Cairn

They are left a little scruffier than a westy and while compared to the westie you take the funishings down on the legs a little more and leave longer on the back and neck, hand stripped about an inch of coat. Unlike a westy they want them to look long and low, so they leave more coat under the neck and chest and longer behind the haunches than a westy. BUT I have seen top pro handlers show them with as sharply defined heads as a westie and as short on the body and win just fine. The two I hand strip, retired Ch's in a pet home, don't want all the coat under the neck and flaring off the chest and their breeder thinks thats fine, he just hates to see them come from pet groomers looking like schnauzers. So A westie clip isn't really that far off on a pet I think.

laurel.......laurelt@harborside.com