Jayne when you strip the coat out does it hurt the dog? when do you know it needs doing? and what abot the ears? sorry just getting anxous about Ned :(

Mattie, I have a real problem with this too :-( I hated doing it .. but needs must I suppose.
The only thing I have found is that she is totally immune to it. Even when I do the insides of her ears ... :cringe: ... I have stripped them and trimmed round the edges with scissors, if that helps.
At the moment, I have only sorted her ears out .. now she doesn't look like a yeti :D

Are you allowed to trim the ears then ? if so great as its not going to come out by pulling :(

Claire showed me how I should pull the hair out round the edges of the ears, but it wouldn't budge, so she said to trim it with scissors. Soooooooo much easier :-) But you still have to strip the surface of the ear. Once you have done it a few times, it really isn't so bad Mattie.

Helpful hint (Ihope) If you sprinkle a light covering of cornflour, or a heavy talc over the inside of the ear ( being careful it dosnt go right inside of course) it makes the short hairs so much easier to grip if you are finger stripping.

No Mattie honestly they get use to it very very quickly. As you are stripping out dead hair it comes out easily and the root is already dead, so it doesn't hurt them, if you pull it and it does not come out with a reasonable tug, then it is not ready to remove.

I find that finger and thumb is the best method, and Leigh is correct if the edges are difficult you can trim them. I find that if you use a pinching movement so you have your thumb and first finger pinched together round the edge whilst you are holding the flap of the ear firmly in the other
hand it is easier.

Mind you have got a lot more area to cover than I do with the BT's. :-) ;-)

Good stripping!!!!

Luv

Jayne
xxxx

If I get the stripping knives out and the table I stand them on, they jump on it the moment they can. When doing their body sides, they lie perfectly still and often fall asleep, no, I don't think it hurts !!
Dawn.

Madam Le Fuz goes to sleep to Dawn :-) If she jumps on my table, she's *dead* :rolleyes: lol

I'll tell Penny ;) :)

i find the best thing to use for plucking the inside of the ear is thornit powder , i use it weekly ,just apinch to keep the dogs ears problem free , but when i come to pluck ears apply a little more than a pinch leave for a few minutes and the hair come out with ease, you will find thornit on most championship show stalls, its also good if you have a dog that chews its feet , as sometimes this can be cause through a small mite, joanne