Making a Poodle Topknot, Part of Your Dog Grooming ExperienceTo make a poodle topknot you will want to have done your poodle face set up and have a clean dry poodle on your dog grooming table with the hair blown out straight. Poodles have a naturally curly coat and some people prefer their poodle curly. Curly or straight the procedure for making a topknot stays the same. This dog grooming process takes a minimum of dog grooming equipment. You greyhound comb, curved dog grooming scissors and straight dog grooming scissors. With your dog in a sitting position fold your dog’s ear back exposing the ear canal. Scissor any coat that hangs down below the line that you clipped in your set up. Do this on both sides of the head. 
Comb your dogs hair out to the side of the head parting it in the middle. Scissor up the sides from the eyes to the ear canal.
Comb your dogs hair out to the side of the head parting it in the middle. Scissor up the sides from the eyes to the ear canal. Put the ear down and continue the line at the top of the ear set and then scissor down the back side of the ear following the same line. 
Comb the hair to the back of the dog’s head and blend the blend the topknot into the neck.
Brush the topknot forward, lay your dog grooming scissors across the nose slanted away from the dog and scissor away any extra hair. 
Then scissor from the outside edge of the topknot, at whatever height is appropriate to form your topknot.
Take your greyhound comb and comb up the topknot and with your dog grooming scissors take off any extra hair for the final shaping of the topknot.
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