flyingduster

ok, as requested here is some pics of Paris in the german trim. It's becoming a more and more popular trim around the world at the moment!!!

It is essentially much the same as all the other generic poodle clips (lamb, modern etc) except the key factor is having the ears shaved off with at least a 5F blade (or as much as a 15) and the tail doesn't sport a pom pom! There are two tail styles though, one is the 'carrot tail' that Paris is sporting, and is the more popular look for the general public and most people prefer the look. And there's also the shaved look, where the tail is totally shaved with the same blade as the ears (yes, totally shaved off with a 10 or 15 if that's what the ears are done with!) which results in a somewhat 'rat tail' look. It's a bit of an accquired taste to shave the tail off fully though! lol. A lot of people use it as an option if going from a pom pom tail thoguh, as the tail stalk is generally already shaved with a 10.


This is Paris freshly groomed in the german trim:

The blades I used on her in this competition:
a 30 blade on her face and feet.
10 blade on her ears (didn't shave right from the base of the ear though, or it'd cut into her reasonably full top knot!)
5F blade on the back side of her tail (back side, when it's standing up 'alert' from base to tip.)
4F on the back side of her back legs (from the pointy pin bones under her butt, down the 'swoop' to skim off above her hocks)
and the 5/8"HT blade along her topline (spine)

The rest was hand scissored.
I used the blades on her primarily cos I wasn't confident I could fully hand scissor her in the time I was alotted! lol The blades meant it set some lengths for me to work from!


And here are a few other angles I got this afternoon (taken in the small yard at work after I bathed her)





note that it's been a few weeks since she was actually groomed, though I did her face & feet this afternoon too. lol.


FD

creativeparti

where was this comp? i know peter young the man standing next to you.

she looks very nice in a german trim but i think you need to make her lines a bit tighter the shape is very good just needs more work on the finish,

hope you dont think im being rude just wanted to help

Debbyd

What a beautiful cut!. I wish a miniature could have a cut like that.

Debby

AgilityIG

She looks great.

I have Vinnie in a modified German - I do his ears with a 10 and f/f/t are 30. He has a natural tail, so that's a bit different - I love the natural tail.

So how do you decide where to start shaving the ears? That's my problem - I think I went up a bit too high on Vin's ears and it makes his topknot look too narrow.

Harley_chik

She looks great! I really like the German clip, it's unique and looks regal.

Fluffyspoos

I've never seen that trim on minis or toys, has anyone done it before?

flyingduster

haha. new poodle mum I agree!!! I didn't think it was good enough to win the competition at all, cos I could see a million things I could have done better! lol. Compared to her previous state though, those lines aren't too bad. I like the euro style (tight tight TIGHT) but Paris is far too skinny to be able to go a whole lot tighter without showing her scrawny bod. :P

The competition was here in NZ, we bought Peter over from London to judge it for us.

I've seen it on minis plenty... here's a pic of the top three placings in the poodle class, and the third place is a black mini in the german trim:

creativeparti

she does look stunning tho i love it and im glad you dont think i was rude i compete over her in england, i won ist at the last comp i went to with a american cocker, i look at pics of her and think i know i could of done that better i do that with alot of my grooms guess thats what makes us good groomers we want perfection

Purple Poodle

I love the German clip. I put my moms Mini in one in the winter, I really like it on a maloe Poodle, makes gthem look manly ^_^

skinnydoggz

I should have checked this site before clipping my standard's ears, because I clipped the whole ear, ending up with the narrow TK IgilityIG spoke of (though Vinnie's TK looks wider). I'd been afraid I'd regret clipping her ears, but I really like it!

At first I didn't like the German clip at all. The more I saw Vinnie, the more it grew on me and now I like it a lot. It's sporty looking. I just hope my little girl (7 mos. old) can carry it off and not look like a boy. FD, thanks so much for posting directions. Do you do the TK first to see where to start clipping the ear?

Thank you,
Lynn

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