How To Groom A Matted Rough Collie

The fine hair behind a collie s ears becomes matted easily.

How to groom a matted rough collie.

The only addition to the tools mentioned in this article that we commonly use is a grooming spray. You can buy fragranced grooming sprays from most good high street pet stores or online which keeps your dog smelling fresh or use water in a spray bottle which aids grooming. If your rough collie gets muddy if you allow the dirt to dry it can easily be brushed off. These dogs are active energetic working dogs that can pick up dirt and debris in their day to day activities.

Grooming your rough collie for anyone new to the breed keeping your rough collie neat and tidy isnt an onerous task once you know how but you will benefit from having the right tools and a bit of practice on a couple of areas that benefit from occasional trimming ie. So regular maintenance is required to keep their fur free of knots and tangles. Prevent mats from developing by grooming frequently. He is really rough as he lives outside.

Brush your rough collie once a week being gentle in sensitive areas and removing all mats and knots from its coat. To groom your collie you ll need either blunt nosed grooming scissors or an electric hair trimmer. As a result i currently have the worst one of the two at home with an attempt to groom him myself. I ve successfully groomed matted seriously tangled german spitz in the past but have no experience of a rough collie.

Border collie grooming is an important part of your regular border collie care. Having a long haired working collie we have trouble with matted fur and mud etc i tend to cut up the mat towards the skin making the mat in to 2 sometimes having to split in to 4 once you have done that it seems to easy just the pull the mat out not hurting the dog. Feel for mats daily and deal with them while they are small. The shedding undercoat gets trapped between the ear and the skull tangling in the permanent outer coat.

Does anyone have any advice or tips on the best way to work my way through this groom without doing irreparable damage to his coat. Trim nails and excess hair from paws ears and legs and clean your dog s ears and teeth to remove build up. Then cut the hair on the back of your collie s legs and clip any long hairs on its tail.