Choose a Style
Find the Right Style for Your Dog
Finding the right style for your dog depends on three things; coat type, temperament of the dog and lifestyle.
For instance, how easily do knots comb out of your dog’s hair, how much time do you have to spend grooming your dog? How tolerant is your dog when your grooming them? How active if your lifestyle, does your dog love puddles or the sea? Do they end up grubby on their walks?
We can help you determine what hair style helps you balance ideals with reality to give you the best results.
Sports Clip
- Short clip (7mm) on body and legs, choice of trim on face and tail.
- Ideal for dogs that mat easily or wont tolerate grooming.
- Most economical routine, this style can last up to 3 months.
- Ideal for dogs who love water, as the coat drys quicker.
- Great cut for summer as keeps dog cool.
- Also good in winter when the central heating goes on, they can wear a coat when they go out for walks but keeping cool indoors.
- Good for any breed.
Short Teddy
- 1.3 cm clip on the body and legs, choice of trim on face and tail.
- Ideal for dogs that mat easily but will tolerate moderate grooming.
- Requires minimum upkeep between grooms.
- Gives a lovely fluffy look, whilst being easy to maintain.
- Ideal for Bichon, Lhasa, Shih Tzu, Maltese, Poodle and Cockapoo breeds.
- Ideal for large coated breeds such as Beardie, Labradoodle, Briard etc as maintenance between groom is less intensive.
- Recommend that dog comes in to maintain the hair cut every 2 months.
Teddy
- 7mm – 13mm clip on the torso with scissored legs, choice of trim on face and tail.
- Scissoring on the legs gives a chunky teddy bear effect.
- Ideal for dogs that tolerate weekly grooming on their legs.
- Requires moderate upkeep between grooms.
- Gives a lovely fluffy look, but allows you to go shorter on the body to keep the dog cool.
- Ideal for Bichon, Lhasa, Shih Tzu, Maltese, Poodle and Cockapoo breeds.
- Ideal for large coated breeds such as Beardie, Labradoodle, Briard etc as you only need to groom the legs.
- Legs can become matted if the dog continually gets wet.
- Recommend that dog comes in to maintain the hair cut every 6 – 8 weeks.
Long Coat
- Coat kept long and natural.
- Requires maximum upkeep between grooms and some knowledge of grooming will need to be achieved.
- Breeds such as Lhasa, Shih Tzu, Maltese coats have drop coats that will grow to the floor if not cut. Looks beautiful but takes a lot of commitment.
- Large coated breeds such as Beardie, Briard, Old English etc are high maintenance, especially during wet months.
- Professional grooming recommended every 4 – 6 weeks.
- Can be expensive to maintain especially with the larger breeds.
Show Standard, Modified Pet & Creative Clips
- Breeds such as Spaniels, Terriers & Schnauzers have a recognisable style that defines the breed. However, that doesn’t need to be the case, ask us about creative cuts if you want to try something new.
- Any standard show clip can be modified to a pet trim to make maintenance easier for you.
- Wooly breeds such as Bichon’s and Poodle’s have an amazing coat for scissoring and has seen a creative burst this past few years, don’t worry, its not all crazy.
- Ask us about Schnauzers and Pomeranians done in a teddy cut.
- Asian Fusion is the latest trend, ideal for Schnauzers, Yorkies, Maltese, Bichon and Poodles – google your breed followed by ‘asian fusion’