Hand Stripping Service
In order to maintain the breed standard quality of some dogs coat types is recommend hand stripping over clipping with electric clippers.
This is a type of grooming method to remove the excess hair from the dog’s coat. Hand stripping is done by hand and removes the coat from the root rather than just the top layer, as clipping would. This creates room to enable a new coat to grow. In some dog breeds this style of grooming will keep the coat in a brighter condition.
The type of coat that will benefit from hand stripping produces two types of hair – the undercoat which is soft and dense while the top coat is longer and wiry in texture. Dogs with wiry coats go through a specific growing cycle in which the hair becomes thicker and darker as it grows – if you do not remove the dead hair from the top coat it will have a negative impact on the overall appearance of the coat.