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Grooming A Wavy Or Curly Coat
from: Kyle BesserGrooming a dog with a curly or a wavy coat is not as simple as grooming one that has a short and smooth coat. For example, take the the "water breeds." They are sporting dogs with extremely harsh curly coats. Because these dogs typically spend a lot of time out in the field, retrieving items from water, flushing upland game and serving as all-purpose hunting companions, their coats should be kept short and neat. If their coats are not kept short and neat, their long and straggly curls will catch on twigs, burrs, pieces of debris, etc.
If your wavy or curly coated dog is going to be shown, the coat should be scissored into a neat shape. This precise method of scissoring the curly coat takes a lot of time and work. Owners who keep curly coated sporting breeds for hunting and as pets are much more likely to clip them with an electric clipper down to a length of about 2 inches. The exception is the curly coated Retriever, whose coat is short enough that it does not require clipping.
The following are the steps to groom your wavy or curly coated sporting breed:
1. Brush the entire coat with a pin brush and/or a slicker brush before bathing the dog to remove as much dead hair as possible. This also helps eliminate tangles. Remove mats with a mat comb or coat rake or cut through them with scissors.
2. Run a comb through the entire coat to make sure you have removed every tangle. This could take some time because you do not want to comb too fast and yank out any hair from the skin.
3. Scissor the leg hair evenly, removing excess hair.
4. Cut hair from under the foot and between the foot pads. The foot should look rounded and should blend in with the leg hair, appearing like a powder puff over the foot.
5. Clip the torso to 2 inches or scissor off fuzz and shape by scissoring the sides to tidy. Shape the sides and rear to best match the shape for the breed. An imperfect form can be slightly adjusted by the shape in which you trim the curly coat. Make sure to take off just a little at a time. Periodically stand back to check the shape of the coat. It is also a good idea to have a picture of a well-groomed specimen of the breed to have a better idea of the proper shape of the trimming.
6. After the bath, do not blow dry or brush the body coat. Allow the curls and waves to air dry naturally.
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