I usually just rotate around my difficult dogs, for example I do one half at a time, left neck-back, shoulder and thigh all shaved by then my blade gets hot so I’ll swap to my 10 and do my sani and pads, if it’s fighting over the paws I’ll get through on that, then work on brushing out the tail or working on the head. So I try to give the break while also being productive and trying to at least do something. But also sometimes you just need to take the break and just give the baby a lil love and pets, sometimes I’ll even offer water to the pup if they’re not panting too hard (if the dog has shovel tongue DO NOT give it water or you risk bloat)