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The long coated small breeds are characterized by a certain appealing full fluffiness , as opposed to the parted coat-breeds , which are characterized by long , horizontal , flowing hair , which is extra similar to long humane hair. For this understanding , keep this in mind when grooming long-coated small dogs: Think of the coat standing out from the relics , rather than lying insipid against the hide.

When you possess finished giving your small dog a bath , below is a step by step process on how to groom that long fluffy coat.

1. After drying your dog , blow-dry the long coat to keep it from drying into tangles. With the blow-dryer on cool or low setting , drudgery from the bum up , using the pin set-to or slicker set-to to fluff-dry. Divide the hair into subsections with the pin set-to or slicker set-to and possess them out from the relics as you blow-dry.

2. Keep the blow-dryer pathetic over each part of hair until it is dry , then drudgery your way up. Start with the legs and raise purpose and drudgery your way up and headstrong. Keep brushing and fluffing for fullness , keeping the coat disencumber from tangles.

3. Finish by running a metal comb through the coat to form certain that you did not miss a unmarried tangle or snag.

4. With a #10 blade on your electric clipper , reap your dog's anal area to keep it clean and disencumber of long hair and tangles. Be wary not to touch the blade directly on your dog's hide. Another way of keeping this area clean is to reap it neatly with scissors.

5. Depending on the breed or if you love the idea of having your dog's underside disencumber of long hair , with the same #10 blade , reap your dog's abdomen from groin to naval and down the insides of both thighs. Shave with the lay of the hair.

6. Trim between your dog's paw pads with scissors , and if hair covers the feet , dapper around the feet perfectly the hair reaches the ground perfectly around the paw in a rounded conformation.

7 Brush and comb the hair on your dog's head , ears , and features.

8. Stand back and look at the dog's conformation. Scissor whatsoever stray long hairs without changing the conformation of the coat. Just look for uneven , stray areas that stand out after brushing.

9. To complete the dog and take virtue of the coat’s fluffiness , spray it with coat conditioner or coat dressing to keep it soft and in situation , then set-to lightly over the top of the coat to sit. Brush from bum up and from shoulders headstrong to fluff-the ruff. Fluff the tail , the relics , and the chest.