United Pet Club

Grooming style

Feathered tidy

For setters and other feathered breeds: the natural coat with neat edges. Thinning shears at the neck and ears, with no clipper except on the pads.

Also called Setter trim

Trim chart

Tools

  • Pin brush
  • Carding tool
  • Thinning shears
  • Straight scissors
  • Curved scissors
  • Trimmer
  • Nail grinder

Step by step

  1. Step 1: Coat

    Tool
    Pin brush
    Direction
    Any direction

    Brush out the coat and feathering down to the skin with the pin brush.

  2. Step 2: Back

    Tool
    Carding tool
    Direction
    With the growth
    Finish
    Natural

    Card the back and sides, with the growth, to lay the coat flat. Do not clip the body.

  3. Step 3: Throat

    Tool
    Thinning shears
    Direction
    With the growth
    Finish
    Blended

    Thin the throat and the front of the neck with thinning shears, with the growth.

  4. Step 4: Ear

    Tool
    Thinning shears
    Direction
    With the growth
    Finish
    Natural

    Thin the top of the ear and the hair below it with thinning shears, with the growth.

  5. Step 5: Feathering

    Tool
    Straight scissors
    Direction
    With the growth
    Finish
    Fringed

    Even the ends of the chest, leg and belly feathering.

  6. Step 6: Tail

    Tool
    Straight scissors
    Direction
    With the growth
    Finish
    Fringed

    Scissor the tail feathering to a taper that ends at the tip.

  7. Step 7: Paw

    Tool
    Curved scissors
    Direction
    Any direction
    Finish
    Rounded
    Length after
    6 mm

    Round the feet with curved scissors so the toes just show.

  8. Step 8: Paw pads

    Tool
    Trimmer
    Blade or comb
    #10
    Direction
    Any direction
    Finish
    Tight
    Length after
    1.6 mm

    Clear the hair between the pads with the #10 blade.

  9. Step 9: Nails

    Tool
    Nail grinder
    Direction
    Any direction

    Grind the nails short.

These steps describe the usual way to do this style. A groomer adapts them to the animal in front of them, and a coat in poor condition may need different work first.

Breeds that wear this style