Some dogs doesn't have good coat genetically and it's a lost battle

Peggy Miller I'm not sure what they meant by "defuzz", but if I had to guess, they meant carding to remove the undercoat. To keep a show coat, you need to be rolling the coat every week to pull out the longest hair so you are getting different layers of hair going.

Gosh I’m so sorry I just came across this comment and I see it was left 3 yrs ago. Yes Charlie was accomplished in about 3 hours. It is a huge job for sure.

​@@JaffaDALE what did you charge ?

mattsprinter22 I'm located in Vancouver. You're welcome to check out my website (www.squairedog.com). Should you want to get in touch with me, you could use the contact form via the website.

Alaw Wood a lot comes down to personal preference. I love my Pearson's. I also have ones by Ashley Craig and they are pretty good too, but Pearsons are the most comfortable for me.

I at the moment I just use my hands and then brush with a blade for the next couple of weeks before the show season begins. I am sometimes successful but my lakeland's sometimes have flaws in their coats.

You can use a knife but you do run the risk of cutting the coat if you don't do it right.

djcashwell This is a client dog and she is a pet, not a show dog. The owner gets her stripped to maintain the correct integrity of the coat. You can see a video of her in the link below. That was I believe around 6 weeks after the strip down. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpqgmdZ9tJPeaHU.html

Solveig Almli I have worked with lots of puppies, ones that were being stripped for the first time. The trick is to allow lots of breaks and do short sessions (maybe 5 minutes or less at a time). Praise the dog as soon as he stopped struggling, and treat the dog. You should also invest in a good table, grooming arm as those would also help with restraining the dog. Another thing is to consider the kind of coat your dog has naturally. Not every dog is born with a coat that is suitable for handstripping. Some dogs are too soft with too much undercoat that handstripping would be too uncomfortable, painful, and border-lining cruel to subject the dog to. Good luck to you and your dog! Ps. This is my channel, I'm just answering via another account.

Thanks for replying! I have been handstripping my cairn terrier since I got him two years ago. I have a strippingtable and the right equipment. Its just strange, because sometimes he doesnt seem to mind and sometimes he gets really annoyed. I follow most of the advice you gave me from before :) I will consider taking more breaks, maybe that will help. Thanks!

Give breaks and go a bit slower, and recommend more frequent visits to the owner.

The more you clip, the lighter the dog will be. So yes, it would be normal if your dog were clipped. It would not be normal for a properly stripped coat to go lighter. I stripped my Airedale until he was 13.5 and his colour never got lighter. When I started clipping him, his colour went light within one clip.

Claudia Casanova if you roll the coat, every 1-2 weeks you have to pull out the longest hair to get the layer going. If you take dog down to skin and wait for the coat to blow, then every 5-6 months. Most of my clients choose second option for convenience and economical reasons.

Hi there, I don’t have any video of the actual stripping part unfortunately. I will start carding a dog around 8 weeks after stripping down to naked/undercoat. It usually takes 8-10 weeks (dog dependent) for the wire coat to start to come in. I will then card the coat 1-2 times weekly, and also roll the coat by using a fine stripping knife and fingers. When I strip, I usually use stripping knives, and then I hand pluck furnishings. Hope this helps a little.

@@JaffaDALE thank you. Is a carding tool different from a stripping tool? Sorry I'm new to this but really want to learn. I think it looks so nice. Also stripping is only for the wire hair dog's right?

@@Renvega77 please google “Classic undercoat coarse stripping knife”. That’s the tool I used for carding. I use Ashley Craig “Dan Sackos Signature Series by Greyhound” knives for stripping. You can Google that. You are correct, handstripping is only for wire coated dogs.

@@JaffaDALE k thank you so much 👍👍

Hello! In my experience, it seems like all of the wheaten coloured Scotties I have had all had less desirable wire coats as compared to the black coloured ones. I’m not sure if it’s just coincidental with the Scotties I have coming to me or if there’s some genetic factor with wheaten coloured ones. To answer your questions: Depending on the coat texture of your dog, you may be able to strip him again after one or two clippings. However, some coats, mainly ones with very thick undercoat (soft stuff) can be completely ruined with just one clip. Nevertheless, to reset a coat after it has been clipped, you really need to take the coat down to skin. Otherwise, you would not be able to keep up with the undercoat to get any proper wire coat going. Carding is part of coat care but it is not Handstripping. Carding is when you hold a coarse stripping knife at 45 degree angle from the coat and basically run it over to take out the undercoat. You would usually do that starting at 8 weeks after the dog has been taken down to skin and weekly after that along with rolling the coat (stripping out the longest hair every week to create layers). The jacket, top of the head, the tail are stripped. Legs hand plucked. Ears, cheeks, and neck are clipped. I hope this helps answer some of your questions. Feel free to send me an email at info@squairedog.com if you have more questions. I also have some diagrams pertaining to Scotties that may be of help that I can email you! Good luck!

Jillian Mills they are just plain old gardening gloves from Amazon (or Costco). They really help with the blister situation for me. Hope they work for you too!

@@JaffaDALE thank you! I appreciate you getting back to me. I'm trying so hard with the hand stripping and well, I'm glad my kid doesn't have a mirror!

Jillian Mills good for you for trying! It is a lot of work but you will only get better at it. Don’t give up!

?? It says Welsh terrier in the description.

doesn't work that way with terriers. back in the day they were worked, and their hair would fall out naturally when digging through holes and hedges after game. they aren't worked like that anymore so they need to be stripped. if they're not, the new coat won't grow as there is still old coat blocking the way. their wirey coat is what shields them from the elements, dead coat won't do that and it's prone to matting if not brushed or taken out. You should do more research instead of making crazy assumptions, and comparing it to bull fighting or whales in captivity. Blown coats DO just fall out and don't bother most dogs. The only times it bothers them is if they've got bad skin or they're not used to the sensation. I've stripped dogs down to skin while they're lying down on the table and sleeping! clearly it's so painful that they can sleep through it. :P

You’re an idiot, dead coat becomes compacted and entangled with the new growth if you don’t remove it. Everything she pulled off was OLD dead heart, very obvious from the appearance and how easily it comes off. Not getting rid of that old dead undercoat will lead to the dog becoming pelted and subject to all kind of bacterial and fungal infections and irritation.