We’ve saved a fortune on haircuts, now for the dog...
We’ve saved a small fortune on haircuts during lockdown, with varying levels of success, I might add. However, I reckon it’s about £300 we’ve been able to put by.
As hairdressers have been closed, Sarah went online and bought a decent pair of electric clippers, then went on a crash YouTube course on how to cut hair.
I have to say, she did a cracking job.
You would never have known Freddie and I hadn’t had professional haircuts and several times we have been asked who did them.
A grade two with blending in and just a little off the top proved well within Sarah’s capabilities and even my hairdresser commented on what a good job she had done when I finally got an appointment.
So I thought I’d take the home hairdressing one stage further, looking down at our rather dishevelled, unlovedlooking Jack Russell.
Ruby’s visit to the poodle parlour costs more than my haircut, so this would be another saving if I could pull this haircut off.
Being a man, I didn’t bother watching any YouTube videos on clipping dogs, I just went for the clippers and wished for the best.
Ruby is a tad strange. She’s long-haired at the front, like her father and shorthaired at the back like her mum. None of that mattered to me.
At the end of the day, she won’t be shown at Crufts and unlike breeds such as the golden retriever or cockapoo, it was a simple clip that she needed.
I started with a grade four. Nothing happened.
Then I applied the grade 3 guard, again no hair was being clipped.
I decided I wouldn’t use any guards and just see what happened.
Well, after a bit, the clippers kind of dug into her fur. Don’t worry, I didn’t nick her, but the finish wasn’t that brilliant.
In fact it was awful and if I were Ruby, I would have been in floods of tears and refused a walk around Stanley Park purely on the basis of embarrassment.
I may well have saved myself £30 but my dog now hates me and is refusing to be seen in public.