Grooming For English Springer Spaniels

[Novjan]

Hello,

We own two gorgeous Springers, I would like to learn how to groom them or at least maintain them better between grooming. My understanding is that they should not be clipped, they should be hand stripped?

First I need recomendation for where to take them, we live in Werribee, VIC.

Then I need advice on how to look after thier coat, I am hoping that if we find a decent groomer who knows their stuff then I will be able to learn from them?

So now comes my confession, in Dec, just before christmas, they needed to be groomed as it was going to get hot and thier coats were getting long and thick, I could not get them into our usual groomers so I took them to a 'Pet store' grooming place and they clipped them all over, they looked good and they were nice a cool, which was the main reason I had them groomed. I think this has 'blown' thier coats as they now look very scruffy, the hair is all fluffy and not smooth at all.

At the moment I am brushing them regularly with a slicker brush and combing their ears and we also have a Furminator but have not used that for a while.

I have had them groomed at the usual place once since then, one of my poor dogs was attacked so could not be bathed etc for a good few weeks now the place we used to take them has changed and I am not sure if the person who used to look after them is still there :0(

So now they are deperate for some proper TLC by someone who knows how to treat a Springer coat.

Any help and suggestions very gratefully recieved.

NovJan

[Dogsfevr]

It is easy to learn yourself.

I would suggest contacting the English Springer Spaniel club in Vic & they may be able to suggest so groomers your side or some breeders that do grooming .

Clipping the coats will result in a thicker coat & what you are seeing now is the undercoat going crazy & it needs to be stripped out .

It doesn't make them cooler but if you want less furnishings a good groomer can trim the underbelly,bib etc etc into a more pet friendly length & still retain a lovely top coat & Springer look but you need to work on the coat weekly to get it back

The longer you leave it the harder it will get.