How to trim the hair of the Australian Terrier? We have learned some common knowledge about the beauty of the Australian Terrier above, including ear cropping and hair plucking. Here we will introduce to you a useful method of trimming the hair of the Australian Terrier.

1. How to trim the hair on the Australian Terrier’s head

(1) The hair on the head of the Australian Terrier cannot be allowed to be too long. Generally speaking, it should be trimmed shorter. The hair on the cheeks, between the corners of the mouth and around the eyes should not be too long.

(2) The hair on the muzzle of the Australian Terrier and the hair on the cheeks and jaws should be trimmed appropriately to make them symmetrical and beautiful.

(3) The hair on the inside and outside of the Australian Terrier's ears should be trimmed shorter, and the hair around the ear shell should be trimmed evenly.

(4) The hair on the throat should be trimmed shorter and neater.

2. How to trim the hair on the Australian Terrier’s neck

(1) When cutting the neck hair and coat of the Australian Terrier, they should be trimmed to neither long nor short, so that the backline is balanced and neat.

(2) The hair on the neck and back should be trimmed in sequence starting from the back, left and right.

(3) Cut the hair on the front neck and chest of the Australian Terrier, and also trim the hair in the order of the hair toward the elbow.

3. How to trim the hair on the shoulders of the Australian Terrier

(1) The back hair on the shoulders of the Australian Terrier should be trimmed forward gradually in the direction of the chest and should be shorter.

(2) The hair from the back to the chest should be kept longer and trimmed toward the back of the body.

(3) The hair from the back to the middle of the thigh should be trimmed very short. (Related article: Why does Australian Terrier need tail docking surgery?)

(4) The coat on the waist of the Australian Terrier should be trimmed shorter than the chest hair, and the hair that curls upward below the waist should also be trimmed shorter.

(5) When trimming the hair on the forelimbs, the hair on the front and sides of the elbows should be trimmed; the hair around the toes and between the toes should also be trimmed.

(6) The lines starting from the shoulders, downward and behind the toe tips, and from the chest to the toe tips should be trimmed evenly and neatly.

The hair on the inside of the hind limbs should be trimmed neatly.

IV. How to trim the hair on the tail of an Australian Terrier

(1) The Australian Terrier’s hair from the back to the middle of the thigh should be cut very short.

(2) The hair on the hock joints must be cut very short so that the skin can be clearly seen.

(3) The hair on the tail that is too long should be trimmed appropriately, but not too short.

(4) The hair from the tail to the buttocks should be cut neatly, but not too short.