Grooming a cairn's head/face

[Jayme]

I finally took the plunge into hand stripping Max. He's almost 4 months old and was looking VERY scraggly! I got all his fluffy black-tinged puppy fur off his back and cleaned up his front legs some. I still need to work on his back legs and tail. His ears are also done and look pretty good. His head, which I haven't touched, still looks really scraggly. Can anybody give me some hints on grooming Max's face/ears/neck area.

[bradl]

Lisa Tuttle wrote a nice article on that very topic: The Heads Have It. Oriented toward show grooming, but generally applicable.

[Hawkeye]

Brad...thanks for posting this again.

[ScruffynMag]

What useful information, thanks Brad, that will come in very handy.

[Jayme]

Thanks for reposting this Brad! I need to wait a bit longer for some of his topcoat to grow in some more because it's not thick enough to stand up some. I'll have to work on it some more. Hubby was surprised when he came home at how different Max looked.