Korean and Korean Fusion style cuts are not necessarily for all maltese. Some face structures can carry the EXTREME Korean cuts better then others. Maltese all have different hair structure and density as well. A good cut, however, will grow out quite nicely. Many people comment that they love the Korean faces, but do not favor the PINK SKINNED body/torso/neck.
Here in this video we have Tweety and Cosette who are both in TRANSITION styles. Their neck and torso have a little over 1 MONTH/4 weeks of grow out. They are soft to the touch and nice to pet with fur on their bodies. Tweety’s face has the hair around her nose all trimmed. We must take care when this grows out to ensure that none of these hair poke her in the eyes and cause staining.
Cosette had the hairs on the corner of her eyes cut about half a year ago and she suffered from severe staining as these grew back. We trimmed back her muzzle some to move towards a Korean muzzle, BUT we left the hair on her nose UNCUT. The hairs are all longer then a ‘proper’ Korean style as we left her unfinished intentionally to ensure that none of the muzzle hairs poke her in the eyes. We will then trim back and round out her muzzle to a proper Korean shaped muzzle ~~ hopping to video tape this to show you how to shape her muzzle without cutting any hairs on top of her nose nor around her eyes.
Playing with the camera we show you both girls ~~ still pretty ~~ even in between grooms and in between cuts ^_^
SeoulCAl ~ Korean fusion style groomsTilting Twisting Tweety the Sweety! ~ Korean style groom
A FANTASTIC and Glamorous Groom can change the entire look of a dog. Cosette and Tweety have gone through many good and BAD grooms through the years. We thought we’d share a visual to some different hair cuts they’ve sported over the years. Similar to humans, a GREAT CUT will grow out very pretty!
From Left to Right shows Cosette’s different styles through the last 5 years
Cosette is my first Maltese and she is what started my Maltese Obsession. Which style for COSETTE do your LOVE???
Tweety is the family grandparents maltese. Grandma had knee surgery and so Tweety visits with us often. Does Tweety the Sweety look best with MORE SEOUL or MORE CALI???
Tweety went from my mother’s groomers hands to mine ~~ quite a few changes
I spent months on the couch with my love buttons comforting me, but causing my legs to fall asleep. No baths for months at a time, but they were still so loving!Maltese Obsession
September 2013 ~~ Exactly a year ago my health was attacked. I broke my foot, followed by a pretty horrible first experience with shingles. This happened AFTER a VERY long struggle to recover from asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia and severe debilitating allergies. I spent my 50th birthday on the couch, CRYING, with my fur babies sleeping on my legs, as I pondered falling into a very deep depression.
In God’s way, He wanted me to just be still and find PEACE and JOY and REST from many years of work, ministry and a hectic busy lifestyle. My heart is very thankful.
During the months of my illness, my family ate lots of take-out and processed foods and the hubby and family fed the dogs kibble and processed wet packets of food during this time. I am an avid cook and this take-out food for months at a time played its toll on our entire household. This processed food didn’t sit well with the humans. The processed dog food caused tearing and staining in the dogs’ faces.
In Spring of 2014, as I felt adequately recovered from this long duration of ailments ~~ I decided to BLOG and VLOG my routine of grooming the dogs to have a source for my family to refer to in order to care for our dogs. We shot our first ‘FAMILY & Friends’ targeted video after I received a video camera on Mother’s Day this past May.
What was intended for just family and close friends, has turned into MalteseObsession.com
Our Grooming, Glamorizing and Styling routine does help us Clean UP OUR ACT! Notice the tear stains on the left in Spring.
Early Spring had me going ‘back on track’ with cooking for everyone, cleaning the house and bringing the Maltese back to their GLAMOROUS GLORIOUS MALTESE and fresh smelling beauties that they are meant to be. The MALTESE OBSESSION team shares our routines and regimes that we have either learned from groomers and breeders ~~ or tricks and shortcuts that we came up with over the years.
Our grooming and styling regimes are a fusion of Korean, American, groomers, breeders and pet owners. Full grooming at home is not necessarily for everyone as it can be dangerous if the tools and solvents are not used safely. Please consult with your personal VETERINARIANS and PRO-GROOMERS for questions and concerns that relate specifically to your fur babies. Much of what we share is not necessarily THE WAY, but just OUR Personal Choice for Pet MALTESE and other drop coated pets that we serve at MO.
Tweety is a Sweety ~~ We both don’t enjoy brushing our hair ~~ so MOST DAYS we just let our long hair just BE!
We send out a heartfelt “thank you” to all the friends that we have made! THANK YOU VERY MUCH to all the emails, messages and very encouraging feedback that we have received from so many MALTESE OBSESSED friends.
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Here are some images of how we brought our babies back up to their intended Glamorous Beauty over the last 6 months.
Tweety with her famous adorable head tilting! Tweety does require a pretty regular routine to keep her eye area clean as she tends to tear despite the foods and lifestyle changes we make.
Cheerful Cosy Cosette had a pretty bad bout of tear staining after we trimmed her eye hairs. It has since much improved with daily cleaning and keeping her face dry.Tweety’s top knot and ears are trimmed every couple months, but they’ve grown out some. We have also reshaped her muzzle to be MORE SEOUL!
Dolce is the DIVA QUEEN!! ~~~ we use her DIVA FUR to experiment with lots of new hair products!
Thank you so much friends! We send out prayers for JOY & Good Health to You and YOURS!
I recently attended the SUPERZOO Groomers Supershow in Las Vegas and had a fantastic time. There was so much to see and the Grooming Supershow captivated most of my time and attention.
