BODY:

• Trim body with #7 blade - with the lay of the coat. I use a #5 in the winter or if the dog is not of good body weight or very elegantly built and needs coat to give the correct look.
• In the summer when it is hot and the dog is of good body weight, I take them down with a #10.
• Clip the tail with #10 blade with the lay of the coat.

FRONT:

• Clip sides of neck and front with #10 blade, with the lay of the coat.
• Be sure to watch when you come to the area above the elbows where there is a dip.
• Leave enough fill in that area to blend in with the furnishings on the leg.
• Keep the inverted "fish hook" look of the front from the side.

HEAD:

• Clip the head with #10 blade from the corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth back. If it doesn't lay flat, clip the same area again against the lay of the coat.
• Clip top of head from eyebrows back with #10.
• Clip ears with #15 being careful not to cut the flap on the inside bottom of the ear.
• I often use a #30 on the ears against the lay of the hair.

TUCKUP:

• Clip the inside of the tuckup with a #15 blade carefully.

REAR:

• Using a #10 blade, clip the inside of the back legs down to the second thigh.
• Clip up the rear to the anus.

BODY:

• All lines should be smoothly blended.
• Blend the hair on the chest into side coat and up underneath to give a smooth line from chest to tuckup.
• The angle of the bottom line should approximate the angle of the top line.
• Bottom line should be longer at the front elbow and get shorter as it reaches the tuckup area.
• Blend the hair on the front legs into the clipped area.

FRONT LEGS:

• With straight shears, scissor off the back of the elbows.
Scissor front legs to make them look cylindrical from all sides.

REAR LEGS:

• Using thinning shears, blend the coat on the rear legs into the clipped area.
• There should not be "chaps" on a Welsh when viewed from the rear.
• From the back, scissor the back legs to make straight lines on inside and outside of legs.
• Rear should look like an inverted U viewed from the back.
• With curved, blunted shears, scissor around the feet to make them look like "cat's feet".
• Scissor hair between the pads.