Tried Coat King For First Time

[Kim]

Just be gentle    

[dog2]

havnt tried it yet as i,m not sure how to use it  

[Louie]

Hi, just pull it through the coat gently and follow the shape of your dogs body    keeping the base of your coat king on a level with your dogs skin.

[Angela]

Hi all,

http://www.groomersmall.com/ck_results.htm

I just found this web site.  It has photos of dogs, before and after using a coat king.  One of the dogs is a cocker spaniel.  

[dog2]

mines a defelter and hasnt got a blade,tried it the other day and it will take me a looong time to get through benjis coat with it. so am doing it a bit at a time,his legs are going to be a problem though as he doesnt like them being touched with the defelter,can anyone tell me if you can do legs with a defelter?sorry to hijack the thread  

[crazyspaniels]

I don't use the defelter on legs, if they need stripping use a stripping knife or a comb with a band through it, or just thin the feathers with thinning scissors. As far as I am aware they are all the same, the metal loops are a type of blade?    

[kookie]

They look really scary to me. I keep contemplating it then going back to my stripping knife.

[Mike]

The reported story of the coat king cutting the dog was when it was used on it's NECK... not the place the coat king was designed for at all, if you think about it the neck has folds of skin doesnt it, they're bound to get caught by the blades.  

[Sheila]

Oh, thanks Mike....that makes me feel more confident about continuing to use my coat king.
I'm only using it on Lotties back, so I shouldn't hurt her.

[Shirley]

Was it the neck or the throat, Mike?  I run the coatking from the head right down the back to the base of the tail. - hope I'm not risking catching a bit of skin there      

[Sheila]

Was it the neck or the throat, Mike?  I run the coatking from the head right down the back to the base of the tail. - hope I'm not risking catching a bit of skin there    

I'd be interested to know this as well.....I didnt realise I could use it for Lotties head.
Her head looks a bit overgrown  and I didnt quite know how to trim it using scissors.

[Shirley]

When I say head I actually just mean from the back of the head, not over the top -I did tried using the coatking on Morgan's head once but it didn't work so I just carried on using thnning scissors.  Sorry for the confusion    

[Colin]

Here's a link to the story of the person who cut her dog using a Coat King...

http://www.midlandctc.co.uk/news/coatkinggroomerwarning.htm

It was being used on the throat, which as Mike says has folds of skin that are more easily caught between the blades. Also this dog was a Cairn Terrier so the Coat King used would have been a 6 or 8 blade one. The blades are much wider apart than on the 26 one you would use on a Cocker.  It isn't recommended for use on the throat.

This site shows pics of all the different bladed Coat Kings, you can see how much wider apart the blades are on one for a Terrier...

http://www.denbar-uk-ltd.co.uk/acatalog/De...t_King_262.html

In areas where the skin doesn't lie so flat (like the thighs) , if you spread the skin out with one hand whilst dragging the Coat King through with the other, then you won't have any problems.  

I wouldn't use it on the head really, either. If you are using thinning scissors to trim the head, brush the topknot forwards so it stands on end, then cut from the back of the head in the direction towards the nose, brushing out between cuts. You won't get as sleek a finish as you would by handstripping but still neat and tidy enough for a pet Cocker. I've stopped handstripping Jimmy's head as I think he looks better with a little bit left on top, I just use the thinners now.

[kookie]

Which coat king would you recomend for cockers?

[Mike]

There you go, Colin I hope has dampened all your doubts about the 'dangers' of using the coat king  

The one with 26 blades is recommended for cockers, Karen