Why your Poodle’s curls go flat after a bath — and the one drying step that fixes it
- Marta Reis
- 1 min read
A clean Poodle that looks like a cotton ball has usually been dried too fast, not washed wrong. The fix is a slower section blow-out that pulls each curl group outward as it dries.
Marta Reis
Marta has groomed small curly dogs in Porto for eleven years. She co-wrote the Curlpup Curl Care Guide and looks after four Toy Poodles of her own — one of whom objectively hates bath day.
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