Learning To Clip My Dog -

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Good on you I saw! I am by no means a pro - just clip my own dogs. But I have found over the past few years that my abilities have improved, and I am generally really happy with the finish. And compared with taking them to the groomers (which I used to do) I touch up the clip more often, which means I can keep more length on them and in turn that means they are nicer overall. Previously I took them to the groomers, got them cut SHORT(!!), then 7 weeks of growth they were really quite woolly, then back to the groomers to get cut very SHORT again.

These days things stay far more even and consistent and nicer, basically because I do little bits of touching up every other weekend to keep things looking nicer.

I use a no. 4 blade for the body. I find the small amount of extra length looks nicer (just my preference). I use a no. 30 on face and feet, and generally scissor the legs, topknot and tail. Sometimes I use a 5/8 clip on comb for my standard poodle's legs.