Hi all, starting to question the use of the coat king wondered what the general thoughts are. Not wanting to clip my dogs have been using the mars to keep them neat which it does a great job, and then I scissor the legs and underneath only clipping the head and top of ears.
I entered a trial here Thursday night and my poor boy was soaked to the skin we had 40mls of rain, in the space of a couple of hours, it was bucketing down. He gave me that cocker look of "you have to be kidding" and wouldn't sit at the start peg (not that I was over insistent).
we then left the ring fastest time in and out of the ring
Because of this I'm questioning taking out all of the undercoat which is obviously there for a reason to protect the skin and keep them warm and probably protect from the heat what do you think? How do the dogs in the uk handle the winter if they have no undercoat what about the working cockers, how short is there coat and how do you look after it.
I'm now thinking about just scissoring as I use mine in the field (show/bench) don't know what to do with the coat, do not want to clip as curly hair will make it harder to get burs and grass seeds out of
