday routine that finally got ahead of the mats.
A plain routine for the six weeks between groomer visits, with the brush that finally got under the curl.
A 14-month note from one Cavapoo owner about the small slicker that helped behind the ears, and the jobs it cannot do.
A retired school office clerk in Roanoke has spent 18 months cleaning one Cavapoo's floppy ears once a week. Here is what the bottle does, what it does not do, and who should not buy it.
One bottle has been on my laundry shelf for eighteen months. The other I have never opened. Here is what I can honestly tell you about the difference.
Floppy ears, a curly coat, and a dog who cannot tell you it hurts. What a weekly wipe actually prevents, and what it does not.
A sour smell in one floppy ear, two weeks of doing nothing, and the plain 8 ounce bottle my vet named by name.
Once a week, twenty seconds of massage, and a note on the kitchen calendar. The ear routine I use on a 16 pound Cavapoo with long floppy ears.
Eighteen months, one bottle at a time. What a routine ear cleanser actually does, what it will never do, and the two kinds of dog owner who should spend their money somewhere else.
Ten months of one packet a day, one very attached Cavapoo, and an honest answer about what changed and what did not.
A powder you sprinkle on breakfast versus a chew you hand over. Ten months of one and a month of the other, on a 16 pound dog who hates the sound of the door closing.
Ten months of one packet a day on a 16 pound Cavapoo, and what I would tell another owner before they spend the money.
Colleen Abernathy on the half hour of whining she saw on an old phone camera, the chews that did nothing, and the plain powder that took six weeks to show anything at all.
A five-step routine that starts with the leaving itself, not the supplement. What worked on one 16-pound Cavapoo, in order, and what I would skip.
A plain account of ten months on a daily probiotic powder, including the two weeks when nothing happened.
Twenty months, one hard brake for a deer, and two walks a day. What a car harness built for dogs up to 75 pounds actually feels like on a 16 pound Cavapoo.
One clips to the seat belt and goes on walks. The other is a seat your dog rides in. I own the first and have only looked at the second, which is the whole basis for this comparison.
Ten things that changed once my 16 pound Cavapoo stopped riding on a folded blanket, from someone who has been buckling him in for about 20 months.
A hard stop near home, a dog in the footwell, and the plain harness that ended the loose ride.
A five-step routine for fitting a car harness on a small dog, from a Cavapoo owner who learned the hard way.
Twenty months of daily use on a sixteen pound Cavapoo, including the stiff buckles, the two evenings of strap adjustment, and the mornings I leave it on the hook.
Eight months of a capful in the water bowl, one small dog, and an honest account of what it fixed and what it did not.
Two things people buy for the same problem, doing two different jobs. What each one actually did in one 16 pound Cavapoo over eight months, and the two cases where you should not bother.
Ten plain reasons a small dog's mouth needs a routine, and the one that finally stuck at our house after the finger brush failed.
Sour breath crept back six months after a dental cleaning. Here is what I started putting in the water bowl, what it fixed, and what it did not.
The five-step routine that took Wally's breath from sour on the couch to almost nothing, in about two weeks, with one capful in the bowl each morning.
Eight months with a water additive in a Cavapoo's bowl, what changed, what did not, and who should skip it.
Fourteen months of Sunday brushing on a 16 pound Cavapoo, and an honest account of what a small slicker brush does and does not fix.
A 14-month note from one Cavapoo owner about the small slicker that helped behind the ears, and the jobs it cannot do.
A retired school office clerk in Roanoke has spent 18 months cleaning one Cavapoo's floppy ears once a week. Here is what the bottle does, what it does not do, and who should not buy it.
Eighteen months, one bottle at a time. What a routine ear cleanser actually does, what it will never do, and the two kinds of dog owner who should spend their money somewhere else.
Ten months of one packet a day, one very attached Cavapoo, and an honest answer about what changed and what did not.
A plain account of ten months on a daily probiotic powder, including the two weeks when nothing happened.
Twenty months, one hard brake for a deer, and two walks a day. What a car harness built for dogs up to 75 pounds actually feels like on a 16 pound Cavapoo.
Twenty months of daily use on a sixteen pound Cavapoo, including the stiff buckles, the two evenings of strap adjustment, and the mornings I leave it on the hook.
Eight months of a capful in the water bowl, one small dog, and an honest account of what it fixed and what it did not.
Eight months with a water additive in a Cavapoo's bowl, what changed, what did not, and who should skip it.