Baby's first hair cut

Ok so technically the puppy is not a baby. Today Nico had his first hair cut. He has been suffering in the heat (being black) and we think he is a working cocker because his coat is quite thick. I rang lots of people looking for someone who knew what they were doing with cocker's. I was told all sorts of different things - the most frightening was that I would have to do the stripping and it had to be done daily!! The woman we use for Jasper is too fond of the clippers for my liking and we didn't want Nico's coat ruined.

So it was back to Bothalhaugh where the wonderful Rob hand stripped him - result sleek shiny dog but all his baby curls have gone. He looks much happier and he wont have to suffer the daily tat removal (for a while any way).