Brush in the direction of hair growth, and pause when necessary to remove loose hair from the brush. Fill your bathtub or dog washing tub with several inches of lukewarm water. Place your dog in the bath or encourage him to get in himself by using his favorite toy or treats as a reward. Dampen your spaniel's coat, using a pet sprayer or hand-held shower head to work the water into your dog's undercoat. If you do not have a sprayer, simply use a bucket to pour water over your dog, and use your hands to lift the overcoat so water can penetrate the undercoat.
Squirt a small amount of dog shampoo into your hand, and work it into your dog's coat. If you do not have dog shampoo, you can dilute a mild, unscented shampoo with warm water. Diluted shampoo will be gentler than regular shampoo on an English springer spaniel's sensitive skin and coat. Use a bath mitt to work the shampoo into your dog's undercoat.
A bath mitt is a mitten-like grooming tool that can be used to spread shampoo and brush away dead hair. Rinse your spaniel with fresh water to remove all soap residue. Use the sprayer carefully to thoroughly remove the shampoo from your dog's undercoat. Any leftover soap residue could irritate your dog's delicate skin.
Finish drying your dog with a blow-dryer on the lowest heat setting. Don't let the heat of the dryer concentrate on any one place too long, or you may burn your dog. Because English springer spaniels have long coats, it may help to brush or comb your dog's fur as you dry it to prevent tangles. Use a pair of thinning shears to trim the fur on your dog's head and neck, holding the shears so the tips are angled slightly away from the body.
Lift each ear up and trim any tufts of hair you find. If you go this route, you have to use a dog-safe clipper and a blade guard. Thin the hair back from the top of the head and neck to the body. Comb and brush the hair around the neck and head to smooth it out and remove any knots.
Use your thinning shears to clip any excess fur off. Keep working in small sections and go slow until their coat is uniform in length. Just take your time and work in small sections if this area needs to be cut back. To do this, grab a carding comb and slowly drag it from the neck to the haunches in even rows that overlap one another.
You must use a carding comb to do this, though! Then, starting at the top of the body, comb down until you find the length you want to cut the body hair at. Clip off the body hair by working in sections and make each layer slightly longer as you work your way down so that the fur feathers out underneath them. You can cut it back to be uniform if you want to go for a shorter look.
Use your thinning shears and comb to do that. Trim the legs as needed and clip excess paw fur that sticks out. Comb each tuft out and use the teeth of your comb as a guard for your scissors.
Then, use some small shears to trim back any excess paw fur sticking out past each of the paw pads to keep your dog from irritating their feet. The paw pads should all be entirely visible.
Just be careful around the joints and the base of the paws. Go to source English springer spaniels can be kind of tricky to trim, but they need a regular haircut every 6 months or so. Method 2. English springer spaniels have long outer coats and a dense undercoat.
Work your way from the neck to the haunches and brush the sides of their body down in the direction that their hair naturally hangs. If your hand gets tired of gripping the brush handle, buy a slicker brush that slides over your hand and rests in your palm. These brushes tend to be more comfortable to use. Gently run the comb down from the neck to the haunches. Comb the stomach softly and gently. This will keep the hair separated and remove and dead fur you knocked up while brushing.
This also means trimming flat any hair growing up between the toes, and any growing underneath the foot. The hair on the hocks should be trimmed close using the thinning scissors.
Comb through the feathering on the chest carefully, teasing out any knots. A Guide to Trimming Adult English Springers have beautiful, long, well feathered ears and profuse silky hair on their chest, legs and underbelly.
For trimming at home you will need some specialised grooming equipment in the form of: a pair of straight edged scissors; a pair of thinning scissors; an ordinary toothed steel comb; a close toothed steel comb known as a spaniel comb ; a soft bristle brush; a hard bristle brush; a slicker brush with "L" shaped metal teeth ; two rubber thumbs the kind cashiers use to count notes!
The dog soon associates the table with the grooming routine, and it is much better for your back. The pictures are taken from The English Springer Spaniel - An Owner's Guide - Author: Mrs Yvonne Billows - courtesy of HarperCollins; David Dalton was the photographer Use the spaniel comb and slicker brush on the ear feathering Use the combs and brushes to remove all dust, dirt, tangles and dead hair from the coat.
Carefully trim inside the ears with some thinning scissors Inside of the ear around the entrance to the ear canal, the hair should be trimmed quite short to allow air to circulate freely into the ear. Thin out the hair from the top of the ear to one third down The hair from the top of the ear to about a third of the way down should be thinned out. Pluck out any dead hair on top of the dog's head, wearing a rubber glove or rubber thumbs The hair on top of your dog's head is likely to go a lighter shade and stick up when it is dead hair and therefore, needs to be trimmed out.
Trim any hair growing between the toes and under the foot The feet should be trimmed using a pair of straight edge scissors; the aim is to make the each foot look tight and rounded. Their ears and feathers do require regular attention — the former in particular can easily become matted particularly under the ear if they are not combed regularly.
I have always trimmed the feathers, using proper hair-dressing scissors, to minimise the problem. Trimming the furry pads of the paws is also important, as these are the worst dirt traps of all. Frustratingly, many spaniels have ticklish feet and hate having their paws trimmed. So now she goes to the professional dog groomer for what amounts to a short back and sides. She comes back looking rather like a spotty pointer puppy.
However, stripping a spaniel off, if only for the summer, certainly makes the dog more comfortable on hot days.
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