[jakl]

hi, i'm wondering if annyone has advice for what sort of clip to put on a yorkie-poodle mix. this is my neices dog. she's all black but with yorkie-like hair. what do you think would be cute on this type of dog? oh yeah, also her tail is un-docked. I'm just not sure what to do with this "designer mutt". any ideas are welcome. thanks

[Noah]

Are you taking them to a professional groomer? If so, the groomer will probably have some suggestions for how to clip the dog so it looks good.

[Graco22]

There are many different cuts that can be done on any dog. If her hair is adult hair, and like a yorkie, then you could do a yorkie trim, a schnauzer trim, a teddy bear face and any length on the body, etc. If she has puppy coat still, then there is a chance her adult coat will be different, and could end up more poodly and the options are endless there as well. Oh, her tail doesn't make much difference, just make sure its in proportion to the length on the body. Thats one of my pet peeves..lol A shave dog with a tail that is ridiculously long and out of proportion to the dog. Same with huge faces/heads..drives me nuts. lol

[jakl]

Noah, no I groom my own poodle so we thought we'd do her too, I have a friend who grooms pro. & she helps me some. good thought though, I might look through her books.

Graco, thanks your right her coat might change she's only 7 months old. we gave her a poodle face with yorkie feet, and what we dubbed a gerbil tail. lol but were wondering if there was maybe someone (like you, and others here)who had seen this paticular mix clipped somehow.

[Graco22]

Jakl, the problem with mixed breeds and any particular trim is that because they are mixed breeds, there is so much variation in them. I have groomed LOTS of yorkipoos (they are pretty popular) and I don't know if I have ever groomed 2 that were the same in coat,size, texture, etc. I have some that have poodle hair, some with limp half wavy (hard to do anything with) hair, straight hair, wiry hair, etc. Do you have any pictures of her? I could offer better suggestions if I knew what she looked like and her hair. Sometimes with a dog with not so great hair (ie., limp, curly here, straight there, etc) the best looking cuts are shorter cuts. I myself and not a fan of clean faces on dogs that don't have poodley hair. Its hard to make a topknot look nice and balanced if it just flops. And I don't like a bald head. lol I have a youtube video of me doing a full groom on one of my client's yorkipoos. She gets a 4F all over with a round face. You can view that if you want. Just do search for Graco2200 and it will come up. From the sounds of your mix her hair is not similar though? If you can post a picture of her in a good profile I can offer more specific thoughts?

[Love's_Sophie]

On a Yorkie-Poo, we most often put them in a 3F, or 5\8 blade...works well on pretty much any of their coat types, and leaves them looking really nice; they are neatened up, and yet still have a decent length. We pretty much always leave the face 'full' (typical yorkie style), unless the dog really looks more like a poodle...Then we might give it a clean face. If it has an undocked tail, just trim it so it is a nice even flag that matches the body.

However, like someone mentioned, the possibilities are really actually endless...you just gotta try things and see what you like. Good luck!

[bullydogmom]

I just wanted to interject a suggestion! We had a yorkie-poo come through here about a week ago w/ more yorkie hair than poodle hair (for now!) The owner asked for a short back with a short face. She wasn't sure exactly what she wanted, but wanted to keep the yorkie look just a little shorter b/c they live on a vineyard. The groomer used a 5 on the back, giving him a kind of "westie" look so she just trimmed the face shorter, too. The skirt was trimmed up as were the legs (about 3/4"-1" left on). It was a first for us, giving a yorkie-poo a westie cut....but in grooming we do what the customer wants! And the owner did love it.

[pamperedpups]

I do lots of modified terrier clips on Yorkies and Yorkie-mixes. The majority look very cute that way: a rounded or block face with or without eyebrows, the tops of their heads shaved either down the sides or not and the back and tail shaved like a typical terrier. You can trip up the length of the furnishings however you like.

[Love's_Sophie]

Oh yes...you can certainly try some form of terrier trim on her too!!! it will all depend on her coat, really...if it is a flatter type coat, it will look better, than if it is fluffier like the poodle type, but yeah, I have done differing terrier trims on the Torkie mixes too.