Cocker Spaniel grooming part 1

Me grooming my handsome little guy Danny. In this Video I show you how to do the face and ears and I also begin to show you the cocker crown. I will show more on the cocker crown on part 2. Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Cocker
• spaniel
• grooming
• dog
• pet
• animal

[celt309]

I have a question about the "cocker crown". I'm learning how to shave show cockers and was wondering about the different style of crown. you used a cresent moon and i'm not sure if a difference in the cut effects the dogs grading. My boss uses a different style than this and i'm more comfortable with this style but am afraid that i may upset him. Does it matter or is it irrelevant at shows?

[spanielmom93]

@celt309 This is a PET Cocker trim, if you are doing it for a show then stick to what your teacher has taught you.. I stress that this is NOT a show trim by any means ;) Good luck at the show though!!! :)



[cutelucylulu]

my cocker just will not sit still because if u try to groom her she thinks u want to play! any advice?

[spanielmom93]

@cutelucylulu it will just take time, you will have to try to make it pleasurable but not fun. This will be hard to do, you need to act really calm, and when she gets excited just ignore her til she calms down. You could use treats if she doesn't get extra excited about food... I know one of mine does so I couldn't use food with him. I just had to calmly praise him and even give a gentle massage to relax thim at first to get him used to it. Hope this helps, good luck! :)

[TheMeijerra]

Thanks spanielmom :-)))

I am going to adopt cocker soon, still getting all the paperworks done...so excited...!

But Im not sure if Im capable to groom him myself, scared of getting to cut his skin ..

Btw, is that special blade u use?

[spanielmom93]

@TheMeijerra You can cut them but if your careful you can easily avoid it. If you are just adopting a Cocker you may want to take him/her to the pro's for the first time or two just to see if your dog has any past baggage... some, alot, of Cockers have issues with being groomed. Either really scared and uncooperative or aggression in some cases both. It can be very difficult to groom a scared/aggressive Cocker, they are very smart too. If he/she checks out good at the groomer then give it a go!

[angelicnature1]

What did you do to his whiskers! you silly cow

[youwannayohk]

No offense, but the lighting is terrible. =(

[dawnbeltz]

what kind of clippers do you use? nothing seems to wanna go through my dogs fur!

[toshiromaru22]

thank you so much, i had no clue that you can shave agenst the grain... and sugar my baby girl doesnt like the sound of the shaver so she is very tense i hardly ever do around her face or ears properly...

[roadrunner403]

show better lighting also try to go into more detail if you want to be on video

[bfblynne]

you did not say what size blade to use around the eyes...only to go in reverse. But what size blade??????

[mawi1044]

You are great groomer. I love your work.

[ralutjohn]

Thanks for sharing, I could watch this all day.

I have two cockers (english) and it cost me £60 / $97 for them grooming (clip, bath, shampoo) but I think it may be wise to purchase an Andis clipper with free #10 blade.