How To Groom A Matted Poodle At Home

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.

How to groom a matted poodle at home.

Cut the hair from your poodle s feet. Start brushing at the poodle s neck and move down toward the tail. Hold your poodle s front feet in one hand and lift him to stand on his hind legs. It is important to brush gently when you are using the slicker brush so as not to abrade your poodle s sensitive skin.

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

Brushing once or twice every week is generally acceptable if the dog has shorter hair. The slicker brush is used first to remove mats tangles and shed out hair. Otherwise your pup s paws will be prone to matting. 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.