| mimimomo | 07-17-2015 10:05 AM |
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Originally Posted by capt_noonie
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So cute. Toto has a similar look right now too. Did you shave Turbo down on his body? I could not keep Toto clean when he was in full coat. I even trimmed his undercarriage but it was too much work, and he has SO much hair it was taking way too long to groom him. Plus he's always hot and panting so he has the "Joey" now. Like Maximo, Toto's shorter bear somehow gets dirtier than his floor grazing beard. Always gets stuck in his mouth.
Kristin, I do shave Toto on his undercarriage, and before when he was in full coat I used the metal hair slips that hairdressers use when they cut our hair to hold up the section I didn't want to cut. They hold up a decent amount of hair. When I do his undercarriage he stands for me, and when I get to that flappy chicken skin part near the hips I spread it flat with my hand and shave with the other. Last thing I need to do is nick him, then he will never trust me again with the shavers.
| I did, I shaved down Turbo's body & left his legs long. He doesn't like my clunky big clipper, I wanted to use a 5F blade...he'll tolerate my cordless Wahl, but the longest blade is a #9...so it's very short.
It's funny how Toto's & Max's mouth gets dirtier when short loll. I did use curved scissors to cut around the face & finish w/thinning shears to get rid of that choppy look.
This is a great video of a layerd round face cut for drop coats (single coated breeds), it shows how to cut around the mouth @ 5:04 (but his arm is in the way!). But you can see how the mouth part looks. Jonathan David uses thinning shears only. Mine won't tolerate that, all the snipping, so I use curved scissors & finish w/thinning shears. How To Do a Layered Round Head | Groomer to Groomer – Pet Grooming News, Stories, and Videos | 