Before getting into the hand stripping techniques, you have to make sure that your puppy is already introduced to the “Meet and Treat<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0” during the socialization period prior to fourteen weeks. The “Meet and Treat” should be arranged as early as possible for a puppy that’s going to need to be groomed on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
Next, try to experiment with the back legs, the tail, the front paws, and the chest. The ears, the belly, and the area around the rectum are all very sensitive areas, so it’s very important not only to isolate the hairs by hand, but also to shape the dog to stand still so you can pluck them out individually.<\/p>\n
When actually pulling the hair out, be sure to use the hand not involved in pulling to stretch the skin in the opposite direction; in this way, the hair will come out easily. Once more, the rationale for using your fingers, and only plucking a few strands at a time, especially in those extra-sensitive areas, is that it is the best way to help desensitize the dog gradually to the process.<\/p>\n
An important point to remember here is that you want to pull the hair out so that you are able to see the little white root at the end. This criterion is key in making sure you don’t cut the hair. Using your hands and sometimes the use of chalk can be helpful, along with rubber thumbs. Other tools include volcanic rock or pumice stone, and rubber fingertips to grasp the hair.<\/p>\n
Learning to strip using these alternative tools has advantages over using stripping knives. Stripping knives are very useful if you know how to use them, but using them incorrectly can result in permanent damage to the dog’s coat. The danger lies in ripping out the hair and inadvertently cutting it.<\/p>\n
Rather, the hair should be carefully braced up against the flat part of the knife which then gives you leverage to pull. The worst thing that you can do is cut through the hair; should that occur, the hair will not grow back the same way.<\/p>\n
Additionally, you want to take care not to destroy the character of the wiry coat by cutting or pulling too much hair out at a time. To repeat\u2014inadvertently cutting the hair risks ruining the coat!<\/p>\n
To get started, we recommend rolling the coat at the beginning of this process. This is defined as only pulling out the hair that is ready to come out. This will also translate to more frequent and shorter grooming visits. If you start with a puppy, and set aside a few minutes at different times of the day for the pup to come in and just have his hair lightly combed and pulled all over, this will slowly begin the desensitization process.<\/p>\n
You will again find that some parts of the body are much more sensitive than others. For example, the hair between the eyes at the point where the nose and the top meet is a highly sensitive spot. You will find the same level of increased sensitivity around the rectum, the genitals, the ears, the flanks, and the belly, so you will want to spend a bit more time and take things a little more slowly in these areas.<\/p>\n
Oftentimes, you will find groomers “faking” these spots (using a thinning shears); however, it is possible to desensitize to the pulling in these locations as well. In order to do so, the suggestion is to focus on these specific body locations by learning to hold the skin tighter than you would in another area, and pulling just a few hairs out at a time.<\/p>\n
You may even pull just one hair out at a time. By going this route, you will ultimately get the animal really comfortable with the process, and the overall look of the coat will be magnificent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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