- Good morning, everyone. So this video is gonna be
a little bit different. I have one of my groomers that is going to be doing a Bedlington and I've never done one, but I wanted to get it on video. Their coat is real unique
and then the cut is unique. Just a reminder that we
don't do show grooming. It's in the cut, but it's not going to be show quality because we don't do that here. So let's get started. So we're gonna start with the bath and she did a half
shampoo, half conditioner. (water whooshing) But the coat is unlike any
other coat I have felt, it's literally like a rug. That's how she explained it to me. And that's exactly what it feels like is it's a very dense rug feel. It's not like a poodle. It's what I would kind of
compare to like a sheep. It kind of feels like sheep, sheep's wool. (water whooshing) And you'll hear it. And when you turn it off,
it'll go beep, beep, beep. So you there's a beep difference. So you know when it's offer or on. - [Groomer] Okay, - [Marybeth] So the beep is on and then beep beep beep is off. - Okay, so I'm on.
- Yep. - [Groomer] Okay. (spray spritzing) (air whooshing) (dog whining) This is a big air dryer.
I'm gonna fluff him up. (dryer whirring)
(air whooshing) (dryer whirring)
(air whooshing) (dryer whirring)
(air whooshing) Okay. Gosh, my adrenaline's pumping. (laughs) (dryer whirring)
(air whooshing) I'm just trying to separate
the curls as best I can. (dryer whirring)
(air whooshing) Always comb down and
then I brush it back up. (dryer whirring)
(air whooshing) (dryer whirring)
(air whooshing) Do a 40 blade. (razor buzzing) come on. I'm not digging. I'm just scooping. Just like scooping up ice cream. (razor buzzing) (razor buzzing) I also do a 40 blade
on inside of the ears. And, yes, I'll get this clean. (razor buzzing) Now on Bedlington's their ears, on our pet friendly
version is doing a 30 blade and I'm gonna go to the top of the ear and then scoop it out. But it comes down kinda
like in a triangle. So you leave like this tassel thing. And then the same thing on this side. And just do this triangle. Doesn't have to be perfect. (razor buzzing) Come on. (razor buzzing) Top of the ear. Swipe to the left. And to the right. Yeah. Your makeshift triangle. (razor buzzing) He shakes his head a lot.
So I save his ears for last. (razor buzzing) Just to give me a hand for a second. 'Cause he hates his tail. Okay. So still 30 blade. It basically is like a carrot
and then this gets shaved But he hates it, so I
just, whatever I can get. (razor buzzing) It's supposed to come down like in a V, but most of the time I can't get it. So I just make like a
notch most of the time. And then it's only about like this and here's the tip of his tail right here. So I leave all this, like a tassel. (razor buzzing) I think in the show stuff, they do like a 40 and whatever, but. Okay. Okay. (razor buzzing) I know, I know, buddy. (razor buzzing) It's scooping. No digging, just wipe. Just like wiping. (razor buzzing) This is where pin gnats are
born, on dogs like this. The hair is so, so fine but thick and dense at the same time. (razor buzzing) (machine whirring) (dog whining) Hold up, buddy. Hold on. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. (machine whirring)
(dog whining) I know. I got you. I got you. (machine whirring)
(dog whining) Sh, sh, sh. Okay, we'll come back to that. We'll come back to that. (machine whirring) (dog whining) Sh, sh, sh. Sh, sh, sh. (dog whining) It's okay. It's okay, it's okay. Thatta boy. Thatta boy, good boy. (dog whining) Here, you got it, you got it. Just a once over, it's okay. It's okay. Okay. Okay. All right. (razor buzzing) Okay. Now on him, normally they would have this longer and there's all these different lengths. But on him, I'm just gonna
start a little bit down here. (razor buzzing) I may take it up. I don't know yet. I'm doing a five on him. (razor buzzing) Anything longer it just drags in his coat, like you have a dull blade in. We just want it to be simple for him. (razor buzzing) (razor buzzing) I start a line. I go down to the top of the tail and then I start working down. And when I get about halfway or so, I start going down with the body. (razor buzzing) Constantly combing up helps, helps a lot. (razor buzzing) And like I said, when I
