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Australian Labradoodle and Labradoodle Grooming

  Should your Labradoodle coat be Short, medium or long? Their are a few hair cuts out there, if you find a picture of a labradoodle cut you like print it and take it in to the groomer, most have never groomed a labradoodle.

Grooming Process, A Labradoodle can keep the medium to long coat and be scissor cut about once or twice a year only. F1B and Multigen Labradoodles require the following care

General Body Area
  1. Brush
  2. Thin all mats with thinning shears, brush or pull them out, trim with scissors to desired length
Tush area
  1. Brush
  2. Thin all mats with thinning shears and brush or pull them out
  3. Trim with short blade shaver just under tail
  4. Taper hind quarters to tail gradually with shaver or scissors to give a larger full chest area tapered to tail
Ears
  1. Pull all hair in ear canal and shave underside of ear near ear canal
  2. Thin out or shave with medium blade hair on neck just under ears to allow ears to lay flat
  3. Trim outside of ear flap to desired length as body
  4. Note: ears should be keep clean with ear wash at least monthly
Labradoodle EyesLabradoodle Eyes
Eyes
  1. trim short just under eyes and between eyes to allow clear vision, trim head coat just above eyes

Muzzle
  1. Trim muzzle equal length around closer at eyes, see above
  2. Do not trim like a Wheaton terrier where there is a part between the eyes and long to both sides, you want a rounded casual look with a slight beard
  3. Trim hair along lip line close to keep out of mouth.
  4. Note: for cream and chalk colors you may want the muzzle shorter to keep clean color
  5. You may want to thin out with thinning shears under chin to neck which can mat easier.
Labradoodle EarLabradoodle Ear
Feet
  1. Gradually round feet to pads
  2. Trim all hair under foot between pads especially in winter when snow can accumulate here
  3. Trim nails
Labradoodle PawLabradoodle Paw Wash and Dry
  1. Wash with shampoo and spray with a detangler we love Cowboy Magic Shampoo and Detangler and for a dry bath we use Dry dog Instant Clean
  2. DO NOT brush again, treat it like a human perm. either air dry or dry without brushing using fingers to scrunch coat as you go. This keeps hair corded not fuzzy.
Teeth
  1. For healthy teeth I like and use Dental Ring by Omega Paw from Petsmart and our dogs have the whitest teeth. We give them these about every other month to chew on, they leave a small mess of cardboard after, but it is well worth the trouble.
For the big stuff
  • Here in Orlando we use Furry Clean off John Young and Sand Lake. 407-468-4944 . Labradoodle Before

    Labradoodle Before

    Labradoodle After

    Labradoodle After

    Labradoodle After
     
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