Sanitary Trim

A “sanitary trim” refers to shortening the fur around the rear of a pet to minimize these problems. The fur is clipped short around your pet’s anus and sexual organs. The clip provides adequate ventilation of these areas and ensure that hair around them will not catch bodily wastes..

While most breeds have a “standard cut,” a few are heard more commonly around a grooming salon, including:

• Schnauzer cut: This pattern is achieved by clipping or hand stripping the body and leaving furnishings on the front legs, knee area and down the back legs with a slight skirt. The eyebrows are sharply angled, and the ears and cheeks are shaved.
• Cocker cut: This pattern is achieved by clipping the back of the dog and leaving the legs and skirt full. The head is clipped short with a dome over the brows, and ears are clipped to leave furnishings toward the bottom.
• Poodle cut: There are many different trims for a poodle. By standard, this is a curly coated breed, but when they’re being groomed, the coat is dried straight to get a nice even look. Typically, poodles will have a clean face and clean feet (clipped short), and the top of the head is scissored round into a topknot. This cut can also be used on similar breeds such as the Goldendoodle.A few common poodle trims are listed below. Most of these basic trims can be applied to several other long-coated dogs, including Yorkies, Bichons, Maltese and Shih Tzus. Different cuts around the head, tail and feet can be done by request.
• Puppy cut: First developed to be a poodle-specific cut, it includes clipping the coat with a longer blade or a snap-on comb, or scissoring the coat to create a fluffy look. While this was initially a more breed-specific cut, it is now becoming a more pervasive ask in grooming salons. Be sure to speak with your groomer specifically about your expectations with a puppy cut, as definitions can differ across salons and groomers. Most often a puppy cut request will be translated to a standard length for the whole coat.
• Lamb cut: The body is clipped to a desired length at the pet parent’s request; the legs are scissored longer and blended into the hair on the body.
• Kennel cut (KC): An all-over length set either with a blade or a comb attachment with a clean face and clean feet as well as a topknot.