was shaving his belly, I just literally it's
just like wiping it down. I don't, I have the lightest
touch on my clippers. Just don't wipe it down and
keep everything really light. Okay. They usually respond
a lot better to that. (razor buzzing) I'll come back to that. (razor buzzing) And I'm going down the back. I do go down, straight down with my line, but like I started here. I will go over a little bit and then I start pulling it toward me, like, I'm doing like a comb over. It's like you're using your
blade like it's a comb. It helps get those extra bits. (razor buzzing) Even with this five blade, it just wants to like slide right over it. (razor buzzing) So if I can't get it down,
I will do the same thing. I'll do like this parting,
combing type thing with my blade. (razor buzzing) Very gently. I can't stress that enough. It's so easy to cut them or hurt them. I'm just picking his leg up and I'm just letting it
fall, like it naturally does so he's not uncomfortable. (razor buzzing) (razor buzzing) He doesn't want to fully come up. So I'll probably have to snip it back. (razor buzzing) It's okay, it's okay. (razor buzzing) I'm letting his elbow rest on my hands. So it kind of locks it out. But I can feel if he's gonna start pulling which he probably will. There we go. (razor buzzing) Work out a little bit, glide
'cause that's the armpit. (razor buzzing) So. There you go. I'm combing out, 'cause
there's this armpit near the flap there. Just be very careful. (razor buzzing) Let's see here. I got ya. We're not done yet, baby. Hold tight. I got ya. Okay. (razor buzzing) And just resting his elbow. Burks here doesn't have the
most patience in the world. So I literally just try to do it as quickly as I can so that he does not get stressed out and he will not dread it
the next time I see him. (razor buzzing) So. Inside I'm just gonna do a swipe, wipe. (razor buzzing) Okay. Now let's go up here. Get some eyeballs here soon. Yeah. Okay. (razor buzzing) Now that I'm up here again, I am gonna go ahead and do that. This is the back of the skull. I'm gonna go down about a
half inch and push it back. And that is where I'm gonna start my line. It's behind the ear. So I'm gonna just make a line. (razor buzzing) Gently. (razor buzzing) It's okay. It's okay. Okay. Okay, one more time and
then we'll get to the face. Okay. (razor buzzing) Barely cutting that. And. That's about as good
as I'm gonna get that. So let's move on. This is a coolant,
disinfectant, lubricant, cleaner and rust prevention. Okay, back to the 30. Okay. Now on a Bedlington and this is, of course,
a modified version, we're gonna do is just like with my standard poodles, corner of the eye, I'm gonna start a line. And I barely have him so. I'm just gonna start a line and I'm gonna come to
the corner of his eye and that's it. And then, corner of his mouth. (razor buzzing) Get my fingers out of my way. (razor buzzing) So. Once you get a line going it
sets where you need to be. (razor buzzing) Okay, we're coming to that now. It's like it's a clean face. But he hates this, so I'm
gonna see how fast I can do it. (razor buzzing) Hey, buddy, don't do that. (indistinct)
(razor buzzing) See. All right, I'm
gonna have to get that. All right, I'm gonna put this down here. All right. (razor buzzing) Now I'm just gonna go down pretty deep. And with it define where they need to be and then I'm gonna come back up. Very cottony. (razor buzzing) Okay. (razor buzzing) Okay. Okay. ShowSheen. Okay. Again, he wants to sit so. He thinks he's done. (laughs) I know, baby, I know. We haven't cleaned them out yet. Okay. Okay, let's see here. Okay, so I'm just gonna back comb that up. Shake it. And pretend like I'm doing a V. It's literally just taking ends off. Down that end a little bit. Okay. Comb is your friend.
