Cavoodle

PEPE

A full walk-through Cavoodle groom with Nicky and Pepe.

This beginner tutorial focuses on foundational attachment work, head setup, and leg finishing for a typical pet Cavoodle coat. It’s a slower demonstration designed to show the order of work and why structure matters before styling.

The full groom is available above. Below, the head and legs are broken into focused sections if you want to revisit specific techniques.

Pepe’s Head Styling

Attachment blending, head setup, and soft round finish

This section covers:

• Cleaning the eye corners safely using a triangular guide
• Understanding head setup as part of the body clip
• Taking the occiput correctly to create neck definition
• Setting the ears so they sit neatly into the body
• Working one length longer on the head for balance
• Clipping against the grain to create a smooth, flat skull
• Scissoring the fringe without cross-cutting
• Shortening and balancing the beard
• Using thinning scissors to soften and round the finish

The key takeaway here is structure before softness. Once the head is correctly set into the body, rounding and blending become much easier.

Pepe’s Legs

Efficient attachment work with simple foot finishing

This section demonstrates a practical approach for newer groomers building scissor confidence.

You’ll see:

• Continuing the body length down the legs
• Clipping as low as possible before switching to scissors
• Managing leg lifting calmly and safely
• Creating a half-moon foot shape around the toes
• Exposing just the first two toes for a tidy finish
• Keeping sides parallel before rounding
• Using controlled “open-close” scissor movement for balance
• Checking the dog standing square before final corrections

The focus is on efficiency and consistency. The more you can establish shape with attachments, the cleaner and faster your scissor work becomes.