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<blockquote data-quote="AAOK" data-source="post: 395871" data-attributes="member: 861"><p>GREAT EXPLANATION on blending!!</p><p></p><p>Just throw out all your notes. There is no right or wrong way to clip a calf, and there are no musts, such as up the forehead, or down the cheeks. Every calf has to be clipped differently. The only way to get better is to practice. It's like hitting a baseball, or shooting a basketball; you can't learn by reading or watching. Watching others will help you see what to do, and how to do it, but you will still have to practice over, and over. </p><p></p><p> I would say that if you are clipping a calf every couple of weeks for a 6 month show season, the average person will be a pretty good clipper in about 2 years. </p><p></p><p>The whole point of clipping for show is to accentuate the positive, and hide the negative. On a thick necked, coarse shouldered calf, you will have to clip real tight in those areas, but almost make a long haired point at the top of the shoulder/base of the neck. For a round butted calf, you have to clip down close in the middle, and leave lots of hair at the pins, and toward the stifle and twist.</p><p></p><p>Just start clipping, and you will develop your own style.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AAOK, post: 395871, member: 861"] GREAT EXPLANATION on blending!! Just throw out all your notes. There is no right or wrong way to clip a calf, and there are no musts, such as up the forehead, or down the cheeks. Every calf has to be clipped differently. The only way to get better is to practice. It's like hitting a baseball, or shooting a basketball; you can't learn by reading or watching. Watching others will help you see what to do, and how to do it, but you will still have to practice over, and over. I would say that if you are clipping a calf every couple of weeks for a 6 month show season, the average person will be a pretty good clipper in about 2 years. The whole point of clipping for show is to accentuate the positive, and hide the negative. On a thick necked, coarse shouldered calf, you will have to clip real tight in those areas, but almost make a long haired point at the top of the shoulder/base of the neck. For a round butted calf, you have to clip down close in the middle, and leave lots of hair at the pins, and toward the stifle and twist. Just start clipping, and you will develop your own style. [/QUOTE]
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