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01-28-2008, 11:49 AM | #1 |
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| Stringy Coat--Need Advice! =) Hi All, I have a grooming question that hopefully I can get some help with. When my dogs hair is fully groomed for show, I notice that after a few minutes on walking the ends of his coat look stringy. Also, it begins happening around the tan on his neck. It doesnt have that perfectly flat-lying, mirrored shinny look to it unless it immediately brushed. Looking at other dogs, I dont see this happening. Their coats stay beautiful even after walking around. Is there something I am not doing right with the grooming or something I can put in his hair to stop this from happening? Any advice is greatly appreciated! I am still rather new at this and just want to get it right! Here is the background: His coat is oiled and wrapped 100% of the time he is not in the ring (with the exception of multiple day dog shows--in that case I skip the oil). His coat is about a half inch from the ground so it is not yet dragging. On show days, I wash him the morning of the show, using baby-powder to pull out the excess oil and repeatedly washing him 3-4 times with Plush Puppy shampoo (the green one) followed by Plush Puppy conditioner. I have different grooming tools--separate ones for "oil" and "show" ones. I blow dry him (with an ionic dryer) using the "show" grooming tools. I flat iron his coat in segments, beginning with his belly area and working my way up on either side. I use the Crown Royal static spray very sparingly on the coat prior to the show to eliminate the fly-aways. However, I have noticed the stringiness still happens with or without the use of this product. Other than that I do not put any other product in his hair. He has the appropriate silky coat. This may have nothing to do with it but around 7-8mos of age he went through a phase his breeders call "puppy frizz" where he had a little case of the fly-aways. I had to put a little heavier product in his hair and it looked fine. He out grew the puppy frizz and the coat that grew in layed flat and I no longer needed the product in his hair. I am wondering if this is maybe attributing to the stringiness of the ends?? Thank you so much for your advice!!! |
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