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Odd Grooming Question. Any Tips?
I'm currently training "Sandy" for an upcoming production of Annie.
Sandy starts out as a stray so I'd like to make him look a bit "raggedy" for the first act. I think it'd be easier to do if he had long hair, but my Sandy has short, slightly wavy hair.
Whatever is done to make him look raggedy needs to be easily undone so he can look nice and groomed at the end of act two.
Any ideas?
Jennifer that's a clever idea. Sure I can still get enough to try that out, but now I'm wishing I wouldn't have let the birds have the massive furballs over the last couple weeks. He "just" finished blowing coat lol.
Lucy, his hair won't grow out, he's a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, they don't have long hair.
And while we love to let our dogs get down dirty, I don't think the human actors nor the director would appreciate a filthy dog lol.
12 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
When we did it, we collected brushed out fur and then kind of rolled it up and used bobby pins to hold it in place. The "fur pins" make his coat look raggedy. Also, if you back comb the fur it looks a bit messy.
EDIT: We stole the idea from Harry Potter...lol. THey used the same technique to make Hermione's cat look scruffy!
We did Annie last year. Had a blast!
- 1 decade ago
Backcombing (combing against the 'grain') would be my first recommendation.
You can also throw dusty dry dirt on him, which will brush out before the end of act II.
Plain old water can also make a dog look ratty since it bunches the fur up and can make it look greasy and unkempt. He should be fairly dry by the time you need him to be, so a quick slicker brush and blow from a hair dryer could get him nice & fluffy. A light hairspray or gel allowed to dry on the wet dog may help with this. It can then be brushed through to remove the "matts".
- ChetcoLv 71 decade ago
Extra hold styling mousse. It will appear as yucky as you want, with dark and light areas, when applied against the normal hair growth direction, but will brush out in a jiffy to look smooth.
- Lacey UD, RELv 71 decade ago
Mist with a little water and scrunch the ends together. Let dry. When it's time for his magical transformation to take place, you can mist again and blow dry.
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- 1 decade ago
Can you mist him with water to make the fur look more piecey and straggly and then brush it out so it's neat again? Sorry I don't have a better idea. What a fun project you have!!
- 1 decade ago
Take a comb or pick and "ruffle" his fur a bit. Hope this helped some. Good luck to you and Sandy in this play(:
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
Maybe super hold hair gel so you can make his hair stand up here and there. Then you can brush it out later.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The Easiest way to make a dog look dirty? Let him Get DIRTY :)) It'll be easy and fun, just take him out to the dirtiest park or yard you can find and just let him roll around run through the muck, Etc. I wouldn't put any chemicals on the dog's fur because the dog could have a reaction to it.
- 1 decade ago
well you could wait until it grows slightly longer the instead of smoothing her fur down back comb it then it will also be easy to smooth it back down
hope this helps
byee
- Anonymous1 decade ago
brush his hair back and put a little gel on it.
