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Hi there,
Now that I've tried the FFT, I'm ready to try and trim Cleo's body and legs. She's almost 16 weeks. Her hair is getting very long, and it's hot here!
I have curved scissors, and I have the Wahl Bravura with metal comb attachments. The breeder had advised not to trim a puppy coat less than a 1/2". I think i saw that the beige comb is a 1/2"? But what do I set the trimmer on? If it helps, I used 10 for face and feet, and 9 for under tail (I was nervous about that part!).
I read that I'm supposed to trim vertically, so do i start from the top of her back down, or from her belly up? Is it important to always trim in the same direction? And then with legs, do i start at the ankles and go up? I watched the breeder do the backs of her legs with curved scissors and no trimmer, so i have a sense of how to do that--she started from the top and went down.
I also don't know how much patience Cleo will have for all this! I may have to bathe and clip her one day and then scissor the next, not sure. In some ways i wonder if scissoring all of it will be easier. She's pretty good for brushing, b/c i feed her intermittently and give her things to chew on (she loves a good brush handle...). I don't have a real groom table, but i do have a high enough table, and sometimes i tie her leash to something to keep her from turning around.
All advice welcome! A video would really help, if anyone can point me to something. Most of the ones I've found show a fancy adult clip rather than a straightforward puppy clip.
TIA!
Now that I've tried the FFT, I'm ready to try and trim Cleo's body and legs. She's almost 16 weeks. Her hair is getting very long, and it's hot here!
I have curved scissors, and I have the Wahl Bravura with metal comb attachments. The breeder had advised not to trim a puppy coat less than a 1/2". I think i saw that the beige comb is a 1/2"? But what do I set the trimmer on? If it helps, I used 10 for face and feet, and 9 for under tail (I was nervous about that part!).
I read that I'm supposed to trim vertically, so do i start from the top of her back down, or from her belly up? Is it important to always trim in the same direction? And then with legs, do i start at the ankles and go up? I watched the breeder do the backs of her legs with curved scissors and no trimmer, so i have a sense of how to do that--she started from the top and went down.
I also don't know how much patience Cleo will have for all this! I may have to bathe and clip her one day and then scissor the next, not sure. In some ways i wonder if scissoring all of it will be easier. She's pretty good for brushing, b/c i feed her intermittently and give her things to chew on (she loves a good brush handle...). I don't have a real groom table, but i do have a high enough table, and sometimes i tie her leash to something to keep her from turning around.
All advice welcome! A video would really help, if anyone can point me to something. Most of the ones I've found show a fancy adult clip rather than a straightforward puppy clip.
TIA!