If you look at the underside of the tail, you will see the direction of the hair growth - it splits right down the middle - you want to take your clipper and GENTLY clip away from the anus


I generally clip at the most one clipper blade width from the anus to the pompom - I set the line while the tail is up, and then put the tail down and continue the line onto the top of the tail

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the basic clip around the tail

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setting the "V" on the top of the tail

Once you have your line set, take the clipper and run it up to the line to clean in up - do it on both sides

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