How to Groom an Australian Labradoodle or Labradoodle

 

Australian Labradoodle and Labradoodle Grooming

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  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 so taking a photo helps. I like to just have them shaved ALL over twice a year to about an inch and then let it grow out in between, but that is just the easy way to do it.

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 Labradoodle Body Grooming
  1. Brush
  2. Thin all mats with thinning shears, brush or pull them out, trim with scissors to desired length
  3. Or shave the dog down to about an inch ALL over and let it just grow out. This can be done twice a year and ends with the least amount of grooming required.
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
Grooming Ears
  1. Pull all hair in ear canal and shave underside of ear near ear canal. To pull out hair you can use your fingers, a tweezers or ask you vet for a pair of hemostats. Just grab and pull.
  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

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Grooming Labradoodle Eye Area

  1. trim short just under eyes and between eyes to allow clear vision, trim head coat just above eyes

Clean up the 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.

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Round off the 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

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Wash and Dry after Grooming

  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 Cleaning
  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. These are hard to find...I am looking for alternatives.

For the big stuff use a groomer, and please take in a photo of the cut you desire, most groomer's are not trained to groom them.

Labradoodle Before

Labradoodle Before

Labradoodle After

Labradoodle After

Labradoodle After

 

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