After 15 years of dog grooming, I finally tried a different blade angle on matted coats.

I've been fighting with matted fur on doodles for ages, always going slow and careful to avoid cutting the skin. Last month I was working on a giant golden doodle in my shop, and out of frustration I tilted the clipper blade to about 45 degrees instead of flat against the skin. It went through the mats like butter with zero nicks. I tested it on three more dogs that week, and it worked every time. Why did nobody teach me this in grooming school? Has anyone else found a simple trick like this that just made your job easier out of nowhere?

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reeseanderson2mo ago

Had a buddy who fixed her squeaky clippers by accident after dropping them, worked perfect after that.

noraj792mo agoTop Commenter

Dropped mine once too and the thing started working like new. Sometimes that little jostle is all they need to get unjammed.

avery36613d ago

Wait, you dropped it? Like on the floor? That's wild, I always thought if you dropped clippers you'd mess up the blade alignment or something. A friend of mine dropped her brand new Heiniger on the concrete once and it started making this awful grinding noise, I figured that was the end of it. Crazy that yours actually got better after the drop.