Continental – Show Trim

1. Clip face as per pet trim.
2. Decide where the top of your leg poms are to be, and clip cleanly from this point evenly around the leg Up to and including the elbows. Shape the leg poms neatly and fairly small.
3. Get expert advice for your particular dog as to where to place the line dividing the mane from the shaved rear end.
4. Place hip poms as illustrated. Keep them small, low and neat (shaped like half a grapefruit). Do not allow overly large hip poms to obscure the dog’s perfect tail set. Proper hip poms accentuate the length of the poodle's neck, and revea1 his perfect rear end.
5. Shape rear leg poms as illustrated, very little hair above toes, lots of shaped hair at back of hock. This shape accentuates the dog’s "bend of stifle".
6. In scissoring the mane, keep chest and belly hair VERY SHORT, hair on top knot, back of neck, and ear feathering as LONG AS POSSIBLE. The shaping of the mane from waist to topknot varies as the Coat grows-in length. Consult good show pictures and/or an expert professional poodle handler.
7. Wrap or band with orthodontic elastics, all skull hair, neck hair, and ear feathering, to protect it from damage.