I have a one year old Springer spaniel, and before her, I had another Springer Spaniel, Muggins, who passed away last year at the age of 17. For all but the first year of Muggins’ life, I groomed her myself.
When I first got Muggins, I took her to groomers. This wasn’t a good solution though. It was inconvenient because I had to travel to and from the groomer to drop her off and pick her up. It was expensive. And she was rarely clipped the way I wanted her to be clipped; I had trouble getting the groomers to listen to my instructions.
I decided to groom Muggins myself. I started with inexpensive Oster clippers—the cheapest I could find. Although the clippers were passable, I ended up spending lots of money on blades because they didn’t last long, and the clippers wore out quickly.
I replaced that set with Andis clippers. I was reasonably satisfied with those clippers, and I still have them. They’ve held up well, but they heat up very quickly, which means I have to stop often to let them cool before I can continue.
