Behind the Ears.

[KCGoldens]

I have a real problem behind Cayennes ears in the summer. I try and comb and brush behind her ears every day, but once summer comes she starts getting the hair matted up behind her ears. I just clipped out a small one this morning. Is there a trick to keeping the hair nice behind the ears? This is the only place she has problems with her hair matting up.

[Goldenheart]

<span style="font-family:georgia; color:maroon;">Same problem here KCGolden, I plan on trimming it down a bit soon and blending it in more so maybe that will help with this problem.

I won't take her to groomers because I don't trust anyone with her alone, well outside of our vet.<img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/smile.gif" /></span>

[GoldenGirl]

KCGoldens -

Use thinning shears and 'clean' out some of the 'fuzzies' behind her ears. I do this with Kally and have never had any trouble with matts etc.
Here's how to do it:
Hold your thinning shears vertically and get the blades under the fuzzy stuff fairly close to the skin. Make about 3 cuts with the blades, then stop, brush out and look. You will most likely need to repeat this several times, but remember, you don't want to totally remove the hair, you just want to thin it, & trim the straggly stuff so it will lay down nicely on the neck. Hold Cayenne's ear forward & out of the way while doing this.

Hope this helps - it has for me. :003

GoldenGirl :925

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[SamsGoldens]

<span style="font-family:comic sans ms; color:red;font-size:small;">I'd like to do this with Molly also - the hair behind her ears is starting to get long and fuzzy and I've always loved the look of nicely trimmed ear hair. <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/happy.gif" /> Recommendations on a type or brand of thinning shears? <img border=0 src="http://www.topgoldenretrieversites.net/smiles/415.gif" /> I've been looking for a pair and they seem to really range in pricing from fairly cheap to very expensive. Was thinking of ordering a pair from either Dr. Foster & Smith or PetEdge.

"Who said my ears are getting fuzzy?"
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[SamsGoldens]

<span style="font-family:comic sans ms; color:red;font-size:small;">I found a great website which had pictures and descriptions on how to clean up a Golden Retriever's ears (along with grooming feet, tails & shoulders). So armed with my thinning shears, a brush, a comb and a few treats <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/smile.gif" />, I made my first attempt at grooming Molly's ears. I was very pleased how the first ear turned out and how the shears cleaned up all those fuzzies on the back of her ear. Started with the second ear and I realized I angled the shears wrong while trimming the hair on the top of her ear. <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/mad.gif" /> So without taking too much hair off, I tried to clean it up. It doesn't look awful, but if you really take a good look you can tell it's uneven. I figured the best thing to do is stop and let it grow out some and trim it in a few weeks. I felt awful - Molly was just happy I was done! She sat great the whole time! <img border=0 src="http://www.topgoldenretrieversites.net/smiles/029.gif" /> Here's the link to the website I mentioned. <a href="http://morningsagegoldens.freeservers.com/Grooming.html" target="_new">morningsagegoldens.freeservers.com/Grooming.html</a></span>

[GoldenGirl]

Keep at it SamsGoldens! You'll get it! :003

[kisska25]

We used to have this problem, too. Now, we just try to brush his hair there more frequently and it's not knotting up as much.

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