Thanks for the info. I feel confident the #4F blade will do.
I go by Lena's video
http://www.groomingdvds.com/miniature poodle.html. I don't know if what she says is ok but still I learned a lot. She uses a #7F blade on the body and does a rough cut with it before the bath. After the bath she does it all over with the same blade. (She introduces the equipment at the start and I didn't see her mention a #7 blade).
I guessed her way of doing it didn't need a super hair dryer? I only have a small andis I bought a wal-mart. Is it ok to do it like her (with only the 4F) for the rough and finished cut or ... should I wash first and do it all at once with the #4F or ... buy a #4 and do the rough cut with it?
She says a #40 blade should be used with the guards. Is this true or would my 10 blade do? My 8 universal plastic guards are in numbers and letters going from #0 5/8" to #F 1 1/4" so I don't know what a #2 guard is.
Daddy is a brown toy poodle. He's very patient and I love to toy on him lol. I've already done fairly good clean feet and face with the 10 blade in the past. I do ok with kitchen scissors to do his head too lol.
Last time I asked the groomer to do him but not too short. I asked the body not too short, the legs left long except for the clean feet and I wanted the clean face. He looked absolutely lovely and it's what I'd like to learn how to do.
The hard part I think will be to scissor the legs and blend it all together. I've ordered a Heritage starting kit
http://www.northcoastmarines.com/scissors.htm with the 8.5" straight and curved. Wish me luck lol