Clippers
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| I always used 'oster' brand clippers, with a #4 blade cover to get the desired length. If your clippers aren't doing the job or are getting hot perhaps you need to adjust the setting? There is usually a thing that looks like a button on the side of it, it has a notch in it to fit a flat head screw driver or even a butter knife. If you turn it 1/4 of the way around, either back or forward, and listen for the sound to change. With mine, unfortunately, the louder it is the better it works, but with some it is the opposite, so it may just take some 'trial and error' to find what works best. I used to test it ony my kids before i did the dog! LOL (I kept my two boys with buzz cuts when they were little, so much easier to keep little dirt trolls clean!) |
| When you buy brand new clippers or blades they need to be cleaned in a petroleum based sovent (not gas or anything extremely flammable though). Most blades have a protective glaze on them that needs to be dissolved and worked off. For the Oster A 5's blades this means to put the attached blade in a Blade wash and turn them on and let them run until you hear the motor pick up speed. I have used the Oster A5's myself, because of their durability, ease to maintain and fix and their ease in switching between blades.
Willowsprite is right about using the #4 comb. Just make sure that the dog is combed and brushed out meticulously first. Using combs can be tricky if you do not have the dog thoroughly detangled and fluffed first. |
| Aginright, I never knew about that before.... I could have saved myself a lot of hassles had I known! LOL |
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