when is best time to get springer coat clipped?

pheasntstalker

hi lads, my springer is of the longhaired varity, and id like to get her coat clipped, as i can start a knitwear factory with the amount of a hair off her lol she is brushed fairly reg,just wandering if any of you lads clip your dogs, and when to do it? oviusly not when its freezing like,the weather is fairly mild at the minute and its not majorly cold, just like to find out because the amount of hair round my yard looks like a blizzard from brushing her :eek::eek:

pheasntstalker

starting to feel a bit stupid now:o does any one that has longish coat springers shave or clip there coats or is it not the done thing?

browning 12 bore

hey there fella i have a cocker spaniel and we have to shave her twice to 3 times a year she gets very furry lol lol lol

pheasntstalker

thinks for reply i was begining to think i was a rite mug for asking as my springer isnt like the smooth liver and white springers u normally see, she is b@w and has a fairly heavy coat,and she is my first springer ,ive never owned one before,just want to find out when or what time of the year would u save them?

Ronnie Beck

If you sit in for ducks with her i'd do it ASAP so its nice and long again for next winter.

My collie had a beast of a coat after the cold last winter I trimmed it in April and its still nowonly half as long as it was. Don't know if it happens with springers? I'd want to be sure the springers coat would grow back fully in time for the following winter before I cut it.

pheasntstalker

yeh thats what i,d be hoping it would be back rite for the winter,and im sorry lads if im suddenly gone off boards when yer replying,im trying to reply to emails from a mate in nz, trying to coax him into picking me up a pair of them camera glasses for me i seen them here on boards and they have them in a shop near him any back to topic could i shave her round now or would i wait a mnth or two,id like to hear from lads with long heavy coated springers but thanks for all advise and replys so far much apperciated,as is most advise here is:D:D

TriggerPL

pheasntstalker wrote: »

yeh thats what i,d be hoping it would be back rite for the winter,and im sorry lads if im suddenly gone off boards when yer replying,im trying to reply to emails from a mate in nz, trying to coax him into picking me up a pair of them camera glasses for me i seen them here on boards and they have them in a shop near him any back to topic could i shave her round now or would i wait a mnth or two,id like to hear from lads with long heavy coated springers but thanks for all advise and replys so far much apperciated,as is most advise here is:D:D

dont quote me on this , but i think the hair thing is to do with kennel set up u have i notice when my springer bitch was at my mates that her hair growth was alot quicker , i put it down to his kennels being very open to the wind . and then when she was brought back to my kennel the hair started to gradually malt of her to a nice lenght . i dont think clipping would make a diference to her performance , last thing ya want is a dog getting all tangled in briars out hunting because of long hair , but i wouldn go mad clipping either . there alot of these dog salons out there if your not sure on clipping .

pheasntstalker

thanks for all replys and advise,yeh had serious problem earlier on in the season with briers and stickybacks tangled up in her coat after bein out:mad:spent over an hour combing and handing picking them out after washing her :mad::her kennel is closed in its a normal dog box she shares with the terrier they have the run of the yard,i was in touch with a boy who does a moble service and seems to know his stuff and he reckons any time in the nxt fortnite would be fine and not to go too mad clipping her so il give him a bell,as allways thanks for the advise and replys thats why i joined this forum and advise others taking up this sport to join too yah ,l always have someone here to point you in the rite direction and help you out when your stuck an unsure:D:D:D

landkeeper

if you leave her she will moult anyway

kermitpwee

I have a b/w springer with a very heavy coat, I wouldn't dare clip his coat. There is the theory that if its long it will get caught in cover and hurt, the other theory that I have seen is that if their coat is not thick enough then they will come out of cover pissing out blood. I'd keep the coat and let nature shed what it desires tbh.