I hand strip many pet wire fox terriers because their allergys cease to exist by stripping. One of my clients no longer spends over a hundred dollars a month for medication. The dogs no longer smell, therefore a lot less bathing, therefore less chemicals and soap to irritate skin. Hand stripped dogs don't shed like the clippered dogs do. All the dogs i groom fall asleep on the table while being groomed.....how painful is that.....if you groom a dog and they are uncomfortable...you must be doing it wrong! Get some lessons! or quit grooming...your in the wrong business!