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Sookster · 02-02-2012, 03:48 PM

Ok so I have decided to bite the bullet and put Nova in a Miami. It got up to nearly 80 degrees F here today (dying) and she isn't tolerating the heat well in her nearly 3 inches of coat all over. I'm having it done by a groomer who is familiar with grooming poodles but is not terribly familiar with this clip. I would love to see some photos of REALLY good Miami clips, especially on larger framed spoos. Nova is rather huge and I'm worried it isn't going to look good on her. But mainly, I want the groomer to have a good reference for placement of the bracelets. Any advice appreciated!

katbrat · 02-02-2012, 04:42 PM

Lexi isn't large, about 40 pounds, but here are a couple of pictures of her in a Miami. The first two were taken in October and was a little too short. The last was taken last month. We haven't had much of a winter this year and she is a bit hot with the lenghth. I like the Miami short, I like it when it is growning out. It is a super cute cut.

Sookster · 02-02-2012, 04:46 PM

Lexie is beyond cute. I notice it seems (in the lying down picture) that her bracelets start a little higher above the feet than what I normally see. I'm wondering if I would like this better. We are very active and spend a lot of time in the woods. At her current length (the bevel starts right at the top of the toe line) if her hair is limp and not fluffed out (or if she steps in a puddle) the hair around the bottom of the cuff gets so gross so quickly. I wonder if it were trimmed up just a tiny bit higher if that would help it stay clean. Thoughts?

lavillerose · 02-02-2012, 04:55 PM

The most important thing about the Miami (on all poos, but especially a large one) is to be sure the bracelets are high enough. Groomers that aren't quite familiar with doing bracelets might set them right on the joints, which looks really old fashioned and makes the bracelets look squat and tiny.

I have very small hands, but when I set bracelets on Spoos, I wrap my whole hand around the leg just above the fetlock joint on the foreleg, and just above the hock on the back, and shave up from the top of my thumb and forefinger. The bottom of my hand (pinky) is resting just on the top part of the joint, or the ball of the hock in the back.

This probably amounts to about 2.5 - 3" above the joint on a large Spoo. My parent's old spoo is 28.5 inches tall, and his bracelets were enormous to compensate when I did him in a CC years ago.

Fluffyspoos · 02-02-2012, 05:06 PM

Vienna is a big girl, around 60lbs

Ignore the terrible scissoring on her topknot, I fixed that part.

katbrat · 02-02-2012, 05:50 PM

The short cut Miami picture was taken the day she had it done. I think her bracelets look a little to boxy, but I really liked the look when it had grown out even just a little bit. I like Vienna's fluffy bracelets in the short Miami. I love, love, love long bracelets, even if I just spent the last 30 minutes brushing and combing out Lexi's!

Freckles · 02-02-2012, 06:18 PM

I don't have any poodle photos to add to this thread.

I just wanted to say how cute both Vienna and Lexi are!

Ms Stella · 02-02-2012, 06:53 PM

Stella's Miami Summer of 2011

CharismaticMillie · 02-02-2012, 07:26 PM

Millie and Henry in Miamis. Henry is on the bigger side - 60 lbs and nearly 27 inches tall. Millie is more average at 24 inches tall and 50 lbs. I'm not sure exactly about setting the front bracelets, but they should be set higher than the rear bracelets. The rear bracelets can be set by placing a finger or two above the hock joint. That would be the highest point of the rear bracelet. The rear bracelet should be shaved at an angle : the highest point being 1 or 2 fingers above the back of the hock and then shaving down at an angle. So, the bracelet will be lower at the front of the back leg than the back of the back leg. Look at Fluffyspoos photo of Vienna for a good visual of that angle. For the front bracelet, I think you can wrap your entire hand around the leg starting at that front leg joint. The top of your hand, or maybe just a touch higher (better to start too high than too low) is where you would start shaving up the leg.

tokipoke · 02-02-2012, 07:42 PM

Someone who isn't familiar with doing the Miami will set the poms lower, because they'll just follow what the instructions say in books, "set at the hock." All clips need to follow the dog's individual body shape and size, so just make sure to have the poms a little higher above the hocks to balance your large poodle. Other than that, I don't think you can go wrong! I really love this clip!