How to groom this mini mess

[poiuytrewq]

Daughters Yorkie x. He has the maddest hair. It’s kind of wiry scruffy and mouldable!
You can give him a Moho and it stays like that ?
Apparently the rest of the litter are pretty short haired but he seems to be sprouting more and more.
He’s quite sensitive, pretty sure he wouldn’t bite but is super nervous and wary of new people so I’d like to do him myself at home.
Up til now it’s just been a case of picking burrs and mats out which I’ve done by hand but I think he needs a proper brush to keep in top of it all now he has so much and it’s winter. He’s still muddy from this mornings walk!
Any suggestions? I’m sure there probably is something designed for this kind of hair.

 

[poiuytrewq]

demo hairdo photo ?

 

[Roxylola]

I think my groomer friend would suggest stripping that

 

[Clodagh]

OMG he is so cute in a Gremlin sort of way ?.
It does look strippable but winter is a horrible time to do it, it’s like pulling a mane on a cold day.
And to add, I stopped pulling manes and hand stripping dogs when I stopped having my legs waxed, as I doubted they were any keener on it than I was ?

 

[Widgeon]

I don't know about Yorkies (ours is a cairn) but does he shed? If he doesn't shed then he may need stripping rather than "just" brushing. I use a Mars coat kind to keep ours from resembling a hearth rug between visits to the proper groomer. The eight bladed one I think. It pulls all the loose stuff out.

 

[splashgirl45]

i use a slicker brush on mine, she is 1/4 yorkie but friends tell me i should strip her, i like the scruffy look but she collects all sorts of debris in her coat which takes ages to get out..

 

[splashgirl45]

I don't know about Yorkies (ours is a cairn) but does he shed? If he doesn't shed then he may need stripping rather than "just" brushing. I use a Mars coat kind to keep ours from resembling a hearth rug between visits to the proper groomer. The eight bladed one I think. It pulls all the loose stuff out.

does the mars coat king cut the hair or just get the undercoat out. mine, above, is half border terrier and quarter yorkie and quarter cairn, so a real mix of coat

 

[scats]

I would suggest either stripping it, or run over it with a comb guard on a 15 blade and maybe strip it in the springtime.
Failing that, if you don’t mind the short clipped look and are happy to keep it clipped, 7 all over.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Ohhhh I don’t think we want him to look neat! His scruff is part of him!
I also feel he could very easily look quite “old lady lap dog” you know the short hair and long beard thing? ?
I think he’d hate being stripped, but no he seems not to moult at all (not complaining)
We did once try clipping, with guards so the aim was long but trimmed all over but he’s so scuzzy the clippers won’t go through neatly without prior grooming.

 

[poiuytrewq]

OMG he is so cute in a Gremlin sort of way ?.
It does look strippable but winter is a horrible time to do it, it’s like pulling a mane on a cold day.
And to add, I stopped pulling manes and hand stripping dogs when I stopped having my legs waxed, as I doubted they were any keener on it than I was ?

Haha! I call him my little gremlin! He gets super growly and crazy if he’s wet ?

 

[poiuytrewq]

Just googled a few of the suggestions. I have a slicker brush somewhere so will try that out first.

 

[misst]

I have what is some sort of yorkie x or he may be an Australian Terrier (stray no history) - he fits the google pics of Australian Terrier but is not fearless LoL. When he is fully clipped he has a smooth velvet undercoat and looks tiny and smart but he hates the feel of it. He's fine to clip but it makes him very sensitive afterwards so we don't do anything anymore. I just bath him once a month and brush him with a tangleteaser brush. He does not shed. He is very scruffy looking but I like it. I do clip a little around his rear end and under belly when he gets smelly. I just take the really long hair off. The pictures show fully clipped, growing back and scruffy now. I apologise for the hangdog expression he is a happy chappy really.

 

[meleeka]

Another vote for a slicker brush. My JRT has hair like that. Start round his neck and back where he’s most likely to enjoy it.

 

[Widgeon]

does the mars coat king cut the hair or just get the undercoat out. mine, above, is half border terrier and quarter yorkie and quarter cairn, so a real mix of coat

It seems to get a mix of both undercoat and top coat out. Mostly soft loose undercoat but some of the top comes out as well. I had a bit of a browse of other forums and the main criticism seems to be that it does cut some of the hair, but from my experience if you have something sufficiently hairy to start with (ours is definitely that) it really doesn't show!

ETA - yours is lovely BTW. He has a proper Cairn-y gremlin face.

 

[Nasicus]

I love this brush:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ancol-Smal...07&hvtargid=pla-421967914711&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

It's technically a small animal brush, but it's beloved by the hairy small dog and the cats. Does a great job of getting knots and crud out without the pins being stiff enough to pull too hard, and the covered ends mean there's no scratching or discomfort.