Online course “How to keep your Doodle tangle-free & fluffy WITHOUT clipping”
If there is anything you want to start as early as possible as a Labradoodle or Poodle mix breed owner, it is learning to prevent and remove tangles and mats yourself.
If you don’t, there is a good chance that your Doodle will come back unrecognizable or even clipped bald from the dog groomer (or develop skin problems which is even worse).
Too often I hear “we brush him regularly, but the tangles seem to appear overnight.”
Owners have the best intentions, think they are doing well, but still go horribly wrong.
Just like my client Linda with her Doodle Noara experienced:
“We had waited too long for a good haircut and at some point the hair became so long that it began to mat everywhere. Wet weather (what a summer . . .) and a young guest dog who played with her all day long aided in the process. The breeder had warned us that the fur will eventually begin to get tangled and that you should keep a close eye on it because you don’t want to shave the dog.”
She came to my workshop with a matted Noara, learned how to easily and painlessly remove all of the tangles and even how to beautifully trim her herself (without shaving or making ugly scissors marks), and left with a backpack full of knowledge, insights, skills and the right tools, with one strong resolution:
“Detangling took a lot of time and effort, from now on, I will invest that in prevention!”
Now, many years later, Linda (just like the hundreds of other Doodle and Water Dog owners I’ve been able to help) still enjoys keeping her Doodle tangle-free, fluffy and healthy herself and she enjoys it every time she receives compliments from people in the neighborhood while walking with Noara.
Something she never expected of herself.