First Grooming Visit Coming Up! help!

[Doodle Grooming]

Aspen has her first grooming visit in a few weeks when she will be 5 months old. I am wanting her trimmed up a bit, but not short. I've read the horror stories of groomers doing a bad job so I took my time and found a local groomer that specializes in doodles. I'm still a bit nervous that she won't trim Aspen the way I want her to so I'm getting prepared with lots of pictures. Can you share pictures of your doodle cuts? I have been scouring the internet but thought you may be able to help as well! And who doesn't love showing off their doodle?;) So please share pictures if you want to! :)

All tips are welcome!

Thanks for your help!

[Wanda Klomp]

I get why you are anxious Stephanie. I teach owners to groom their Doodle themselves, because of the bad groomers out there (and lots of other benefits, one of them being the quality one on one time and building a strong dog/owner bond based on teamwork :-) Tell your groomer to either hand scissor cut (with 24 teeth thinning shears) your pup from head to toe (the teddy bear look) or use the 25 mm attachment comb on the body and hand scissor cut the legs and head with 24 teeth thinning shears. You will absolutely LOVE the result :-)

[Nala and Cooper]

This is a picture of Nala after her first visit to the groomers. I absolutely fell in love with her when I saw her like this! But now, I've learned that this is actually not the cut I'll ask for next time. Not because it looks bad (because I think it looks great) but because they didn't trim it short enough. It's only been about a month since she got her haircut and her fur is already looking unruly. I made the groomer leave Nala's tail and muzzle alone, to really give her that doodle look. But you shouldn't be scared to trim down a little. In this picture, her body fur was left at one inch long. As for her face, I'll cut it more next time. 
If anything, fur always grows out. So don't worry about getting a bad cut :-)

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Clancy's face above.  Ned is below.  They have very different coats.

[Lori, Winnie, Bob and Indie]

I groom Winnie myself- here is a pic of her after my first attempt at scissoring when she was 11 months old. (You can find the "before and after" pics here....http://www.doodlekisses.com/group/doodlegrooming/forum/topics/need-...)

I actually now use a trimmer with a comb attachment to take her body shorter than the above pic. But, that was a perfect 'puppy cut' for her at that time. I still keep her face and topknot longer and rounder as I think that it accentuates her "cuteness"! :-)

[Karen C]

Winnie is beautiful!

[Lori, Winnie, Bob and Indie]

Thank you!  :-)