The complex, creative, and sophisticated world of styling studied in this course include:

• The basic coat growth patterns and coat growth types you need to know to successfully style the dog.

• What breeds demand intricate styling, and what breeds need to be left in a natural state.

• Anatomy markers are and how they help us understand conformation and styling.

• The anatomy markers of the head, body, and legs.

• What we mean by body ratios.

• How the relationship between the parts of the dog's body helps us to define and understand conformation.

• How the ratios of muzzle to skull, height to length, and withers to elbow and elbow to ground define correct conformation of all dogs.

• The five body types can be used to describe all dogs.

• Why dogs are placed in the square body type, square terrier body type, rectangle body type, speed body type, and short-legged body type.

• Why we study the conformation of fronts and the one rear type.

• The significance of the Gothic window when viewing dogs from the front and rear.

• Why fronts are divided into the straight, horseshoe, bully, and low front types? Why is there only one rear type?

• Why it is important to master the basic trim styles.

• What the differences and similarities in styling short coat types, smooth coat types, medium smooth coat types, Nordic coat types, rough coat types, and rough Nordic coat types.

• What breeds receive these trim styles and why.

• How you style the various components of the dog and what specific tools and techniques must you master to be able to create these styles.

• What the various breed standards require that make these components instantly recognizable signature for the breeds.

• What variations are unique to specific breeds and why.

• What the various trim styles for the head, ear, neck, rear, chest, legs, foot, and tail.

Trim Styles

• Body Contour 

• ​Corded 

• Full Coated Jacket 

• Hairless 

• Lion 

• Long and Flowing 

• Long Legged Terrier Jacket 

• Scruffy Jacket 

• Short Legged Terrier Jacket

• Silhouette Enhancement 

• Sporting Saddle 

• Sporting Jacket 

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