I wanted to put all of these pics together in one post to make it easier for people to give me a critique. Once again, here is Buddy. The first pic is his first groom. Wherever he had been going had been leaving long ears and doing more of a teddy bear head so there wasn't much to work with. He also has a sparse coat. The second pic is after a year of me trying to grow him into a Bichon head. The last pic is from Sunday, after getting lots of advice on my other Bichon thread, I am really hoping that I'm starting to "get it". Starting from the Chin going up, as Pam described, really helped me. So please tell me what you think, how he's come along and what else I can do to further improve. I did not take any length off of the top of his head at all since it looked to me like it needed to grow some, though mom doesn't want it too long. I appreciate all the help and advice, hopefully you can see how it has helped me improve by you all taking the time to give me pointers.
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Very nice!
I think you got it! This looks much more like the Bichon style for sure. Everyone is just a little different in the way they set a ledge over the eyes or the way they scissor "up" the ears. This is the way I was shown by Heather Conlon in Scottsdale. then with help from Barbara Bird, I kept refining the way I do the head. Maybe it's not a show head, but for my pet owners, this is the they like it to turn out. Very round and those cute little eyes and nose where you can see them. Sort of a baby-doll face.
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