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The basic care of a Bouvier, demands
a good brushing at least once a week, with a metal brush
and a medium comb. The nails need cutting, the teeth
have to be cleaned with a dentists tool and brushed with
baking soda on a wet cloth or a tooth-brush. The ears
have to be cleaned with a ball of cotton wool, dipped in
a special cleaning liquid for the ears.
Before you start to even out the fur
the dog has to be brushed and combed thoroughly.
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1. The hair on the
outside of the ears has to be cut very short and right
to the leather on the amputated part. You can use
cissor or a
clipper with a
blade #10. Remove all the hairs
inside the ear using
tweezer, especially the very long
ones inside the canal. The fur on the lower part of the
ear can be cut with
cissor till just above the jaw.
2. On the top of the head, from the
occupit to the eyebrows and down to the temples, it must
be cut to a 1/2 inch long with
thinning shearsor a
blade #7.
3. Trim down the eyebrows till 1 inch
long with a
stripping knifeand
thinning shears. Avoid cutting them too straight. The
hair between the eyes should not be removed or cut (like
in the Terrier), but rather fall down over the muzzle,
only trimmed around the nostrils.
4.
Brush and
comb the beard thoroughly, only even it out in
length. With a
stripping knife you thin out the cheeks. Avoid giving the
dog a "hamster-look" and
combed out the fur into a thick beard.
5. Starting at the jaw cut the fur on
the throat very short, leaving it longer going down, to
1 1/2 inch long at the sternum (the start of the chest).
On the lower part of the chest, (where the front legs
meet the body) the length of the fur should be about 2
to 2 1/2 inches. Along each side of the neck it should
be rounded out, to about 2 inches long.
6. With a
stripping knife even out the fur from the occupit to the
neck and cut the hair of the neck in a straight line
down to the back.
7. Even out the hair of the back to a
length of 2 to 2 1/2 inches right down to the tail.
8. Even out the hair on the shoulders
down to the front legs.
9. The hair on the front legs should
be thoroughly
combed out. If you lightly even out the hair of
the legs, preferably with a
stripping knife, it will give the effect of a straight
line, especially along the back of the legs. Often you
need to cut more fur on the front and the sides to get
the desired effect. Use
round-tip scissors to cut the hair between the toes and
thinning shears to make round feet.
10. The fur on the tail has to be cut
quite short, especially along each side and underneath.
You may use
cissor, a
thinning shears or a
blade #10 fot the tail and a
blade #7 for the hindquarters.
11. Even out the hair, rounding out
the hindquarters, from the short hair on the tail
leaving it gradually thicker going down to the hocks.
12. Cut and even out the hair down to
the middle of the thigh leaving it progressively longer
and thicker going down to the feet.
13. With a
stripping knife slightly even out the hair from the
middle of the thigh down to the hock.
14. Straighten out and clip the back
of the hocks with
cissor. Cut the hair between the toes and around
the feet.
15. Even out the fur on the body,
cutting it short on the back and leaving it
progressively thicker along the sides.
16. Cut the fur underneath in such a
manner that there is a slight tuck-up and even it out.
If the dog has a very thick fur you might need to thin it
out, by taking out the under fur. The best way to
control the situation is, once a month:
1. Brush the body
thoroughly with a
metal brush
and a
pin-brush
2. Repeat against the direction of
the fur.
3.
comb with a
fine toothed comb, against the direction of the fur.
4. Finish by brushing with the
metal brush in the regular direction.
The other option is to once year strip the dog down with a
stripping knife, which is a very tedious job and for the dog very painful.
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