I ended up cutting Prince's hair around his eyes just because he is an old man and I wanted to make his grooming as quick, simple and pain free as possible and he hated wearing pony tails. In fact, he refused to keep the pony tails in....so clipping that hair short seemed like it was the best option. I use a 8.5 clipper blade around Prince's eyes. I also use it on the pads of his feet. It's like 1/2 the size of a regular clipper blade so it's a lot easier to maneuver safely.
With the clippers, I follow the way the hair lays both underneath his eyes and around his eyes, going with the grain of the hair. I also use regular scissors and thinning shears to trim around his eyebrows and give him bangs.
If your pup doesn't like to be groomed or wiggles at all when you trim their face, I wouldn't suggest doing it...and unless you plan on keeping it up, I wouldn't suggest doing it. You have to keep up on it all of the time or the hair will poke them in their eyes. I touch Prince's up about every 2 weeks...and I'd never even bother to try it on Ricky because he wiggles way too much.
BTW...once you cut that hair, it takes forever to grow out and it's annoying for both you and your pup. The hair gets in their eyes...it's always wet and crusty because it's too short to put in pony tail. When I got Ricky, his foster mom had just scissor cut his face and I am still trying to grow the hair out around his eyes over 6 months later. |