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@dontajohnson Yup, every crying kiddo would always settle within 5-10 minutes unless there was a good reason. The one that took the longest (daily visits for over a month before she was ok for 10 minutes) had been adopted from a really bad situation. In her case we worked with her parents for a...

@gellmannamnesia I am an owner (who typically home grooms my poodle, and loves learning here), but I can totally picture this kind of client. When I was younger, I worked at the drop off childcare at my local YMCA. One sides was glass windows/walls. The parents who stayed "so their kids could...

@annalee I'll start out with the one set of clippers (with the blades you mentioned) and see how it goes. I can always add in the trimmer later if I find it hard with the larger blade. As I've said, I've clipped cat (tiny) and horses (huge), but in between will be new to me! I was looking at...

@annalee I will look into the brushes you suggested. I'm planning to keep the coat pretty short, so I might be able to get by fine with the brushes you mentioned. Everyone on r/standardpoodle seems to love the Chris Christensen bushes, so that was what I went with, but I agree they're pricy...

@jakelab I'll be brushing the dog daily, so I'm leaning towards springing for the CC brushes. I've read a lot of horror stories on here about people not brushing their dogs, and I just don't understand why... I used to spend about 20 minutes a day brushing my old mutt which had a labrador-type...

@cathya Thanks!

@jhonny7 I'm going to have to try that with my poodle. It's not an issue for most nails with the clean feet, but her front dew claws are surrounded by fluff! I've caught the fur a couple times. She doesn't seem to care, but I do! Edit: typo

@bfg33 I will look into the brand you mentioned. Thank you for your input!

TL;DR - is the below list a good list of products to purchase? Or would you pick something else? For a black standard poodle, kept in puppy cut. Hello! I've been lurking for a while, but this is my first post. I am getting my first standard poodle in August, at 12-weeks old. I have experience...

@rhoda My suggestion, as a fellow person who hates confrontation, is to stick with groomer 3 for now. It sounds like there are some solid reasons to stick with her. I would call back your old groomer (#1) and say you have a new groomer you're working with for now, but if you ever need to switch...