(upbeat music) - I think you should leave it
to the professionals.
- [Female] But we can't right now
because we're in quarantine.
- Crickey come here.
She isn't listening. - She hates us.
- She's mad at us 'cause we cut her hair last night.
- Because she looks so ugly.
(upbeat country music)
- Hi, this is Oatmeal.
(dog barking)
We think she's a Maltese and a poodle mix
so she is called a--
- Maltipoo.
- Ding, ding ding.
She's fun and playful.
Our groomer's been closed, so she has all
of these knots in her ears.
She needs a little trim on the behind.
- Yeah, you don't need to show them.
- This is my dog, Jurnee.
(dog barking)
Jurnee is a Golden Retriever so she doesn't need
to be cut with clippers or anything.
Really, really?
This girl loves to be dirty.
She is just gonna be cleaned up in a lot of various places.
So she could have a proper Golden Retreiver look.
- Our dog's name is Cricket. (dog barking)
And she's a (beep) Pomeranian.
We think. - We think, no she is.
- We adopted her, I think she might have some Maltese but.
- No she's a Shih Tzu/Pomeranian.
- She has the type of personality
where you know she cares what she looks like.
- Yeah, she's a diva.
We found these, like, huge matted areas.
- And that's when we were like, "Okay we have
"to do something about this."
- My dog's name is Bear.
(dog barking)
He is a (beep) Lhasa Apso.
Bear is super playful, I feel like he's a
little Scottish boy.
Other people think he's like a British soldier,
or, an old man.
His hair tends to grow into his eyes.
And this is gonna be very interesting to groom him.
- I already know that I'm gonna do better
than Chris Evans because I don't have to use clippers.
So, she will not be walking away with bald patches.
- Our dog's haircut will be better than Chris Evans
because he did not do a very good job.
Sorry Chris, we love you.
- Wish us luck. Wish us luck.
(intense upbeat music)
- We got the clippers and we put
out a towel and we like--
- [Yael] We watched a couple of videos
about how to do it. - Yeah.
- [Yael] As though that's gonna help.
Have a plan of attack.
I've also never held a pair of clippers in my life.
- No, we've never--
- Like I didn't even know which way to put them.
We literally did not know what we were doing.
- Right, so we started and her back part
of her body was okay, but then, when we started
to do her underside, it kind of got scary
and she was not happy.
And she was, I think, in pain, when we got.
- [Yael] Also, those clippers said they would cut
through the mats and they did not.
- Usually, I have a groomer that comes to the house.
So I am going to attempt to do
what she does just from what I've seen.
So I bought a buzzer and it says,
"Super easy with turbo mode."
So my plan is, I'm gonna brush him first.
I'm gonna set him on the kitchen counter.
Kind of relaxing, right?
I already know I might have to headlock him
to get his eyes.
And then hopefully, that'll get out the wiggles
and then I'll be able to just like buzz 'em.
You're doing so good. (trimmer buzzing)
- We're doing this, Jurnee.
We're doing this and we're getting it over with
because I'm tired of messing around.
Doing this at ground level is really hard
and my back is aching and my knees were hurting.
Don't judge me, but I have my knee pads
from when I played volleyball in high school.
I'm gonna be down on Jurnee's level a lot
for this haircut so I broke out the knee pads.
(knee pads knocking)
- So let's get our area ready here.
(bang slapping)
I think it'll be good if we put some trash bags down.
Oh god, I don't know how they do this.
One chunk down.
Oh okay, now I feel like I judged Chris Evans a
little too harshly because this is really hard.
(dog barking)
(clippers buzzing)
There's so much fur, she's still needs more cut.
(clippers buzzing)
- It's funny because you're not like this with the groomer.
I wonder if it's 'cause he knows me maybe?
So you trust me that I'm not gonna do anything.
I'm surprised, he's kind of just acting
like I'm brushing him.
It's okay.
I was so surprised he was falling asleep.
I thought this was gonna be like deep breaths,
headlock, holding him down.
No, he was falling asleep (laughs).
- I messed up her foot.
I should have watched more than 10 seconds.
But something aint right with her foot.
Jurnee why can't you stand like this Golden Retriever?
So, I'm gonna keep cutting.
This one looks better than the first one.
Her pouffy areas are where her personality is.
You don't wanna take that kind of stuff down too low.
So I glad I was able to do it myself
and make sure I didn't do to much in certain areas.
But yeah, that was definitely, definitely, harder
than I thought it was gonna be.
- So this is what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna try to figure out a way to stick this
to the wall somehow, put some peanut butter in it
and it gets stuck in these little crevices
and it takes the dog forever to lick it out.
And hopefully, it'll keep Oatmeal busy
while I try to cut her hair.
(trimmer buzzing)
Come on - Told ya.
- Ah.
(trimmer buzzing)
Good girl, good girl.
I think the good thing about having a curly-haired dog is
that you can't tell if it's super botched.
- I posted a video on Instagram, like six people messaged me
and they're like, "You know the groomers are open, right?"
- We were like, "We did not."
- We did not, apparently they are.
So we are taking her this weekend.
- To get.
To get corrected. - To get fixed.
- She did not enjoy it, it was not enjoyable for us.
I know everyone's probably gonna judge us for doing it
but she looks mangled and look at that face.
- Okay, so final thoughts.
Oats can see a little better
around her eyes, so that's good.
But her head definitely looks shrunken.
- It'll grow back, don't worry.
- I'm so desperate to get it back to her old groomer
because it was hard.
I will say that leave it to the professionals.
- Journee and I both had glow-ups today.
I couldn't let her look good and I didn't.
Definitely, is a win but she looks good.
I didn't get it perfect, by any means,
but she looks really clean and sleek
which is exactly what I wanted.
- [Yael] I'm home, do you like your new haircut?
Did they do a better job then Mommy and Molly?
- [Molly] Oh, you look so much better.
I'm sorry we butchered you. - You look so much better.
We're sorry. - Sorry.
- [Ashley] His fur is like the really soft carpet.
Like, you can just run your hands back and forth.
That's what he looks like now,
he doesn't look like a hot mess.
I honestly think I'll continue to do it at home
because when I was using a stylist,
it was a very stressful experience for him
but he was falling asleep.
It's just way more relaxing, less stressful all around.
So I'll probably just keep doing it myself.
I am covered in fur but I am very proud of myself.
And I'm very proud of him.
(uplifting orchestral music)