Before You Clip: ProTips:

Make sure you have the following items: • Use your non-clipping hand to keep the • Use a Blower to blow out as 1. Blower skin tight, which helps prevent nicks. 10. Little clippers - much dirt as possible. CLIP LIKE A PRO • Washing before shearing cuts down on the dirt, 2. Degreasing Shampoo • Wash sheep with Degreasing Shampoo. 11. Medium blade - WeaverLivestock.com grease and lanolin in the wool, which helps with 3. Conditioning Cream 12. #T-84 UltraEdge® • Rub Conditioning Cream into leg wool. shearing and extends the life of your blades. 4. Lister clippers - Blade Set - Allow to sit 5-10 minutes, and rinse. Before Round 2 of Shearing • If you’re concerned about using a clipper near the 5. Fine blade - 13. Leg Pop • Blow dry the body, but leave • Pour 4 oz. Brightening Shampoo into a bucket, and fill with 3-4 inches of water to makes suds. chain headpiece, we’d recommend Trimming Stand 6. Brightening Shampoo the wool slightly damp. Headpiece Conversion Kit. The Brahma Webb® 14. Mini Wide Range Brush • Take your Pocket Brush and lightly brush suds on the hide, working against the wool. strap is gentler on clipper blade tips and resists 7. Pocket Brush 15. ProPolish • Spray Leg Pop onto the leg wool and comb in with a Mini Wide Range Brush. • Use a blower to blow off the suds and loosen any remaining wool. Blow excess water off of the legs. fraying if blades do come in contact with the strap. 8. ProPink 16. ProCharge (liquid) Allow this to remain in the legs. • Take a pocket brush and brush remaining wool downward. • Oil your clippers frequently. 9. Slicker

After You Clip: • Recondition the hide by spraying on a mix of SHEEP SHEEP 1 part liquid ProCharge to 3 parts ProPolish. ROUND 1 ROUND 2

Step 14: Head + 4 4 • Clip head wool forward, minus the ears, holding the ears back to scoop the front of the ears and then forward to get the back of the ears. 1 1 3 3 • Don’t be afraid to shear over the bone above the eyes. They will close their eyes to protect themselves. • Use the to get rid of remaining lines. 2 2 5 6

Step 13: Lower Front and Back Legs + • Keep in mind that the lower front legs should look circular and the lower back legs should look square. • Only clip off the long, wild hairs that stick out on the bottom of the legs. Don’t remove any hair/wool from the toes and under the dewclaws.

Complete steps 1-3 on one Step 5: Top of Neck + Complete steps 7-9 on one Step 7: Body + side of your sheep, and side of your sheep, and Step 12: Upper Back Legs + then do the same on • To shear the top of the neck, first, place your then do the same on the • Diagonally clip from the hip to • On the backside of the rear legs, clip from the hock 6 upward. the other side. foot on the trimming stand with your knee other side. the top of the shoulder, working tightly underneath your sheep’s chest. your way across the body. • On the side of the rear legs, blend the body into the leg wool by clipping downward to create a smooth transition. • Lift your knee to elevate your lamb’s front • Clip the belly using down and Do not carve out the wool in the tendon area. feet slightly off the stand, and shear the neck backward-curving strokes. using upward strokes. The extension of their • On the inside of the rear legs, clip from the hock Step 1: Shoulder & Neck neck tightens up the hide to prevent cuts. Step 6: Shoulder & Neck upward, taking the wool down tight to the hide. + +

• Start at the base of the shoulder 1 and • Start at the base of the shoulder 1 and Step 8: Chest Floor + Step 11: Upper Front Legs + clip up to the top of the shoulder blade. clip up to the top of the shoulder blade. Step 4: Rear + • Diagonally clip the side of the forearm 5 to expose the • Continue these strokes up the side of the • Continue these strokes up the side of the • Lift and bend the front leg at the knee to shear the armpit and the chest floor. muscle, and blend the bottom of the forearm into the leg wool. neck and around the front of the chest • Shear from the lower stifle 2 through the neck and around the front of the chest from the chest floor towards the head. twist 3 all the way up to the tail dock 4 . from the chest floor towards the head. • Using downward strokes, clip the front and back of the forearm, blending when you reach the leg wool. • Pick up the back leg opposite of the side you’re standing, and shear in between the back legs. Step 10: Top of Neck • On the inside of the front legs, clip upward, taking the wool down tight to the hide. + • Use the to get rid of remaining lines. Step 2: Body + Step 9: Rear + • Again, place your foot on the trimming stand with your knee tightly • Starting at the top of the shoulder, • Shear from the lower stifle 2 through the underneath your sheep’s chest. use horizontal strokes to shear Step 3: Chest Floor + twist 3 all the way up to the tail dock 4 . Before Clipping the Legs • Lift your knee to elevate your lamb’s your lamb’s top and side. • Pick up the back leg opposite of • Spray ProPink into sheep’s legs and comb out • Lift and bend the front leg at the knee to front feet slightly off the stand, and • Shear the belly using down and shear the armpit and the chest floor. the side you’re standing, and shear with a Slicker to remove any knots in the leg wool. backward-curving strokes. in between the back legs. shear the neck using upward strokes.