English Springer Spaniel

By Kathy Rose
August 30, 2017

The English Springer Spaniel as well as the English Cocker Spaniel, although originating together, gained distinction in the early 1900’s with the Kennel Club of England. The American Kennel Club went on to acknowledge the English Springer Spaniel into the sporting group about eight years later.

The English Springer Spaniel sports a short, soft undercoat as well as a longer, firmer as well as darker outer coat of medium length. The appropriate coat is naturally laid-back as well as is finest treated with hand stripping as well as carding techniques. The dense under coat is carded as well as raked as well as a few of the outer coat is stripped to type a functional, natural appearance.

I discover it easier to do the bulk of carding as well as stripping methods prior to bathing as well as total the completing as well as detail work after the bath. If the dog is extremely dirty, however, a pre-bath should not impact the effectiveness or result as greatly as it would with the cable coated breeds.

For the preparation procedures, bath with a high quality shampoo as well as condition the furnishings. dry the body coat flat, complying with the coat growth direction or optimally, secure a towel over the coat to coax it into laying as flat as possible. shave the pads with a 15 blade. Shaving the underclothing (sanitary) is optional, however I do usually clip around the rectum. Trim the nails as well as clean the ears.
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Fig.1) Skim excess coat from the stop, muzzle as well as chiseling around the eyes utilizing a 10 blade. Skim the lips to eliminate the whiskers as well as then shave the flews.

Fig.2) Skim the cheeks. the very best technique for skimming the deal with is to turn the clipper over as well as utilize a scraping technique.

Fig.3) shave down the front of the throat to about two inches above the breastbone. On a correct dog this will be about at the level of the topline at the croup.

Fig.4) shave the coat in front of as well as on the inside of the ears (ventilation strip).

Fig.5) shave the upper ⅓ of the ear against coat growth direction. This is usually at about the level of the upper lip.

Fig.6) blend with the top skull as well as the ear fringe, skimming with coat growth direction.

Fig.7) lift the ear as well as shave under the ear as well as blend the throat.

Fig.8) utilize a fine coat King or rake to eliminate excess under coat, complying with coat growth direction on the shoulders as well as jacket.

Fig.9) continue with the coat King or rake down over the croup, hips as well as upper thighs.

Fig.10) Card as well as strip the top skull to blend into the shaved areas as well as to appear flat on top as well as somewhat rounded at the sides as well as back.

Fig.11) secure loose skin as well as card as well as strip the jacket.

Fig.12) continue with carding as well as stripping methods to blend the shaved areas on the sides of the neck to the stripped areas.

Fig.13) Card as well as strip over the point of shoulder, defining the point of shoulder as well as angulation. continue with this method down the front of the forelegs.

Fig.14) strip the excess coat from the hip to the point of rump, leaving a slight fill at the tail set if needed to produce an unbroken topline that slopes somewhat upward toward the withers.

Fig.15) utilize thinning shears to trim the sides as well as underside of the tail. Leave the topside of the tail a bit longer.

Fig.16) utilize thinning shears to trim the tail as well as hips to the point of rump.

Fig.17) when you have stripped as well as carded the body, comb the coat up at the color lines as well as blend the lines between the colors utilizing thinning shears.

Fig.18) You may utilize thinning shears to assist with blending the upper thighs as well as hips.

Fig.19) utilize thinning shears to finely blend the top skull & ears.

Fig.20) utilize thinning shears to finely blend the shoulders as well as neck to the shaved area of the throat. lift coat as well as blend all color lines.

Fig.21) utilize thinning shears to finely blend the shorter coat on the front of the fore legs to the furnishings.

Fig.22) utilize thinning shears to finely blend as well as define the shoulders.

Fig.23) lift the excess coat between the toes as well as utilize thinning shears to trim a compact round or somewhat oval, well knuckled foot.

Fig.24) Trim the back of the front feet to blend into the leg furnishings as well as eliminate excess coat. The furnishings should not rest on the table.

Fig.25) The hocks are trimmed to appear parallel as well as perpendicular to the table when viewed from the rear. The longer coat from the outer thighs can drape over the outside of the lower rear legs. The long furnishings from the inner thighs will drape on the inside of the legs. lift this draping coat while trimming as well as blending.

Fig.26) neat the rear furnishings complying with the natural curve of the leg, falling neatly at the top of the feet. A subtle tuck up is put at approximately ⅓ from the rear on the body. (Tip: lift the rear leg naturally as well as where the knee naturally bends will suggest the tuck-up placement.)

Fig.27) neat the bottom of the ear furnishings to type a rounded bevel, ideally just above the breastbone.

Complete the trim with a conditioning spray used to a bristle brush. clean in the coat growth direction to smooth as well as perfect the outline as well as limit static as well as fly away hair.

The English Springer Spaniel now ranks 26th of the most prominent dog breeds, adding him to our Bread & Butter list. For more info about the English Springer Spaniel get in touch with the English Springer Spaniel field trial Association. www.essfta.org ✂

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