Grooming of te Cesky Terrier
There are many ways to groom the Cesky.
On the following pages I want to share with you the way I’m grooming my own dogs.
On this picture, you can see schematic how to clip the Cesky:
On the shaded area the coat is 1-1,5 cm long, other areas are clipped very short.
Long hair is on the head, the limbs, chest and belly.
Below, you can see all the tools I use:
pin brush, small oval model
groomers comb with rotating teeth
metal comb with teeth in a combination of fine and coarse
14 cm straight shear
16,5 cm single thinning shear
14 cm double thinning shear
small clipper with fixed, fine blade
clipper with exchangeable blade (1,6 and 7 mm)
This Cesky-lady was clipped about 6 weeks ago. After a firmly bath she is ready for grooming.
I start with brushing the dog careful. To brush the armpits and groins, I prefer the dog is laying.
To remove the last tangles, I use the groomers comb.
The coat on the back is rather dense. Before clipping, I comb it with a fine metal comb.
With the 7mm blade I clip the back, beginning by the tail…
… with the same 7mm blade I clip the flanks. The short hair blend into the long one in a nice, curved line.
Now, I change the blades. With the 1,6mm blade I clip the buttocks.
To blend the short hair smooth into the long one, I clip a small strip of the long hair with the 1,6mm blade with the hair growth direction.
The next stap is to clip the tail. I use the 1,6mm blade. The most dogs don’t like it, so I do it very gentle.
With the 1,6mm blade I clip the front of the dog, starting four fingers below the the top of the breastbone till the line connecting the both corners of the mouth.
Also the shoulders and the both sides of the neck I clip with the 1,6mm blade.
The head I clip with the 1,6mm blade till the line between the lateral eycorner and the corner of the mouth.
The hair on the cheeks I cut with the single thinning shear.
The same single thinning shear I use to narrowing the eybrows.
To get a smooth line of the headprofile, I cut the disturbing hair with the single thinning shear.
Clipping the ears, I use the small clipper.
The edge of the ear I cut very careful with the straight shear.
As finnishing touch I cut with the single thinning shear the hair on the ellbows…
…with the straight shear I cut some hair on the feets…
…and with the double thinning shear I finnish the grooming.
