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Trimming Feet- Pet & Show Style

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Michele:
Yep,  straight scissors is what to use ;D                    

Pammy:
Mary's right - it can look rather drastic after being used to the "hairy" Big Foot style ;D but you do get used to the neat look and you also notice a difference when it's wet - much less wet gets brought in ;D

Gill - you simply need to be more daring ;D. The big thing with the paws is it does grow back so quickly and you can't do that much damage if you do cut it short. That is unless you did what I did once and cut a huge chunk out as Jasp moved his foot just as I was snipping ;D just before a show too ;D I did manage to disguise it a bit.

Hold the scissors vertically and trim as close to the foot as is possible. Only use really sharp scissors or it won't work. It can also help to put the tip of the paw right up to the edge of the table, with the claw edges just going over - then you can use the best part of the scissor blade.

hth                    

Michele:
I also use the nails as a guide. If they need clipping its best to do that first and then I trim the hair back from about half way down the nail. For the hair between the nails you can hold the foot from underneath (by gently pushing a finger between a pad) so that is splays slightly and then trim the hair to the same length as the rest.
You will also notice that on the pet trim I take more away at the back of the foot, you can still leave the feathering long but by tidying here it won't be dragging in the wet.

Just out of interest this dog was last trimmed 10 weeks ago. His coat doesn't grow especially fast but as you can see from the first pic by the time 10 weeks has passed they are still pretty hairy. Thats why I trim as short as I do..... to make it last a bit. If I didn't they'd be back to looking like Hairy Jeremy in 3 weeks ;D

Pam, I trim vertically around the foot, for the most part anyway :-
but I'm sure you & Jane and anyone else will agree that we are all different in our style of trimming anyway ;D                    

Gilly:
I use normal scissors for the feet to and I do Buttys feet about once a week as they seem to grow really quick  :o ::)                    

Luvlylady:
Bells feet grow sooooooo long . shes got thick fur on her legs to i mean really thick :-[ i need some help really if i get her professionly done then i can see at least what needs to be cut and how long . but i dont know any cocker groomers here :'(
 anyway today i tried to cut bellas feet and shes such a wriggler that she wont stand still for me . i try to cut her feet she sits down  ::) anyone else have this problem and how do i fix it?                    

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