Wirehaired Pointing Griffon grooming styles
The trims usually used on the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. Open one for its trim chart and steps.
Styles and trims
Natural rough tidy
A rough coat left on the dog: loose undercoat raked out and the longest dead hair plucked. No clipper on the body.
Also called Rough coat tidy
Coat and grooming
- Coat type
- Hair
- Coat layers
- Double coat
- Coat texture
- Wire
- Coat length
- Medium
- Shedding
- Low shedding
A Wirehaired Pointing Griffon coat should be hand-stripped rather than clipped.
A wire coat is meant to be pulled out at the root once the hair is ready to release. Clippers cut it off part way instead, leaving the soft undercoat behind. The result is a coat that grows back limp and faded, and the weatherproof texture only returns after the hair is stripped out again.