I believe hand stripping helps maintain a westies harsh outer coating and yes it is mainly for showing - you will quite often see once you start clipping a westie their fur becomes curly as with hand stripping it stays nice and straight especially around their skirt and legs. Our groomer does a bit of both on our Westie. I'm no expert but from what I have heard it is best to hand strip and the only reason groomers clip is because it's quicker - groomers will hand strip but will charge more
Hand Stripping V Clipping
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I believe hand stripping helps maintain a westies harsh outer coating and yes it is mainly for showing - you will quite often see once you start clipping a westie their fur becomes curly as with hand stripping it stays nice and straight especially around their skirt and legs. Our groomer does a bit of both on our Westie. I'm no expert but from what I have heard it is best to hand strip and the only reason groomers clip is because it's quicker - groomers will hand strip but will charge more