Bruder's Trim

 The butt looks great! I agree, a little more off of the tail and sides. Thinning shears (even cheapy ones) are amazing things.

Why thank you.  He was so good allowing me to hack away!  Now, I can't wait to tackle that tail some more. 

He looks good!  And you can credit Gina for the "hack away".  I think she originally told me I could not do any damage to my dog's ears with thinning shears, and I went from ears, to legs, to belly, to tail....

I actually like Coke's pants and bushy tail so I his is like Buddy's tail.  Sometimes I trim just the tips off to get rid of split ends, and then thin it out a bit but not shorten it.  Same for the pants.  I usually give him my version of the "sanitary trim" which is more thinning it out, removing a lot of hair on the inside.  Basically I roll him on his back and remove all the hair from his penis back and a good bit from the insides of his thighs.  Don't have a shaver, just hack it off since you can't see that part of his belly unless he's rolling around.  So there's still a LOT of pants fluff left over from the backs/outer side of his thighs but it's the inner stuff that gets gross and matted.  He had some poo issues a few weeks ago so I also cut down to the skin right around his anus and cut short the underside at the base of his tail and tapered that off so it doesn't look funny with the length of the rest of the tail.  So now he still has a lot of long "butt fluff" but with it thinned out on the inside, you can see through his hind legs.  Hopefully that's not TMI!  It keeps him cooler, clean, and I can still have the fluff.  I can take some pics if you want, I need to do it again soon.

PS.  The way I perform my "trim" only works on a neutered dog!

I think you did a great job Barb !!

Deb W.

Not to shabby for a first time dog groomer, eh?

Yes Lies....would love more pictures to get good ideas.

I do have a shaver that I used for horses faces several years back...I might dig that out and see if it still works.  And, if it does...introduce that to him and see how that works out.  I'd like to thin out his belly fur a bit.  Yes, its much easier on a neutered dog, right? 

I'm also going to tackle the rest of his tail soon.

 Sure I'll take some pics next time.

When I finish off the area on the insides of his thighs, I have him standing, and I just sort of poke in and cut, hence why he has to be neutered.  If I did that to Nikon I'd definitely clip something!

 Free neuter Tuesday has been muttered by more groomers than me, I'm sure. I always feel bad for jumpy, intact boys, when I get near that area. I know they get poked, more often than not, or pulled, or made uncomfortable in some way, because SO MANY are jumpy about it.