Pic of biggest dog I ever groomed

[bednbones]

Yesterday I groomed a male uncut Leonberger - 2 yrs old, first groom. He was 165lb per owner. Not sure if you can tell but he was bigger than my tub and I was as wet as he was at the end of the bath. I filled my tub about 2 inches for my recir and his coat soaked it up in about a 30 sec so I had to refill to get him properly washed. HA. He had stuff in his flews that I picked out ... rocks, branches, you name it ... all gooey and hard.

All went well until I started to clip the nails (ps my grooming arm at its highest came to his shoulder). I started w/the dremel on the back foot. He turned, looked at me and let out a deep growl. So I switched to the clippers. Clipped a new nail and he let out another growl while bending my grooming arm like it was a twist tie as he turned and I then decided I got the warning and the nails were basically done. LOL.

Gorgeous dog but I could have never lifted him in or out of that tub. I am so lucky that he jumped on my electric table so I could get him to walk in. It took me 2 1/2 hrs from start to finish w/this dog. I put a happy hoodie on him when I started the hv because I didn't know what to expect. It was hysterical to look at. A Happy Hoodie can take any regal dog and make him look like a court jester.

[Helly]

Oh, he's a beautiful boy. And he has a kind face.

I don't have pictures, wish I did, but my biggest dog was a 210 pound Akita. And he really wasn't all that fat, either. Just huge. He was also a beautiful dog, but he did NOT have a kind face, if you get my drift.

[windywaycavaliers]

That is one super sized dog--you did a great job on him. WOw---that's a lot of hair to tend to!

[Gypsy Styles]

Good job there! That really is a giant!

[caninecrazy]

That is a big & hairy. Looks very sweet.

[pooh13]

He's beautiful though.
the biggest dog I ever groomed was 225 an English bull mastiff hated water, dropped to the floor when you tried to lift him used to take 6 people to lift his lazy arse up lol to get him into the tub. I have had quite a few runners up but none as hell bent on not getting a bath as he was.

[odette]

Makes my leonberger look like piker! He's only 100 lbs. My berner is 150 if an ounce!

[Maltese_mama]

What a beautiful dog!

[DaisyMae]

That's quite the dog to groom. You must have been exhausted when you were done! Very pretty dog.

[Pixie]

That is one big beautiful dog.

[Meaghan]

Wow! In addition to a dog bather, I'm also a shelter volunteer and I've walked two Leos before. The biggest dog I've ever bathed at work has been a huge Lab/Poodle which looks like a wolfhound mix, he is that big.

[flyingfur]

Yowzer! That's one big heap of a dog! I thinks it's funny that he 'sucked' up all that water!!! and you're so right about the happy hoodie...Every dog looks ridiculous in it!!

[staffybullmom]

what a teddy bear!

Leos are on my short list to some day own.....much to the dismay of my hubby!
Largest dog I ever groomed.....drum roll please.....252lbs. of Newfie love. And this beast had absolutely NO training!It took 3adult men to get him into the tub(no step in back then) and about 4 hours to finish him. The kicker.....the owner asked for a discount EVERY time I groomed him. She thought I should feel nothing but grateful that she "let" me groom her monster.

[bednbones]

Okay ... they come bigger?

I thought that was going to be my limit. How do you fit a 250 lb dog in your tub??? I felt like there was more water on the floor than in the drain. I cleaned hair and water for 30 minutes. The cleaning took as long as the brushing. Good grief. Yep, I was tired.

[dirty hairy]

I groomed him once...

and never again. He is just too big! I passed him back to my boss because it took me soooo long. I am a perfectionist, and there was just too much dog to obsess over. She has 13 yrs experience, and got it done in about 1/3 the time.
My boss, btw, is an average size woman... he makes her look so small!

He's a doodle, btw, I call him doodle-saurus-rex. The largest of the doodlesaurus family...