POLL: How does your dog feel about grooming?

Not sure if I should vote multiple times but Turbo and Jewel dislike being brushed even with the gentlest tools.Oddly Jewel loves to have her ears cleaned though.  Noel loves to have all the amenities.

Tena

Tar and Brown just need regular brushing, and they're fine with this. Now, they will hide their faces for a nail trim, but they're just weenies.

Grey goes to the groomer, and he loves it.

I picked the second option, but that really doesn't describe Caleb's reaction.  His is more like- "You're gonna brush me?  YIPPEE!  Hurry up, Come on, let's go."  He used to leap onto the grooming table before I could stop him.  He hasn't done that since the time he couldn't stop and slid off the other side (I caught him before he hit the ground).  Now he either runs up the ramp (if I set it up), or puts his front feet on the leg support so I can lift him.

 Lu's perfectly happy to be brushed as long as I allow him the occasional chomp on the brush handle LOL.  I know you didn't ask about nails but he is downright weird about those.  I armed myself with good treats and got him on my lap the other day to trim his nails for the first time.  He didn't even really need/want the treats, just lay there letting me do it.  He got a nice belly rub (his favourite) for that afterwards LOL.

Ben gets really excited about grooming, and will ask to be groomed by staring at the place I keep the equipment.  

 Sioux is a diva and loves the whole thing, except if the water is too warm or too cold.  Sequoyah likes it, except won't tolerate a force dryer AT ALL.  I think she considers it as if it were an invisible recalcitrant cow.  Fergie used to be very, very good, but now is a bit of a *%# - can't blame her at her age, I guess.  Maska? Comfort freak - loves that hound glove.

 Just the brush/comb is GREAT! They love it. Both stand nicely for everything else, but resent it, and flip you doggy birds. Today, Ena threatened to move in with her trainer. I used a different tool than usual, and she was not pleased.

Cheyanne isnt a touchy dog so she doesnt care too much for brushing.

 Lillie loves it! Well I think she does.

Fynn loves his head brushed. He leans into the brush.

Joker RUNS away. He hates it. But it all my fault. I brush burned him and now he hates the site of the brush. 

That, hurry up I've got other things to do describes Willow perfectly.  She's very tolerant and fine with it but if it starts taking too long she starts getting antsy. 

We used to have a brush, but I haven't seen it in quite some time.  Luckily, none of my guys really need to be brushed, so it's no big deal.

They do love to have their nails & ears done though!

Apollo could care less about being brushed or bathed or getting his nails clipped. I usually brush and bath him, but I get his nails clipped at the groomers. They're so thick; I have trouble doing it. Ears aren't a problem either.

Patty LOVES getting brushed, blow dried, buzzed, groomed, clipped, etc. I can groom (bath, blow, buzz down, nails clipped) her or if I have the time/money she will go to a groomer.

Molson....he's fine until the clippers go near his feet. Then he stiffens up and will try to pull his paws away, then he gets restless. But no nipping/biting at all, just nerves. Because of that I always bring him to the groomers.

 well if a rubber bath mit qualifies as a brush - he tolerates it

he tolerates baths (and very politely waits until instructed to 'shake';)

and he tolerates his nails - although when he sees the dremel he immediately gets excited and touches it because if he touches it he gets a treat LOL Its all downhill from there

It is a very good thing he doesn't need brushing because other than the rubber mit and he deems it torture

Buddy loves a good brushing...always has.  He sees the brush and he lines right up.  Me! Me! Me first!

I started Heidi off at a very early age...gentle brushing and massaging while she was eating...killed two birds with one stone.  She enjoyed the feeling of the gentle brush; and it helped her to learn to be touched while eating.  As she got a bit older we would have a brushing session.  Buddy first and she would just sit there and watch.  Then it would be her turn.  At first, it was nah, I really don't like that, I gotta go now.  But she learned that mama always won that game; and she progressed to tolerating it.  Now, she will tolerate it nicely and patiently let me get through it.  Then she gets a nice ball toss.

Bruder tolerates it nicely...but he too would rather be doing something else.  But, boy he cleans up nice.

I know they all feel better afterwards, they must! 

Rex and Belle love to be brushed and will shove each other out of the way to get their turn.  Twister, he doesn't seem to have a strong opinion one way or the other about getting brushed, it's just another of those human activities that he tolerates good naturedly until something better comes along. lol  Of course, none of this was left to chance with any of the dogs.  Brush = treats, same with nails, ears, bath time.

me:  Let's do grooming.  Time for grooming.

cairn: OK, mom. (Plods to me.  Stands in front of me.)

me:  Lay down. (I gently pull him down.)

cairn: I know what to do. (Flops on side.)

me: This is soooo good to do grooming.  You are soooo  cuuuuuute.

(brushing and brushing)

cairn: Be sure to scratch my neck where that silly collar is, scratch my belly, my knees, and the base of my tail.  I have a hard time relieving my itchies there. 

me: (obliging)

cairn:  Aaaaahhhhhhh. (licking lips) That's sooooooo good, Mom.  Don

bother grooming anywhere else.

me: (grooming rest of body) Be still; lay down.

cairn:  See ya.  Gotta show that squirrel whose yard this is!  (dashes merrily away)