Cording the Spanish Water Dog, Part II

Using scissors as a last resort to cord the impossibly soft and matted pet coat.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Spanish
• Water
• Dog
• Cording

[ariosaswds]

Well, I don't know why not. If you can break up the mats all the way to the skin.

Essentially, it's working fiber. Dog hair, sheep wool or hair, camel wool. yak wool.....

[JPWLouie]

Thank you so much! The videos are AWESOME. and SO informative. I have a white SWD with (educated by your video) a soft coat and was probably "felting" when we thought he was matting. I've been shaving him down because of it. Can you tell me the difference between matting and felting? I love that long coat but my first priority is ensure his skin stays healthy - that I am not mistaking mats for felts. Thanks!!

[ariosaswds]

Well, to my mind, matting is caused by rubbing (i.e., human hands, towels, or collars) and isolated to certain areas (behind ears, around collar).

Felting is a stage the coat undergoes at a certain length. That length depends on the thickness, softness and kink of curl of each individual dog.

You're right--the biggest concern for the dog should be health. But give the scissor-method a try. If you hate it, you can always shave it off! The toughest part about cording is PATIENCE.

[nicopsico]

Yo tengo dos hermoso perros de aguas y me parece que las rastas salen porque no los peinamos con frecuencia y el pelo muerto no se cae hay que sacarlo con el cepillo, el pelo se pone muy bello.

[ariosaswds]

Sí, las rastas se deben separar de uno a. Hago esto delante de la televisión en la noche. ¡Se convierte en una obligación! (Lo siento, mi español no es bueno!)

[Stoopudjurcee1]

Okay, important question. I have been researching cording because a woman with a standard poodle in a continental cut is interested in me doing it because of the whole maintenence aspect. Once the cording is done, how high maintenence is it?

[ariosaswds]

Two answers: the owner will have to keep up with the cord splitting at home, so that maintenance will increase (in lieu of brushing). Second answer: Once the cords are established (will take about a year before they're gorgeous--PATIENCE!!!), the coat is pretty easy to take care of. Wash with diluted shampoo and rinse, rinse, rinse. Squeeze the cords dry like you would hand-dry a sweater. They you can use a blow drier to dry the cords, which is a lot easier than line-brushing.

[Mnemosyne12]

This is wonderful -- thank you so much!

[Spanishwaterdog]

Hi,

I watched your videos of your lovely Dogs. They are so cute!

- If you want, you could check my channel out for some spanish waterdog videos ;)

A new video is soon coming out :D

[gomarichard]

can you do 'cording' in any dog breed that 'matts'?