== == After the dog is bathed, brushed and blown dry, the groomer will traditionally use a #7 or #10 blade on the back. You start at the base of the skull and shave down the dogs back including the entire tail. The line then extends down the back of the thigh to the hock on both the inside and outside of the thigh. The line then extends from the back down the sides and sliding off the body to form a skirt. The line goes down to the elbow or top of the front leg and is blended off. The front of the neck is shaved down but only to the center of the brestbone and blended. the legs are scissored to form cylindrical legs. The bottoms of the feet rounded to the table and the excess hair trimmed from the bottom of the feet. the face is done with a #10 or #15 blade. the top of the head and ears is shaved up to the eyebrows. Under neath the chin the hair is shaved until you reach the 3 "moles". One on each cheek and one under the chin. The blade is angled from the outside corner of each eye down toward the cheeks. Neaten the edges of the ears with scissors. Never cut the hair on top of the nose. It is to look sligthly messy and hang over the front of the nose. The beard should be shaped and angled forward with scissors. Taking the scissors cut a "V" in the middle of the eyebrows, and trim away any crusties from the inner corners of the eye. Then angling the scissors from the outer part pf each eye to the base of the nose, angle the eyebrows. Using a #10 blade clean groin and belly. The nails should also be trimmed and the hair plucked out from the inside of the ears.

NEVER WASH A DOG MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH TO KEEP HEALTHY SKIN AND FUR!

anything else is WRONG and will only benefit commercial groomers