How To Groom A Matted Rough Collie

To get started trim the hair around your collie s ears and paws so it doesn t get matted.

How to groom a matted rough collie.

Trim nails and excess hair from paws ears and legs and clean your dog s ears and teeth to remove build up. Having a long haired working collie we have trouble with matted fur and mud etc i tend to cut up the mat towards the skin making the mat in to 2 sometimes having to split in to 4 once you have done that it seems to easy just the pull the mat out not hurting the dog. Brush your rough collie once a week being gentle in sensitive areas and removing all mats and knots from its coat. Border collie grooming is an important part of your regular border collie care.

You can buy fragranced grooming sprays from most good high street pet stores or online which keeps your dog smelling fresh or use water in a spray bottle which aids grooming. The shedding undercoat gets trapped between the ear and the skull tangling in the permanent outer coat. Then cut the hair on the back of your collie s legs and clip any long hairs on its tail. 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. He is really rough as he lives outside. So regular maintenance is required to keep their fur free of knots and tangles. As a result i currently have the worst one of the two at home with an attempt to groom him myself.

Rough collies are a beautiful breed with a thick double coat of hair that requires maintenance and grooming. 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. Feel for mats daily and deal with them while they are small. The paws the hocks and around the ears.

To groom your collie you ll need either blunt nosed grooming scissors or an electric hair trimmer. 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. I ve successfully groomed matted seriously tangled german spitz in the past but have no experience of a rough collie.