hiya...new here.

i've got a six month old cocker - Baxter. im looking for someone to hand stip him and was wondering if anyone knew the kind of cost it would be? i live in troon ayrshire.

all comments welcome
lucy

Sorry if I'm being thick - but what is hand stripping???

basically pulling out the dead hair with finger and thumb

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Sorry I cant help really but I would think it would cost a bit more than an ordinary clipping bucause of the time it takes. A friend of mine used to have Lakelands and she stripped her's over a few days.
Mary
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can you not just clip him??

If the pup is to be shown clipping and the furminator will change the texture of the coat and also will strip some of the colour out all mine are hand stripped

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Clipping does alter the coat although i started off hand stripping my spaniel but it became a mammoth task as his coat is so thick and curly when growing out. My dog groomer i use now did teach me how to had strip but i had to clip mine in the end. Clipping does make the coat a bit fluffy.

I am sure at work(i work as a dog groomer but not my company) its about £7 more than a usual clip which would include a bath, nails and ears cleaned.
It depends, I would recommend phoning up the local dog groomers within your area and as for a quote. All the cockers I get, the owners prefer the clean shaven look with everything off.

An idea is to find a groomer like Sullivan did to show you how to handstrip your dog, I know the groomer who taught me does taster days, which usually leads on to a longer course for people to actually do grooming but I am sure he offers a service to teach you how to groom your own breed.

Emma x

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