Is it better to cut a dog wet or dry?
Tyrel Schowalter
2025-08-18 21:10:12
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The process of wet shaving keeps the skin cool and soothed as you remove the matting. Wet, clean and conditioned hair will stretch a little more, allowing a longer blade to get under the mats. Wet shaving is a technique that uses the pliable nature of wet coat to save some length with ease. Running the clippers over cool, wet skin also minimizes your chance of clipper burns. Wet shaving can be used on any coat type that becomes matted and can be clipped safely. Wet shaving will not magically take a matted dog to a fluffy dog. Wet shaving allows you to leave a fraction more hair than if you didn’t wet shave, and this is super important for the dogs to avoid sunburn. On this dog, a wet shave permitted a #4F blade on what would have been a #7F strip on a dry, dirty coat. Using the same blade length you used initially, shave the entire dog again once it’s dry for a smooth finish.
Tristin Veum
2025-08-05 12:27:32
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Wet Shaving is exactly what it sounds like, you shave a dog while it is wet. In my case, I have found that the blade glides through the coat if I shave the dog after the first wash, with the shampoo still on the dog. I have tried both ways, with the shampoo rinsed off, and with the shampoo still on, I prefer the shampoo still on the dog. The clipper glides through the soapy, wet, matted hair very easily, the blade stays nice and cool, there is no fighting to cut through dirty hair. Wet Shaving is great for once-a-year clip downs, matted dogs, pelted dogs, really dirty dogs. I keep the dogs in the tub, my clipper is plugged into a grounded outlet, outside of the bathing room, my cord is also kept outside of the tub. The hair will not always come off in one piece on every dog.
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