By: Shannon Tupes, Andis World Educator
With springtime rapidly approaching and the climate warming up all around the nation, pet dad and mom are eager to do away with their pet’s longer winter coats and begin the season off with a shorter, contemporary model that’s simpler to keep up. Whereas a few of your purchasers have been well-maintained all through the winter, there are a lot who will profit from an excessive makeover. From common touch-ups, to a rise in de-sheds and massive transformations, our tables are certain to be busy this spring!
Clipper Work
The important thing to surviving the seasonal rush is ensuring your toolkit is stocked with the suitable instruments. The brand new Andis eMERGE Clipper is my go-to clipper. Its comfy form with finger grooves on the again helps scale back hand pressure and fatigue for these excessive makeovers, whereas supporting exact management for the extra detailed, creative trims. This single-speed clipper has sufficient energy to get via the hardest of coats, and you should utilize it in corded operation to assist get you thru lengthy days.
Deshedding
With the rise of de-shed purchasers this time of yr, the Andis Deshedding Tool has turn out to be one in every of my most used instruments. It’s an ideal alternative as a result of it helps promote a wholesome coat by permitting the hair to separate and divide so the pores and skin can breathe extra simply. This helps forestall overheating, which is essential because the spring temperatures warmth up. That is additionally an ideal device for eradicating extra bulk and helps tame the hair to put properly.
Ending
As soon as we’ve gotten via all of the de-sheds and makeovers, we will take pleasure in scissoring on a well-maintained consumer with a cute character trim or a trim to breed normal. The Andis 10” Steel Comb is my go-to comb to be used on each animal on my desk. That is the comb I exploit for my preliminary comb-out on all breeds. With out nice prep, it doesn’t matter how creative you’re together with your clippers and your scissors, will probably be harder to get an ideal end. An incredible prep contains the tub, drying and comb-out. I additionally use the Andis 10” comb to excellent my end with a ultimate comb via from the toes to the shoulders, combing in opposition to the grain of hair to assist get a plushy end. If you wish to increase your bar in your scissoring, this comb is a sport changer.
Last Contact-ups
Whether or not the spring rush brings out the intense makeovers, the huge de-sheds, or a creative flare with a character trim or a trim to breed normal, I ensure my Andis Cordless Nail Grinder is all the time totally charged. Not solely do I lower the nails, however I high off the nails with grinding to buff the sides and encourage the short to maneuver again towards the toe. This is useful when I’m doing a spring excessive makeover as a result of the nails are normally overgrown. This nail grinder permits me to get the nails as brief as I can by grinding them after a fast trim. And for the well-maintained common purchasers, it’s a good way to clean out any sharp edges in case their four-legged buddy is round babies or the aged. Purchasers additionally like that it helps hold their hardwood flooring from getting scratched. However most significantly, it promotes the nails to be maintained at an ideal size to maintain the pet comfy.
As we speak, we groomers are extraordinarily lucky to have progressive instruments obtainable that assist us successfully and effectively improve your entire grooming course of. Spring grooming could also be one in every of our busiest seasons of the yr, however with dependable instruments, you possibly can remember to present a secure and trendy lower for any furry consumer that walks via your door. Completely happy grooming!
