I have a 6 month old male Airedale pup. I began hand plucking his coat when he was 10 wks.old for him to get used to me tugging gently at his hair.
When he was 4 months I began using a stripping knife on him, a medium for his body and fine for his face and head area. He is developing a good hard coat but my problem is the amount of hair he is losing. I also can't seem to be able to define his face properly with a stripping knife and don't know how to blend it in properly using clippers.
I'm in a quandry. If I take him to a groomers and have him clipped to properly give me a guide line to then strip would this [one time] damage his coat forever and become soft?
He's our family pet and not a show dog and he has a beautiful reddish, caramel color with black. Would his color also fade out from clippering one time?
Welcome advice please....
Posted on Feb 27, 2003, 1:43 PM from IP address 207.6.154.253