How To Groom A Matted Poodle At Home

Trim the excess hair from around its feet and whatever sticks out below its foot pads.

How to groom a matted poodle at home.

Start brushing at the poodle s neck and move down toward the tail. You may need to pinch the matted hairs near the base just above her skin to prevent ripping them out or hurting your poodle. Whatever style do you give your poodle s body a pass with a short blade guard on your trimmer should do the trick. Brush through less matted fur with a slicker brush then smooth it out with a bristle brush the bristle brush gathers up the dead loose hair that can get caught in her curly coat and create more mats.

Otherwise your pup s paws will be prone to matting. Choosing the best brush for poodle hair requires at least two different kinds of poodle brush a bristle brush and a slicker brush for poodles. Hold the poodle s tail by the end and trim from the base of his tail to about and inch and a half from the end. The slicker brush is used first to remove mats tangles and shed out hair.

Brushing once or twice every week is generally acceptable if the dog has shorter hair. Trim the hair from his belly button back. Trim the hair from the insides of his hind legs to about a third of the way down. Poodle hair can easily get matted together as the dog sheds and for this reason it is often recommended that poodles with long hair be brushed every day.