Terry, I have a black dog too! I brought her to a groomer before my first show (it was a 5 show weekend), and she must have put some kind of conditioner or something on her. Well, she looked great and I went to bed happy. Woke up and threw her in the car (it was dark as I had to leave at 5:30). Get to show and she has white dandruff looking stuff all over her! Yikes! I totally freaked out. Luckily, the people at show saw me freaking out and came over and helped me try to fix her (water spray bottle and rub down with towel). We got rid of the white but she lost her "fluff/poof" in her coat. Sara On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Terry Cochran wrote: > Who among you would like to share grooming tips on a dog with coarse straight > hair, very black. I know you have to be very careful about blowing because > you can get the hair going in all sorts of interesting directions. > Terry > > From: "Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx" <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx> > To: ninemaplefarm@xxxxxx; Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 9:40 AM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: [ SHOWGSD-L, grooming > > My dogs are always on the table. They've been on 2x today already (we > have rain & mud and with this funky warm spell they are blowing the start of > their winter coat). > > They are bathed the day before a show, groomed before their class/ > BOB/Group, then that night any product is rinsed out when we get home > (always!). > > Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC > Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions > visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) > > > In a message dated 12/7/2011 11:28:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > barbara17236@xxxxxxx writes: > > As a side note, when do you all groom before a show? Day before? > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================