Keeping dogs in trim

THERE WAS A moment of mild panic in the Tomlinson household last week when we tried to book the spaniels in for their summer clip. Their groomer, a friend we go beating with, replied to say that she was exceptionally busy and hadn’t got a slot until August.

I’m a relatively new convert to clipping out spaniels and several of my own never heard the buzz of the clippers in their lives, though scissors were used to trim their feathers every now and again. However, I’m convinced