help woolly coat

[winewood]

Hi, after spending all his life 4yrs not clipping only using mars and clipping head and ears only I relented, as his has a very thick woolly coat and let him be clipped by a friend (cocker breeder and show owner) He has now gone curly although his hair always did grow in all different directions. After bathing yesterday, I decided to do a little touch up here and there with the thining scissors.... got carried away he looks great but have I made it worse..... by using scissors all over, is there anything I can do to stop it going curly or would it have done this anyway? One reason I let him be clipped was the fact that people told me that no matter what I do he could go curly whether I clip or strip is this true?
many thanks

[spanielcrazy]

is there anything I can do to stop it going curly or would it have done this anyway?

Probably would have done it anyway sooner or later  Coats that go very curly after clippers or thinners had that tendency anyway. Straight coats just seem to get the dead wool look

I don't blame you a bit, with that kind of coat I would give up and clipper too, just makes life so much easier