Lola has not had any problems in the dress department (I think she likes the attention..lol) But the hair situation is very different!! After weeks of trying to get her to sit still and allow me to put a pony tail in her hair we are just starting to get the hang of it!
At first she did the same thing as Bella, trashing her head around like mad! I could barely grab a section of hair, never mind putting in the elastic! My DH wanted to hold her down while I did it, but I said No because I did not want to rely on him every time. So I persisted, everyday, I would take her to the couch and put a pillow on my lap and lay her on the pillow. I'd tell her "down", sometimes I have to tell her a few times because she starts trashing/trying to get up. If she stayed down with her head on the pillow I would give her a treat and just brush her/make the ponytail. All the while telling her shes such a good girl (in a calm, quiet voice). Then when she was pretty relaxed I'd attempt to put in the elastic (the first few try's I could not wrap the elastic enough and was very loose) but I was happy I accomplished even that! Oh and I should add this was not a quick process, sometimes i had to do it several times..lol! And then she would immediately start rubbing her head on the ground to try and get it out!
But now (after about three weeks of persistence) shes finally at the point I do not need the pillow anymore she just sits there and lets me do it (she still gets a yummy treat after!) and it take me less than 5 min. And I discovered distracting her by throwing her favorite ball around for her to fetch would make her forget about her hair and she will leave it alone!
We have not tried actual bows yet, but I'm hoping she will be ok with them now that we have the ponytail part taken care of! But we will see, and good luck! Hope this helps!
