Hand Stripping

[the_stig 6,614]

I think he could do with stripping out now tbh but I don't want to as the weather is cold, however he does live indoors

a good brush through will tidy it this time of year, i wont do mine now till end of march

[jcm 2,327]

What do you do on there belly do you cut the hair there or strip,

[dillydog 8,462]

Sometimes I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall, on the off chance there's someone with a little common sense still left in their heads and who hasn't been brainwashed by the show brigade. Clipping will not ruin your dogs coat, nore will it send it soft.

For all that will jump down my throat, can you tell me how it ruins it and I don't just mean say this old wives tale and that old wives tale, can you physically tell me the reasons why ? The hair,be it human or animal grows from the folical which is in the skin, so how would cutting a hair nowhere near the folical change the physical properties of it ?

Edited December 21, 2013 by dillydog

[Tommy pepper 222]

is ther any benifit from a working point ov veiw into stripping a coat ?