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the spray and feeling areas of lumpy (packed) coat that you can start to break up with your fingers. EIGHT Move the dog to your drying table. Settle them comfortably, and with a warm air setting and medium to high velocity, direct the air flow through the coat with the coat lay. Work the air from the surface, layer by layer, down to the skin on any packed areas. Work down into the coat, and be sure you’re blowing the water out so that the skin surface is dried as well. Monitor your air temp and be sure the air flow doesn’t sit in one spot to avoid risk of burn. Methodically work each area of coat instead of erratically whipping air through the coat.
Work with the direction of gravity draw. The wicking ability of the hair shaft will follow this principle as well and the speed drying. NINE Use your fingers as you go from area to area, using the dryer to “airbrush” the dog in the most gentle and effective 44
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TEN Once completely dried move to the grooming table. Areas left damp will continue to shed more and be prone to tangles. Work the coat methodically with a pin brush, comb, or a coarse rake if still needed. Stay away from slickers on any coat more than a couple of inches long, and stay away from fixed tooth style rakes for risk of stretching and breaking coat. Be mindful of your technique. The coat is smoothed, open, and aligned the most at this point. Your comb and brush strokes should be with a fixed wrist and the motion from the elbow and/or shoulder, just like hand stripping. A pat-and-pull method works great here, too. In the end, you can actually save time and manual labor by working step-bystep with each component of the deshedding procedure by allowing each part to serve its function. Using water, shampoo, conditioner and coat spray and air in a mindful manner makes removing dead coat and skin build up much more easy on both you and the pet. That is time well spent.
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