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.

As a result i currently have the worst one of the two at home with an attempt to groom him myself. Feel for mats daily and deal with them while they are small. Brush your rough collie once a week being gentle in sensitive areas and removing all mats and knots from its coat. So regular maintenance is required to keep their fur free of knots and tangles.

Trim nails and excess hair from paws ears and legs and clean your dog s ears and teeth to remove build up. Prevent mats from developing by grooming frequently. 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. He is really rough as he lives outside.

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. Then cut the hair on the back of your collie s legs and clip any long hairs on its tail. The paws the hocks and around the ears. These dogs are active energetic working dogs that can pick up dirt and debris in their day to day activities.

I ve successfully groomed matted seriously tangled german spitz in the past but have no experience of a rough collie. Rough collies are a beautiful breed with a thick double coat of hair that requires maintenance and grooming. Border collie grooming is an important part of your regular border collie care. The shedding undercoat gets trapped between the ear and the skull tangling in the permanent outer coat.

If your rough collie gets muddy if you allow the dirt to dry it can easily be brushed off. The only addition to the tools mentioned in this article that we commonly use is a grooming spray. To get started trim the hair around your collie s ears and paws so it doesn t get matted.