I was going to resort to a stripping knife - or will I be excommunicated?
Since you have a working cocker you don't have to play by the "rules"
That;s just for show competition. Stripping knife or thinning shears will do a nice job on what little bit he has there (and you can use the tooth side of thinners like a stripping knife, just open the scissors and drag the toothed edge over the coat
) Thinners would go the fastest, just cut in the exact direction the hair is growing in
the feet are criminal I know, they look fine for about 3 days and then when the fur grows back it comes back in chunks
I think that what is happening is more likely that after 3 days of running around and getting wet, all the little stray tufts that were hiding between his toes, and other hiding places that hair finds, have come up where you can see them. Feet are usually an ongoing project; I have 4 days of shows this weekend and have had to trim Brackens feet every day
They got rid of most of the fluffy stuff but it seems to be growing back in again and really I want her legs thinning out as well as cutting so not sure what to do now. I'll try and find before and photos and hopefully someone can tell me what I should do
Yes, it usually requires at least monthly maintenance. You can do this with the thinning shears, like I said, point the thinners in the same direction as the hair lays and make a few cuts and brush. How deeply into the hair you cut depends on how much you want to thin out, but if you make a few cuts, brush out the hair that's been cut (otherwise it stays in the coat) and look at it you'll be able to tell as you go.
(and if I touch the tuft apparently that spells d.i.v.o.r.c.e )
I can understand that-- I could never cut off that tuft if he were mine!
