hi guys today i'm just going to show you how i do a rounded pet trim head on
a lot of different breeds this is a shih tzu cross here so what i do
i start by clipping the top of the head and then also using that same blade to
just skim over the very top of the ears and also going down the cheeks i don't
press all the way down on the cheeks it's just
to get some of that bulk off and that just makes my job a lot easier
and after that i just quickly clear out the eyes i just create like an inverted
v just below the eyes and also between the
eyes and once i've done that i just brush all the excess hair from the top
of the head forward and then i clear anything that falls past the
eyes
and once i've done that having a hooded eyes is one of my pet hates so i clear
quite a lot of the hair on the sides past the eyes
and what i found easiest is i clear the section right between
the jaw and the neck just to give the face a bit of definition
before i do anything else so that kind of gives me a guide of where i want the
rest of the muzzle to be cut and obviously this doesn't have to be
perfect at this stage is just to give that rough outline and then i go through
the shape with my blenders
so you always want to have your comb handy
to keep brushing the hair forward so you know that it's all straight and
you know that you're getting a good crisp line
while you're scissoring and just like with the eyes to get the muzzle nice and
round i comb all the hair forward and then
anything that falls past the nose i use my blenders to just tidy up
i don't often use my straights or my curves right around the nose it's just
safer to use thinners or blenders around the area
just in case the dog decides to lick and once i have the desired shape i then
just start blending away what you can see here is that i basically hold the
scissors upright so then i go from the jawline to
the cheek and what that does is just creates a
really nice blended line and you'll see that i go back and forth
quite a lot i keep combing and checking and blending over and over and over
and the reason i do that is as you go on the hair will have a bit of time to
settle and you'll just notice more and more bits that just need to be blended
out okay and once i'm pretty much happy with
this side of the face i'll just quickly speed up the rest of the footage to do
the other side and you'll see that i do still keep coming back to this side just
to sort of clean up little bits as i go what i find
really important is that even if you're not the best groomer in the world yet
as long as the dog's face is balanced you'll be absolutely fine
a dog all know generally will not notice if a bit of hair is just slightly out of
place as long as the face is even and the rest of the dog is even and the
dog looks different than what it did when it came in
most owners will be absolutely chuffed to bits so
if you feel like you're not quite as confident as you might want to be
don't worry about it it comes with time i was completely useless when i first
started grooming so you know you'll get there eventually
okay and once i'm done with the general shape of the face i always leave the
chin last because you want to have something to hold on to while you're
trimming the rest of the face and what i do i either comb it or just push it
with my scissors i just bring all the hair on the chin forward and then again
i hold my scissors pretty much straight up and then again
just any hair that falls past the chin i will then just blend it in
and that does help with making the face a lot rounder
and once i'm done i just quickly fluff up the face with my fingers just to see
if there's any bits just sticking out or out of
place and then just quickly get rid of those but other than that that is pretty
much how i do like a rounded face like i said i do this on
quite a lot of different dogs gizzy here is a shih tzu cross cocker i do this on
a lot of cockapoos anything like that it's quite a nice
versatile style to do
and trimming her face i think it took me about 12 minutes and then just about a
minute to just tidy up her ears and then that's it thanks for watching
guys bye