Texture of the coat

How often you need to cut the coat right back will depending on the texture of the coat and your local weather conditions.

Your Westie may need his/her first cut around 11 months old, if the weather is cold, you can wait until it gets warmer.

You can keep a Westie's coat reasonable, without cutting it right back, just use a thinning scissors.

1 Thinning scissors

2 Ordinary scissors

3 Electric clippers

Groin:
Clip this area with No 10
Pads:
Clip this area with No 10 Clip out any excess hair from under the pads
Body:
Using the No 5, start from behind the ears and clip down the entire back in a straight line, finishing about 1/2 in (12mm) from bottom of the tail. Go back to behind the ear and clip down and around the neck. Following the lie of the coat, clip the chest down to the breastbone. Clip down towards the ribs, gliding the clippers off the coat halfway down to leave the longer hair of the skirt. Blend the hair on the fore chest into the body hair with thinning scissors. Neaten the skirt at the desired length. Legs and feet: Scissors the hair around the feet to make them neat. Taper the leg feathering gradually down towards the feet.
Tail:
The tail should resemble an inverted carrot. Trim the hair short on the underside, taper towards the top.
Head: Never clip a Westie's head use ordinary scissors or thinning scissors

Some photos grooming pictures


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