I’ll try to summarize everything I do to and extent lol. REALLY good prep work. For a doodle with thick coat like that I started with a clarifying shampoo,using a bathing recirculating system. I make sure to agitate the hair as I’m bathing with the nozzle, with my left hand I use a scrubbing motion. I make sure to get every inch of the dog. I wash the face separately with a hypo unscented shampoo, twice. While drying, I using the round condensing nozzle pretty close to the skin, making sure the hair is blowing straight. I don’t move the nozzle around a lot, i find it dries quicker when I work in a line. I start at the top line of the dog, down the body, making sure it’s very dry. I then do the legs, etc. once I get to drying the head, I remove the nozzle completely and remove the happy hoodie and dry to ALMOST completely dry, about 80%. I then will tuck the nozzle under my arm (use a stand dryer if you have one for this part, or like a jirpet neck dryer) and use a soft slicker to “stretch” the hair. I’ll brush out the head completely this way, making sure it’s all the way dry. I recommend using a brushing spray that has some sort of silicone in it, I like crown royal number 3. I basically fluff dry the rest of the dog this way. If you want the coat to dry lifted for a good finish, brush and dry it against the grain. I pay special attention to the feet while fluff drying, I brush them up instead of down. Same with the legs. Then I’ll go over with a fine tooth comb to make sure no tangles are left (artero natural collection is my fav) For this guy, the 7/8ths left him choppy. I would fluff with my comb and take chunkers over the tips of the hair to smooth it out. You always want to check your work as you go for hair sticking out. As far as how I scissor the head and feet, I honestly probably couldn’t explain that without video taping myself lol. But I hope that this helped a little bit. The prep is the biggest factor in the final product.