Not to this guy though. Okay. Okay. Ready? I do it a little bit shorter underneath. Okay. And just gonna blend that a little bit. There. And for this, hold tight. Hold tight. This. I'm just gonna find the end, put my finger there and then I'm just gonna
pull it down just a smidge Snap. Boom. Done. All right. Let's get him out of that. Okay, now we're just gonna
shape him up a little bit. Put it down. Pull it up. Scissor to the back of the pad. And barely going around foot. Just get me a line. See, I don't know if you
can say, see, he hates it. But there's like little mats
in there, that just hide. So, okay. Hold tight. And this is how I fix that. Or. Okay, I got you. Okay. I'm gonna comb down a little bit and see if there's anything left in there. Oops. Oh, there goes that. Okay. Let's see what it looks like. It's like an imaginary line. I'm just trying to meet
to the side of that foot. I mean, he hates his feet, so. (people chattering) There's all that stuff
that it couldn't get. So I'm just gonna do this, chunk it down a little bit, thins it out. I'm gonna use my fingers
and push that tuck out so I can kind of cut a circle, semicircle. Even with sharp scissors, this
hair has a tendency to just, your scissors will just fold in it. It's the strangest thing. And he's not gonna like this, but I'm gonna get my
finger underneath that web. And I'm gonna try. Don't do this at home. Cut it out. Again, fingers under there. Please don't do that at home. Can cut really easy. Okay. All right, give that a
break and comb this down. Like that and pull it. Ooh, skills. Anytime there's toe
mats, don't fuss with it. Just cut it out. If you're a professional, if
you're just a home person, just probably should take it
in because it's very delicate. Okay. Let's see. Imaginary line straight down. That's really all the blades
and lifts are for is to get you to a general length so that
you can just make your line. Let's see here. I'm pulling that out. Take it out. Comb. Okay, let's go on. Very careful. Okay. Here you go. I'm pulling that out
toward me to expose that. And then I'm making my line. My line goes straight
to the side of the feet. That's where I'm headed. And then I do the back. I know. I'm not just yanking it.
I'm trying to find it. Okay, baby. (dog whining) Yeah. I don't have any strength. That's why I have to
do like grip. (laughs) All right, here's the
armpit, straight down. (scissors snipping) Back. (TV chattering) I got ya. It feels a little thick right here. That's why I'm just gonna
take a little bit of that. It's definitely not perfect,
but little out of practice. Impressionable. That's a good
way to describe this hair. It's like, you can look
at it and breathe on it and then it just, look. It's already like getting curly there. So. Okay. He definitely looks better longer. Holds his legs a lot
better, but this works. All right. Gonna get his head going. All right. So here I am on this. And I'm just gonna go around
it. I'll clean those out last. Okay. See? That's a good example right there. I'm gonna. Come here, baby. There you go. Even though I'm on the
small side of the comb, look, it just, it doesn't even pick it up. Okay, all I'm gonna do on this is that's the tip of the ear right there. All I'm gonna try to do is
just hold it straight down. I'm just going to cut a line. That's it. Okay. There's the end of the ear. I'm just gonna go one line. Now, let me see what it
looks like sitting up. I don't hate it. So we're gonna leave it. All right. Let me see what we can do here. This is always matted. So let's do it one little cut. Sometimes here on the
beginning, right here? It's out of here. Okay. Okay. Starting with just combing it back. Sometimes I spray my comb,
so it's not as heavy. I don't want to just
douse this with ShowSheen. It'll make it heavy. Spraying the comb sometimes
just gives it enough of a hold. Okay, I'm gonna do this. Okay. Now we're in business. So first thing I'm gonna do, is I'm just gonna take part of it. Not even half. I just want
to get some of this over. But you could easily do half if you want. And I'm just combing it
straight down to the side. Find his little eyeball and I'm starting a line and I'm going right above the ear. So. Okay. And I can come back and
clean that up if I need to. So. So that's the start of that. And then once you get your line, you just start building this line up. I barely have them. I just need it to feel
