Pictures of Clipped Cockers Please?

[VickyG]

I must admit that I prefer cockers to look like cockers and we kept Holly and Henry with their show coats at first but we do a lot of serious walking, and my two are real mud magnets.  So over time I've taken them to the groomers and i've just got them done shorter and shorter and now we have them both all fully clipped off a la shaun sheep  

I realise that they do look a little funny but hey ho it's practical and we now take them to the groomers every 6-8 weeks for bath and full clip.  I do like to keep their ears long though so they thin them out and keep the length.

Holly- 2 years old spayed



Henry- 4 years old castrated



two fully clipped cocker houndlings  

[supergirl]

Misha, Roly & Lexi are clipped.  I've let her coat grow out this winter (just in case we had a big freeze like last year) and she looks a bit like a poodle and I am desperate to clip her (most likely this coming weekend).  What I would advise is don't clip the ears, not even part way down as some groomers will do.  Wherever you clip will curl much much more, I don't clip their ears at all and they have all remained relatively smooth - they are quite full and I do trim the length and thin with thinning scissors.  Any bits that seem to stay smooth I leave.

This is Misha when she was first clipped, the 2nd picture is a bit more recent.


Roly is unneutered, with fine white bits and wooly brown bits!  He doesn't have much in the way of skirts.  Roly when first clipped and the 2nd from last year.

[Pudding]

Bob..... funny he is at the groomer right now....

[JeffandAnnie]

What I would advise is don't clip the ears, not even part way down as some groomers will do.  Wherever you clip will curl much much more,

Now she tells me  Sorry Annie curly-ears 

[grracee]

I had Charlie clipped the other day for the first time as he was castrated a few months ago due to a retained testicle or else he wouldn't have been done. I knew that there was a good chance his coat would go abit wild  after castration so had prepared myself to have to have him clipped as I would prefer to keep their show coats. I must admit though, Charlie looks really nice now, he's still got his feathering and looks alot tidier so was very pleased. I will try and get some pictures of him tomorrow to add on here

[supergirl]

What I would advise is don't clip the ears, not even part way down as some groomers will do.  Wherever you clip will curl much much more,

Now she tells me  Sorry Annie curly-ears 

Don't worry, if its only been done once it'll be ok, its just when you clip them on a regular basis.  I've let Misha's coat grow out in anticipation of very cold weather and her back is as curly as a poodle. 

[Liz F]

After Diesel was castrated his coat went to bits, I tried and tried but he was like a ball of cotton wool  didnt want him clipped but knew it was best for him and me.  His underneath is shaved as well but with the sides left on to give the effect if you know what i mean, when he rolls over he looks funny but the overall effect is good.



 

[elaine.e]

After Diesel was castrated his coat went to bits, I tried and tried but he was like a ball of cotton wool  didnt want him clipped but knew it was best for him and me.  His underneath is shaved as well but with the sides left on to give the effect if you know what i mean, when he rolls over he looks funny but the overall effect is good.

I do the clipped tummy thing with William. It's his air conditioning strip

[Archie bean]

After Diesel was castrated his coat went to bits, I tried and tried but he was like a ball of cotton wool  didnt want him clipped but knew it was best for him and me.  His underneath is shaved as well but with the sides left on to give the effect if you know what i mean, when he rolls over he looks funny but the overall effect is good.

I do the clipped tummy thing with William. It's his air conditioning strip

Kind of a reverse Brazillian. 

[VickyG]

^^^ 

[silke]

This is Jeff just after I clipped him properly for the first time myself with my Christmas Andis 2 speeds  Cheesy

He looks lovely. What size blades did you use?

[JeffandAnnie]

This is Jeff just after I clipped him properly for the first time myself with my Christmas Andis 2 speeds  Cheesy

He looks lovely. What size blades did you use?

Thank you    It was a 10 blade, but with various sized comb fittings.

[silke]

They all look gorgeous - when I have a go, Charlie looks awful.

[DarceyTheDog]

This is darcey before and after clipping

Before


After

[Jeanette]

Clipped but with a natural look