![]() ![]() He didn't even stir!!!! It did take a bit of time though because he had thick mutton chops !! ![]() It all came out, effortlessly without even Teddy waking up. One night when Teddy was sleeping I gently, but firmly tried to pulled it out with just my finger tips when he was sleeping. I was truly skeptical and was afraid I would hurt him. Teddy had them and they were getting really long (he was only 5 months old and not neutered yet), to the point I was going to cut them if they got much longer! I was at a cavalier play day and one of the breeders in our area told me it was dead hair that some cavaliers tend to keep and that you could just gently pull at it and it comes right out. She was starting to look like the doorman in the Wizard of Oz! (You know the one I mean?)Ībout those mutton chops. It was very weird-looking and not very pretty. I did trim some very weird tufty whiskers off both sides of her cheeks recently though. I have never trimmed her long white whiskers and I probably won't, but I wondered if that was the major reason for the difference in their faces. I thought maybe there was something I could be doing that would produce that look. I am very happy with her and we get lots of compliments on how pretty she is wherever we go, but it just took me by surprise at how soft and velvety those dogs' faces were when I saw them all together there in person. Both her mom and dad are around 15-16 pounds, but she is a whopping 22.9 pounds according to her last weigh-in at the vets'!!! And she's not fat - she's just very long and solid. I just think Daisy came out bigger than would have been predicted. Her mom is a tri-color and I don't know how much she was shown, if any, but her breeder does show dogs regularly. He is owned by one of the big name show breeders in the U.S. Her dad was a champion who actually won best in show at at least one Cavalier specialty show, plus lots of other wins. (Is that wrong?)ĭaisy has the right cushioning around the eyes, but I think she is a little too jowly and her eyes may be too low-set on her face. In fact, whenever I look at her, especially right after I brush her, I just kind of well up with pride because I think she's so beautiful. You're right in that she is beautiful to me, and that's obviously what counts since I have no delusions of grandeur in the show ring. ![]() I actually do have and use the Chris Christenson Ice-on-Ice, but I have never used it in that way. PS The first Barbara Garnett Wilson book (of the two that are now a set) has a great chapter on grooming for a show look. :flwr: Lily is my scruffy one and no one would ever confuse her with a show dog, but she is nonetheless a cute little stinker and I like her just the way she is. Lily, my little scruffball rescue, has a totally different feel to her fur on her face and doesn't have that really soft expression of a good show dog and correct cavalier head.īut as you recognise yourself, you have a lovely dog regardless of whether it has these show qualities. But these are both dogs with good heads from breeders who have decades of careful breeding behind those dogs (so does Jaspar but not all dogs end up with that really desireable look). and out of those only the two from a show breeder have that really soft velvety fur on their faces and only Leo has the correct plushy look around the eyes etc. I have to agree with the last point as well!Īt the moment I have three dogs and a foster. Last of all I must mention that the softer heads and expressions often seen on show dogs are the culmination of many years hard work and thoughtful and careful breeding too! Spray in conditioners that I use and recommend are "Ice-On-Ice" by Chris Christerson and also a watered down version of my bathtime conditioner in a spray bottle, currently using Groomers Avacado and Cucumber or Plush Puppy's Silk Protein (on drier coats). First of all not every-one trims the whiskers off as they actually are an important sensory part of how dogs communicate with each other, HOWEVER I must admit that it gives a dogs face a "cleaner" look to them, personnally I take the "antenea's" over the top of the eye's off to stop them curling over and growing back towards the eye.Īs for actually grooming the face, I generally use a natural bristle brush and spray my coat conditioner ONTO the brush itself, NEVER onto the dogs face and very gently brush over the dogs face with that, only a very light mist mind, then brush onto one side, mist the brush again then brush onto the other side, this will leave the coat slighlty damp, then brush gently until the coat is dry, for a final polish use a piece of raw silk cloth if you can find a piece, this leaves a lovely soft polished look to the coat.
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