I did post updates on the Maltese Obsession Facebook page, but found myself with little time to blog all of the wonderful information that I learned. After I returned from Las Vegas, I realized that I NEEDED to have purchased some new shears to review. I have received so many questions on finding more affordable BLENDERS AND CHUNKER SHEARS, that would work equally well to do Tweety’s Korean cut in particular.
My personal perspective for home maltese pet grooming is that you can achieve a lot with a good safe clipper like the Wahl Bravura, or any good clipper that has stainless steel comb attachments. My personal opinion on shears for home grooming is that most straight shears will work for a basic ‘home’ trim, but if you want to achieve a better more professionally groomed look for your maltese you MUST invest in a ‘FUNCTIONAL’ pair of BLENDING shears.
My GTG ~ SHEARS are
Good curved shears
Great Chunkers ~~~ less teeth and T-shaped teeth ~~ VERY AGRESSIVE cut, but more forgiving then a pair of striaghts
Great Blenders ~~ more teeth and I prefer the TEETH TO BE CURVED gripping teeth that grab and hold hair for the CLEAN CUT
I have other favorite GTG-Shears like my tiny curved Pixi’s and my tiny Pixi texturizers that do very minute detail work, but I don’t absolutely NEED them to do a lovely groom on my dogs or dogs that I may be grooming.
Left Kiss Silver, Middle Kiss Silver Blue, Right Kiss Silver PINKA GREAT
The great deal is that you can pick ANY 3 Shears from the KISS SILVER line for $99 for the 3 shears. You can pick ANY 3 shears from the KISS GOLD line for $149. They also have a line of very affordable shears called the ENTREE LINE.
I picked the center KISS SILVER BLUE 3 shears for $120 + shipping
9.5″ Curved == purchased individually is $59.99
21 teeth CHUNKERS 6 1/2″ == purchased individually is $59.99
42 teeth Blenders == purchased individually is $59.99
NOTE the BLUE row has the pinky handle to use them REVERSABLE === this is handy when using the CURVED SHEARS to round out the feet or to shape the long PALAZZO Trouser legs. A reversible blender is also cool when shaping a Korean style face (^.^)
The row on the left Kiss Silver Silver had a funny shaped thumb hole whereby my clunky thumb would NOT stay in nice, so that was a FAIL for my hands. The Kiss Silver PINK were nice too and i may need that set to have around as well.
GEIB ENTREE Shears — Cobalt Handles
AWESOME deal that was presented at the SUPERZOO was some entry level shears that GEIB was promoting. There are a couple good lines of entry level shears that were surprisingly EQUALLY sharp and responsive as my beloved CC shears. I don’t know how long the edges will hold up and whether the action on the joints will maintain it’s smooth responsiveness, but a quick Tweety Korean groom proved them FANTASTIC for home grooming purposes.
GEIB ENTREE and ENTREE BLUE TITAN are also nice entry level shears that are pretty affordable and the ENTREE has a few very inexpensive shears in their line up.
The nice thing about GEIB is that they have been in business for many years and similar to CC Shears, they come with a Lifetime Warranty. The box of shears came with a warranty as well as a return address sticker to mail the shears back for sharpening at the Buttercut Sharpening location. There is a fee for sharpening the shears, but it is nice to have that option to send them back to the manufacturer and have them professionally sharped for their nominal fee.
Please keep in mind that the GEIB KISS and ENTREE line of shears is their entry level groomer shears. Every pro-groomer and home groomer will have different personal preferences in what shears work best for individual hands and techniques. This particular set of shears was reviewed as an option to those asking for more affordable YET FUNCTIONAL blenders and chunked shears.
Thanks for visiting and please come back to visit. Happy Grooming,
I believe the prices are better if you purchase direct through PurePawsUSA.com and use the 10% Discount Code MO10, but I have sourced some items through Amazon for those of you that are interested. The travel kits are NOT available on Amazon
The wooden pin brush come in SMALL and Med ~~ I use the purple SMALL in the video. Amazon available colors vary from day to day ~~ more colors are available on the Chris Christensen Website.
Apana Hot Yoga Mat Microfiber Towels: We found them for $16.99 at TJMaxx and Marshalls stores in the Athletic Sports Section. They retails for $50
Baby Travel Pillow: Comes in a variety of colors on Amazon. We found them at TJ Maxx.
Above show Pinky in a Nail Cutting Tutorial. Pinky is very different on the grooming table then Dolce. You will see that she is rather naughty during grooming. Pinky does not enjoy having her feet touched in general and she really detests her nails being cut.
Pinky ~ Nail Clipping TutorialPinky
Grooming Tools Used or Mentioned:
Grooming Table with safety noose arm
Cat/Bird 3 1/2″ Nail Scissor
Quick Stop with Benzocaine
In case you missed Dolce’s Nail Clipping Tutorial ~~
The DOLCE FLIP – Top Knot FLIP TOOL is a special skinny tool used to flip a ponytail.
These videos are targeting maltese pet owners that would like to learn how to groom or touch-up/tidy groom their maltese at home. The instruction is focused on helping to guide newer pet maltese home groomers.
Please be aware that every groomer and every pet maltese owners has personal tastes and preferences as to the look and hair styles that they prefer on their dogs. We are sharing some of the variations of our favorite styles that we enjoy with our pet maltese.
Part 2: Polishing the Body Clip + Polar Bear Face Trimming Tutorial
Part 2:
Back comb body using a 7 1/2″ groomers comb
Polish 2nd time clipper the body to even out the coat
Back comb body using a 7 1/2″ groomers comb
