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Coat types

Doodles come in three main coat types. Wool, fleece and hair. If you consider a woolly wool coat to be at one end of a scale and shedding coarse hair coats to be at the other end, your doodle could have a coat anywhere in-between. Not only that...it could be a combination of more than one type. Coats can also be very curly, somewhat curly, spiral curls, wavy or quite straight.

Hint for maintaining your favourite look.

You will find lots of pictures on this site of great looking doodles. Use them to take to your groomer to show what look you like or use them to follow for home grooming.

Coat Change from Puppy to Adult
Somewhere between 8 and 12 months doodles start growing their adult coats. Matte time! Since they don't shed, you need to comb the puppy coat out. This takes quite a bit of dedication and this stage can go on for several months. If you let your puppy mat at this time and resort to shaving, you STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM. You cannot shave it away. At some point, you must comb that puppy coat out. To make this stage easier, scissor the coat to about 2 inches in length so there is less to tangle. A seriously good way to reduce brushing is to buy a high speed blower. It produces cool air at high volume and really helps clean and untangle the coat.

Combing your doodle.
Use a steel comb. Start from one foot and brush..yes brush with a brush..the hair up. Then start down at the foot again and brush down in layers, making sure to always get to see the skin in the area you are working on before you go on. After about and inch or two, comb where you brushed. If the comb won't go thru, start again. Work thru the whole coat in this fashion.
Make sure you hit all the areas.
inside, outside and back and front of legs
upper and lower chest
sides, back and under tail
top of head and neck all the way around
under ears, chin and face
If a wool dog is very matted, it can take 10 hours to demat. If you have a fleece coat that is in good shape, it should take an hour or less to brush and comb the whole dog thoroughly.
Worst trouble spots: in front of hind legs, armpits, under tail and neck

To Do List for regular maintenance.
1. brush and comb twice a week or when ever you feel mattes ..dampen after brushing
These things to be done every 4 to 6 weeks
2. trim hair from between eyes as required to keep it from poking into the eyes
3. shave belly
4. trim hair from around anus and on male or female parts to prevent messy mattes that can get infected from bacteria
5. clip nails
6. trim feet ...inside of feet, around toes and trim length so it just barely touches the ground.
7. trim hair above eyes so it does not obstruct sight
8. pull hair from inside ears and clean with ear cleaning solution
9. shave hair from base of ear to increase airflow into the ear

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How to trim feet
You can trim feet with scissors or clippers. I prefer to use a combination of both. I first cup the dog's foot in my hand so the bottom is visible and keeping my scissors flat to the bottom of the foot, I trim all hair sticking beyond the foot. Next I take my clipper with a number 10 or 40 and trim inside between the large pad the the small toe pads. From the top of the foot looking down, I pull a hair back from toes and scissor hair from around nails and between toes. You can to this with a clipper too and make 'poodle toes'...not to be confused at all with poodle feet. You want the foot to have lots of volume from the top, but look clean underneath.

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Comment by Kim on March 11, 2009 at 6:04am: Barb - your "after" cut is EXACTLY what I'm looking for around the eyes. I LOVE that look!!!!!! He's so cute!

Comment by Janice Hartley on March 10, 2009 at 7:28pm: I have to agree with you Barb. Ruthie sheds but it is like cotton and it is way better that the Lab/Sheppard and cat we had. I can actually breathe in my own home and Ruthie doesn't have that wet dog smell either.

Comment by Barb @ Gemstone Labradoodles on March 10, 2009 at 7:06pm: I have an F1 who did not appear to be a shedder when she was young, but now at 5 she definitely is. She got a bit worse each year. Still, it is waaaaay less than a double coated dog.

Comment by Marianne *OZZY & ZOEY on March 10, 2009 at 6:54pm: Ozzy is going to get his first hair cut tomorrow and I hope he looks ok afterwards....I am looking for pictures to get an idea how I would want him to look.

Comment by Crazy Doodle Lady on March 10, 2009 at 5:43pm: Kensi is adorable in both pics. He has beautiful eyes.

I took Bear to the groomer for the first time (without reading all of this helpful info) and they shaved his nose. I'll know what to tell them next time!

Comment by Barb, Murphy, Emmet, & Hudson on March 10, 2009 at 5:03pm: I have done that before I think they get so used to doing it that one way all the time. But I will bring in a photo again=) She is really good with them I hate to have to go somewhere else......thanks

Comment by MBKANE on March 10, 2009 at 4:59pm: Barb next time try bringing in an example of a photo of exactly what you want. That is what i did, and right before I left I specifically asked her to not shave anywhere on her face or eye area. Besides reminding them what you want/don't want you can't be anymore clear. If it continues to be an issue you might want to consider another groomer. BTW he still looks very adorable.

Comment by Barb, Murphy, Emmet, & Hudson on March 10, 2009 at 4:54pm: Does this look like the correct way to groom a goldendoodle? Everytime I go to my groomer with my older dog she shaves his snout short all the the time. I always ask her to leave it longer around the eyes, but it never seems to work out that way. Here is a before and after picture of our new puppy and she has seemed to shave him the same way. I am wanting the look of Kensi below.

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Comment by Barb, Murphy, Emmet, & Hudson on March 10, 2009 at 3:53pm: Yes Kensi does look great=) I took my F1b goldendoodle puppy to be groomed today, for the first time. I told them not to shave his face at all just to trim around the eyes BUT I think they shaved it some. I'll put up pics soon.....

Comment by Paul & Michele on March 10, 2009 at 3:47pm: Kensi looks very good!! I hope Molly looks like her after she gets groomed tomorow. I tried to explain to them that I didn't want her shaved short or have the poodle look and they assured me she wouldn't. Tell Kensi she looks very cute!!

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