What is line trimming in grooming?

• A. Creating clean, straight edges along body lines or around the feet and legs with clippers or scissors.
• B. Trimming the nails.
• C. Hedge fun shapes.
• D. No trimming around feet.

Answer: (A)

Line trimming focuses on creating clean, straight edges along the dog’s body lines and around the feet and legs, using clippers or scissors. This shapes the coat’s outline so the silhouette looks neat and balanced, and it makes the grooming look tidy while helping with maintenance around joints and between toes. Trimming nails is a different service that tackles claw length, not fur edges. Hedge shapes or stylized sculpting aren’t what line trimming is about, since line trimming concentrates on the natural outline rather than decorative forms. Likewise, leaving feet without trimming would miss the defined edges that line trimming aims to create.