which way he's gonna move. Okay. Let's go over here. I'm gonna comb it up to get it separated and then comb it back down. Okay. Same thing. Find his little
eyeball, straight to the side. Still on top of the ear
and I'm following it back. And I'll probably come back and do a little more work on there later. So got that started. Turning my curves this way. Hold tight, hold tight. Okay. Then fluff it up. Yeah. Now all I'm trying to do is keep my line. It doesn't have to be perfectly straight because it's basically starts
turning into at this point, like a poodle top-knot. So I'm just making myself a line. I don't want it to be straight down. I'm just kind of going
with the shape of the head Okay. And I'm just guiding his head in my hand so that I can continue
the all-famous line. Okay. Yeah. Turn him around. This is hanging out. Take that, clean it up. Still right out here. And then I'm just going to be
basically just shaping the top of the head, I'm just. Okay. Now, I'm here. I'm in the front. I'm
ignoring this right now. I'm working on this top part. I find it easier just to
take little bits at a time, especially on here
that's so impressionable. Now the eyes, I'm starting to take it in. Almost like you would be
doing schnells or eyebrows. I'm gonna turn my scissors around. I'm taking it right there. Okay. This side. This is when the artistic
aspect really kicks in because I'm not a show groomer. So I just do what I think looks best for his bone structure and hair. Gotta see how all these fuzzies
up here and clean them up. Okay. It's still looks heavy over here. Barely have them up front. All right, so I'm gonna
leave that for now. We'll come back to it. And then I'm gonna work
on his little beard here. Okay, so first. I'm
gonna comb it all down. Basically like between
the eyes down to the side. There's no hair down there, but I still go through the motion. That lip. And I'm gonna take this
beard in line with his jaw. Okay. That's right flush with his lip. Okay. And on this side, same thing. At an angle. Okay. Okay. Coming along. Okay. Now, I could barely hold this. Okay. And now what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna start. I'm gonna cut this in half and I'm gonna start
blending this into that. And it's kind of like a circle. Except this, I'm gonna
cut a straight line there. Okay. Okay. Come back to that. I'm just combing it up. However, I need to get it to
where I get all that hair. Okay. Okay. Let's try the chunkers on this side. Okay. I'm gonna look down and I'm gonna pretend like
there's all hair in here, so. Thank you. That's what I needed. The more they shake the better. Okay. Here we go. He's been extremely
patient. Let's get him done. All right, so now I'm looking at it. I'm basically just gonna
make this like blending up. So it's like a ramp. That's what I see for him. Tilt his head down a little bit. Get in here. So now I look at him. I can just keep pointing this down. There's the corner of his mouth. And I want to see more of his eyes. So I'm gonna take this
down a little bit more. And cut this in a little bit more. This is the fun part. You can really just kind
of start shaping it. This is why I don't do showrooms because I like the creative aspect of just finding what really works and looks good for them as best I can. Okay. See in the back of the head, I can see there's a
big bubble right there. So let's see what we can do there. Okay. All right. His head's looking straight. I can still see a bowing over here. Okay. Okay, one more comb up and then we're gonna put them away. Okay. See? This is what we would call a career dog. You could just, you could just scissor and
scissor and in a good way, you can just, you could just really, I would just love to just
scissors on this dog all day. You know, because every time he shakes, it's something new to scissor. All right. So let's see
where we're at here. All right, I still need more here. Oh, there's an eyeball! I like that. All right. Let's get this. I have nowhere to hold on
to. I'm gonna try his nose. Sh, sh. Okay. A little bit more over here. That's why grooming costs money because you're literally
working with a moving object. Okay. I'm liking that. I think I'm still gonna come down just a little bit more here. Okay. All right, so it's not perfect, but I know he's getting antsy. So I'm just going to clean
up this eye a little bit and do his ears and he is done. Okay.
