Advice re hand stripping a black Schnauzer puppy
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Re: Advice re hand stripping a black Schnauzer puppy
Oh he is absolutely gorgeous, congratulations on your hand stripping and on Jenson's success too. I always clipped my salt & peppers, but hand stripped my black and silver and now my solid black to keep the colour and also the wire coat. I call our Bella my mini giant as she stands and looks just like a giant in miniature! She has a lovely coat but her furnishings are sparse, the silver lining is she's not shown so it is much more practical when walking in boggy woods, which is often! Her eyebrows are always a bit hit and miss as she has the doggy equivalent of a cow's lick. I've learnt to just let it fall naturally and then cut to it's own 'shape' and it works for Belle, I don't show so not a problem as just want tidy dogs. Having had all 3 colour types I think the blacks are very special, ok they don't look quite as spectacularly smart as the black and silvers but they do have a certain poise, stature and grace all their own plus you don't get the stained beard On the other hand our (very very very to infinity very) naughty puppy, Dolly's (an apricot cockapoo please don't ask how me, a schnauzer devotee, ended up with a cockapoo!) coat is clipped, just done her and she looks like a shorn but rather sweet and beautiful baby lamb. Bless, what would we do without our babies
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Re: Advice re hand stripping a black Schnauzer puppy
Pennyblack - well done on the prizes won. He is looking really good.
I missed one week since I started stripping (due to Luna being too ill to be pulling her around unfairly) which has made her a little longer but overall not too out of shape. I just have to build back in her lines for her skirt and obviously grow her skirt back in. Also due a head tidy and trim soon.
As an update, some time later with consistent hand stripping, it doe indeed all come together! She was looking fantastic about a month ago. She then had her spay operation and skirt is gone and she has some bald patches just starting to cover on her neck and leg. We had some stressful complications after the surgery and she lost a large amount of weight. But we are back on trackNebulaOdyssey wrote:Jenson is looking amazing, just fab.
All the effort I've put into working on Luna and she looks, well a bit thin on the body (attempting to hand strip roll her coat) and short (my fault totally) and silky in the legs. Slightly disappointing.
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I was warned her coat would look worse (moth eaten) before it looked better when first starting to roll hand strip it. But everything just seems to be a bit meh...
I missed one week since I started stripping (due to Luna being too ill to be pulling her around unfairly) which has made her a little longer but overall not too out of shape. I just have to build back in her lines for her skirt and obviously grow her skirt back in. Also due a head tidy and trim soon.
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Re: Advice re hand stripping a black Schnauzer puppy
Luna's coat is looking fantastic, well done on the hard work.
Jenson is starting to look much better thanks to some help I had from a fellow exhibitor at the Scottish KC show. He's now qualified for Crufts so the pressure is off and I can spend time working on his coat without worrying too much.
Next championship show is at Border Union on 18th June so lots of time to remove hopefully the last of his puppy coat before then.
2nd place Puppy Dog class
With his big sister, Pennie
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Jenson is starting to look much better thanks to some help I had from a fellow exhibitor at the Scottish KC show. He's now qualified for Crufts so the pressure is off and I can spend time working on his coat without worrying too much.
Next championship show is at Border Union on 18th June so lots of time to remove hopefully the last of his puppy coat before then.
2nd place Puppy Dog class
With his big sister, Pennie
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Kim (Cairn Terrier cross) saved from a puppy farm August 1987 aged approx 6 weeks, crossed the Rainbow Bridge 21/5/1993 - always missed
Ventoso Pennie Black black mini - born 31/7/2015, came home 26/9/2015
Ventoso Severus Snape -Jenson Button black mini - born 3/8/2016, came home 8/10/2016
Ventoso Pennie Black black mini - born 31/7/2015, came home 26/9/2015
Ventoso Severus Snape -Jenson Button black mini - born 3/8/2016, came home 8/10/2016
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Re: Advice re hand stripping a black Schnauzer puppy
Thought I’d give a wee update. We went to Crufts last month and though, as expected, he didn’t get anything from his class, he was super chilled and seemed to enjoy the experience. I’ve just splashed out on a Danish Rainbow knife (little yellow) to get his coat into shape once more for his first attempt to qualify for 2019. I know I need to do more work on his coat but we’re getting there. There’s much less undercoat comes out at each session which means I’m doing it right
Kim (Cairn Terrier cross) saved from a puppy farm August 1987 aged approx 6 weeks, crossed the Rainbow Bridge 21/5/1993 - always missed
Ventoso Pennie Black black mini - born 31/7/2015, came home 26/9/2015
Ventoso Severus Snape -Jenson Button black mini - born 3/8/2016, came home 8/10/2016
Ventoso Pennie Black black mini - born 31/7/2015, came home 26/9/2015
Ventoso Severus Snape -Jenson Button black mini - born 3/8/2016, came home 8/10/2016
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Re: Advice re hand stripping a black Schnauzer puppy
Denise
He looks very smart, thanks for posting the update.
He looks very smart, thanks for posting the update.
Man cannot survive with wine alone...
we also need a schnauzer.
we also need a schnauzer.