What is hand stripping dog
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Hand stripping is a grooming process that involves removing dead hairs from the coat by hand instead of clipping to keep the coat neat and healthy. Also, it encourages new hairs to grow in with a naturally thick and bristly texture. True stripping dog is exactly that – plucking/pulling out the dog’s hair, always in the direction it grows. The main tool that we use for hand stripping is something called dog stripping knife or stripping combs and stones. |
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Benefits of a Hand Stripping DogTerriers especially were designed to do is to go to ground and with the work that they were doing, traditionally, all of their top coat that was dead and needed to come out would naturally be pulled by the brambles, by the bushes, by going underground doing their work. Now that years have passed, we don't use our Terriers to Hunt that much anymore. We have to go ahead and emulate that, and we have to go and help them remove this coat so that they can go ahead and grow new coat so that their skin breathe. And when their coat comes in, if you hand strip your terrier, the coat is going to come in a lot richer, a lot darker, instead of if you clip the coat. It also protects skin and coat from sun. By hand stripping coat keeps it beautiful rich natural color. Does it hurt my dog? Many people believe that the hand stripping process is painful. Since the coat that is being removed is already dead there is no pain associated with the process at all. When done incorrectly, mainly if the wrong hairs are being pulled, this can be uncomfortable for the dog. A knowledgeable groomer will know how to properly introduce your dog to hand stripping. After they become accustomed to the routine most dogs will take a nap on the table. |
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What Dog Breeds Can be Hand Stripped?Hand stripping is not for all dogs. You would not do this on your drop coated breed. You would not do this for your poodle breeds. This is for a special type of wire haired terrier, usually. Dogs with wiry coats tend to need hand stripping to groom to breed standard. This includes most of the Terrier group. Other breeds that require hand stripping include:
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