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Tegan Australian Labradoodles
Australia and USA
 If
you find a
Groomer who does
an Excellent Job
on your
Labradoodle,
please contact
us and we will
add the
Groomer's
contact details
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New
York
Area
Specialist
Doodle
Groomer |
Ivy
Bates
Baldwin,
New
York 11510
516-546-7776
email |
Helping Your Groomer to Understand
(On the next
pages we
will show
you how to
do it
yourself.)
The
WOOL coat is tightly curled like a Poodle. The upside is that it is completely non shedding. The downside is that it is the highest maintenance. The wool coat will not drape down the sides of the dog, but will spring out from the body and get fuller and bigger (and inclined to matt) if it is not trimmed or clipped once or twice in a year. It should be brushed with a slicker brush once each two or three weeks, or more often if the dog has been swimming, or playing in mud or snow, or been bathed.
Clipping Tip:
If the coat is already matted, use a
size 15 blade which will slide in
underneath the matts. The coat may look quite short for awhile but will soon grow back some length and look like a soft wooly lamb. If there are no matts, then groom thoroughly
with a slicker brush and if there
are no knots left, use a size 5 or a
size 7 blade which will leave a soft fluffy coat with a little more length.
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The most common mistake made when grooming is to brush over the top but not get in underneath and close to the skin. It can be quite a shock to discover that although your dog looks beautiful 'on top' underneath there is a host of matting you haven't seen. Below are some photos which show how the coat looks when it has been thoroughly brushed. Although it 'poofs' up and looks very fluffy, a light spraying with water will settle it right back down into its curls. If you brush thoroughly first you will save the groomer a lot of time and yourself a lot of money. Your Doodle is also more likely to come back looking beautiful instead of shaved like a rabbit.
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Brush and trim
the leg, Cut UP the leg then down
then fluff up and out and trim
upward again. |
brush and
fluff the body, do not worry about
the mats just cut through them |
Once you have
finished trimming tease out the
mats, then bath and trim again to
remove all the unevenness |
Spray with
water and hair polish [Absorbing
horse polish] to restore natural
curls and let dry naturally. It will
matt if left fluffy |
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When using a
blow dryer spray with polish massage
in and brush while you dry
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Spray
and throughway moisten coat let dry
naturally |
All finished
full length Fleece coat |
All finished
trimmed Fleece coat |
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Grooming The
Labradoodle
Short coated dogs are brushed
effectively by running the brush over the top of the coat. But long coated
dogs need to have their coats brushed layer - by - individual layer. Matts
begin at the skin, so even if the ends of the coat are brushed, this will not
prevent matts from happening unless the underneath is brushed as well.
Brush against the lay of the coat first and then layer by layer in the direction
it grows. It's really very easy once you see how!
Shedding coated dogs help the
process by getting rid of a lot of their old coat which would otherwise matt and
knot, but non shedding coated dogs need your help by stripping out old or
damaged coat, especially during the change from puppy to adult coat which
happens any time between ten and fourteen months of age. How long this
change lasts depends on how thoroughly the stripping and grooming is done, more
than the frequency with which it is done.
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Start by holding up the top
layers with your hand. The
photo shows the palm up, but it
is actually easier to do with
the palm down.
Do a small area at a time with
short brisk strokes and then
move on to another area. |
LAYER BY LAYER
Starting at the paw, pull up all
the top coat and then with the
brush 'drag' each layer down
with the brush. Keep working
your way upwards until the whole
leg has been brushed. |
A 'channel' should be clipped or
trimmed with scissors from the
base of each ear, down
underneath the throat and up to
the other ear. Then trim along
the underside of the jaw to get
rid of the 'goats's beard'
Much less mess and dripping
water! |
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Shows the coat falling down over
the eyes and across the bridge
of the nose - this needs to be
trimmed with scissors |
The red arrow shows the
direction to cut the coat -
straight across between the eyes
- about an inch or two is enough |
Draw a line with the comb, from
the inner corner of one eye,
straight across to the inner
corner of the other eye and comb
the coat to be cut, downwards |
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Now it's ready to cut |
Cut straight across with the
scissors |
Eyes nicely cleared and the
beard rounded off under the jaw |
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Comb a layer out from the top of
the head and snip off the ends |
Do this all over the top of the
head |
All done and she can see again!
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DOODLES
Nicely Groomed in Holland |
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Elvira's DOODLES in Holland.
Nicely trimmed. |
Ivy's AUSTIN in New Jersey
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AUSTIN with his nice Summer
Trim. Ivy is a professional
Doodle Groomer and keeps Austin
looking gorgeous. |
The
'dreaded'
Coat Change
All dogs go through a coat change from their puppy coat to their adult coat. This change occurs at different ages from breed to breed and amongst individuals within a breed. Ordinary dogs, which shed, lose a lot of their puppy coat by themselves, (usually all over your clothes and furniture!) and unless there is a long period of neglect, do not matt. Regular brushing keeps this under control.
On the other hand, dogs which do not shed, have no way of ridding themselves of their puppy coat, to allow the adult coat to grow through. This means that if the puppy coat is not stripped out with vigorous brushing using a good slicker brush, thinning scissors, or razor comb, it will tangle with the new adult coat coming through from the follicle and this is what produces the matting.
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LES POOCHES BRUSHES
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MISSION STATEMENT
To
preserve, protect and nurture the qualities of the
Labradoodle dog
To be guardian over its well-being
To carry out judicious research and
development
To safeguard its endearing and very
special ways for future generations
And to encourage responsible ownership
Our Babies have traveled
to- Nth America, Hawaii,
Canada, Netherlands,
Germany, France, Belgium,
Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Switzerland,
India, Dubai, Bermuda,
Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,
New Zealand, and
Indonesia,
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