Clumber Spaniel grooming styles
The trims usually used on the Clumber Spaniel. Open one for its trim chart and steps.
Styles and trims
Spaniel trim
A clean head and throat, a flat body coat and tidy feathering. Worked with cards and thinning shears, with no clipper on the body.
Also called Spaniel tidy
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
Coat and grooming
- Coat type
- Fur
- Coat layers
- Double coat
- Coat texture
- Silky
- Coat length
- Medium
- Shedding
- Heavy shedding
A Clumber Spaniel should not be shaved.
The undercoat keeps heat out as well as in, and the outer coat shields the skin from sun and insect bites. Clipping the whole coat off removes both. It often grows back patchy, soft or a different colour, and in some animals the guard hairs never return properly. Brush the undercoat out instead of cutting it off.
A Clumber Spaniel coat mats easily.
Fine or long hair tangles at the base of the coat, out of sight, where the mats tighten and pull on the skin. Brushing has to reach right down to the roots in sections, not just skim the surface.