GinaB
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As above! What grade do you use?
Anyone clip their Springer?
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kirstyhen
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Noooooooooooooo, dont do it!! It'll come back all fluffy and horrid!!!
Ravenwood
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I don't clip Flyn but his hair is particularly soft and silky!
Lots of my friends trim up their spaniels ears in the summer though.
Lots of my friends trim up their spaniels ears in the summer though.
kirstyhen
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Otto is soft and silky too, he has a fab coat and my Mother would killed me if I got him clipped
I used to hate clipping the Springers we got in at work, their coats always grew back back horrid!
I used to hate clipping the Springers we got in at work, their coats always grew back back horrid!
GinaB
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See, I always thought it grew back rather weird
But my aunt has asked me to clip the crazy boy that is Fred. Apparently he is really suffering in the heat
joeanne
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we clip the bear, using 3mm medium blades, its that or he would have to live outside as he is one hell of a muck magnet!
kirstyhen
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Noooo don't do it!
Otto doesn't much like the heat, but I just exercise him early morning/late evening on hot days and make sure there's plenty of water available.
Otto doesn't much like the heat, but I just exercise him early morning/late evening on hot days and make sure there's plenty of water available.
GinaB
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I'd feel bad refusing
After all, not my dog to decide?
Puppy
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Hmmmm, do you think I should clip half of Popple..?
My ex used to get his springer clipped, and he always looked lovely for it
My ex used to get his springer clipped, and he always looked lovely for it
kirstyhen
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Ok, I won't hold it against you... much
GinaB
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I'll get before and after shots
kirstyhen
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Make sure you do, I could do with a giggle!
I dont mind clipping them when they have awful coats, but I used to cringe when I had to clip the lovely sleek ones. Same with any dog we had come in for clipping, my Boss was exactly the same. We had a stunning little cocker come in once, we put off clipping it for as long as we could, it's coat was gorgeous, but it grew back awful
I dont mind clipping them when they have awful coats, but I used to cringe when I had to clip the lovely sleek ones. Same with any dog we had come in for clipping, my Boss was exactly the same. We had a stunning little cocker come in once, we put off clipping it for as long as we could, it's coat was gorgeous, but it grew back awful
keeperscottage
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I don't clip my three springy springers, but I recently started clipping some knots out of Molly's ears and got a bit carried away with the scissors......ended up completely trimming her ears.........they look embarrassingly awful! Actually feel ashamed of her in public and it's taking SOOOO long to grow back, too! Daughter reckons she looks like "an old lady's dog" (well, I suppose that fits my description!)
claire1976
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No, it seriously ruins their coats. The best thing you can do to help with the heat is give them a good trim around ears, belly and feathers on the legs. Then I use a pair of thinning scissors on the sides and chest just to take the weight off the coat without it affecting the regrowth.
BID
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I clip my springer and his coat grows back fine, he has a very soft coat and it comes back soft and silky. The worst bit is when the hair on his head grows back, he gets a spikey sticky up bit for a while but it soon grows out.
Scranny_Ann
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We clip all our dogs in the summer
... Springers, Cocker and even Kensa my lab has a little trim up
!! I can't remember what grade, i'll have a look tonight but i do know its very short!!
They feel the heat as they're working all year round!! Altho atm with the weather here think i might have to buy them little doggy brollies lol never known rain like it
.. well apart from the last two summers!!!!!!!!!!
MarleyandDarcy
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It depends what sort of coat he has?
My springer's coat is fluffy and about 3 inches deep! I was told castrated dog's coats can go all fluffy and horrible, which his definitely does!
He is really bad in the heat - and has had fits from overheating so as soon as it warms up he gets clipped, he gets really excited when the clippers come out!
I used to used one of the plastic guards that come with most dog clippers but was brave this year and just went for it! lol
It looked better as he always ended up with tram lines when I used the extension guards and I had to do it every couple of weeks.
I left his tail and ears and sort of graded it up to those areas so it didn't look I had a naked dog with huge ears and a pompom tail!
My springer's coat is fluffy and about 3 inches deep! I was told castrated dog's coats can go all fluffy and horrible, which his definitely does!
He is really bad in the heat - and has had fits from overheating so as soon as it warms up he gets clipped, he gets really excited when the clippers come out!
I used to used one of the plastic guards that come with most dog clippers but was brave this year and just went for it! lol
It looked better as he always ended up with tram lines when I used the extension guards and I had to do it every couple of weeks.
I left his tail and ears and sort of graded it up to those areas so it didn't look I had a naked dog with huge ears and a pompom tail!
CAYLA
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Springers, cockers, they look much better with a lovely smart clip, with feather and skirts
so there
Ravenwood
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Well actually, don't forget that spaniels were actually defined whether they be cockers or springers purely by the height they were measured.
Basically they used to be the same breed
Basically they used to be the same breed
Steeleydan
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I clip my Jerry Springer, I do it with an old pair of horse trimmers, I clip with the hair (not against like a horse) but I dont press on so it doesnt shave him too short or close.
I just do all under belly, all his feathers, up the back legs, what I call trousers, his ears and under his ears, chest. Not too much on his back, just so he looks smooth, no curls. He looks gorgeous when he has been done, he reminds me more of when he was a puppy.
I just do all under belly, all his feathers, up the back legs, what I call trousers, his ears and under his ears, chest. Not too much on his back, just so he looks smooth, no curls. He looks gorgeous when he has been done, he reminds me more of when he was a puppy.