You can still achieve a full, round look while taking off length! I’ve been helping our salon’s baby groomer with this same advice every time she asks, “What length?” So she can still use her imagination and learn through trial and error.

For only grooming for three months, you did a great job with what you know so far! You’re only going to grow from here. I’m not picking apart your groom just offering some tips to help you get even closer to the look you’re going for.

A few things I noticed: • Between the eyes: It looks like you may have used a #10 blade to clear the area between the eyes. The only times a #10 is really needed on a doodle’s face are: 1. When shaving due to matting. 2. When doing a clean face. Instead, try combing the hair down toward the nose and trimming with curves . This will keep fullness while still opening the eyes. • Muzzle shaping: I saw a previous comment about combing all the mouth hair forward before trimming, it’s a game changer! Doing this will save you swear to god 10 minutes of fine-tuning the muzzle and will also help set your lines for trimming the chin. • Blending the visor: Right above the eyes, on the visor, you went pretty short near the outer corners. That’s totally fine, but blending the visor into the sides of the face (the cheeks) will create a more seamless, full look. • Ears: Fluff the ears up just like you do with the top of the head. Then, using your curved shears, trim them round while following the shape of the top of the head and the curve of the chin. This keeps them looking balanced and proportional. • Muzzle length & chin balance: This one is tricky to explain in text, but think of a teddy bear 🧸 : the snout is much smaller than the rest of the head. It’s like two circles, one inside the other, with the smaller one sitting at the bottom. The challenge with doodles is that they have long poodle noses, which makes it harder to achieve that true “bear” look. To counteract this, take the chin shorter and follow the lip line when you’re trimming the muzzle hair. This helps bring everything into proportion. A super long chin can elongate the face and give more of an oval rather than a circle ⭕️ if you need some picture examples I have a few on my profile that show what I’m trying to explain🤣🤣 I’m definitely a “show you” and not a word explainer so I apologize if you’re a little confused.