
Wool coat
Tight curls, closest to the poodle side. Mats fastest, so it needs brushing right down to the skin.
- Tight curls
- Mats fastest
I'm Hannah Ellery, grooming in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Me plus one apprentice, three certificates and a great many doodle coats.
Every doodle coat is different — wool, fleece or hair. I'll tell you which yours is and how to stop it matting.
Cockapoos, cavapoos, labradoodles, goldendoodles and miniature poodles can carry any of the three. The coat decides the groom.

Tight curls, closest to the poodle side. Mats fastest, so it needs brushing right down to the skin.

Soft, loose waves, the classic teddy bear look. Tangles quietly underneath while the top looks fine.

Straighter and flatter, closer to the spaniel or retriever side. Easier to brush, sheds more.

A puppy intro groom makes the table familiar before the adult coat arrives.
The soft, rounded doodle look Bramble the cockapoo came home in, shaped to suit your dog's coat type.
The whole coat brushed through to the skin, then shaped with a hand scissor finish for wool, fleece or hair.
For coats that got ahead of you, which happens to most doodles. Priced on assessment once I've seen the coat.
A short first groom for puppies under 6 months, so the table and the brush feel familiar early.
A bath and tidy between full grooms, so mats never get a head start on the coat.
“Hannah showed me how to brush to the skin. No more shave-downs.” Raj Kohli, Cirencester. Every groom ends with how to stop your doodle's coat matting before the next one.
Read the coat, groom it calmly, then hand the know-how back to you.
Our cockapoo Bramble came back looking like an actual teddy bear and, for once, not traumatised.
Hannah showed me how to brush to the skin. No more shave-downs.
“Our cockapoo Bramble came back looking like an actual teddy bear and, for once, not traumatised.”
Lucy Hart
Bramble, cockapoo · April 2026 · Tetbury
Our cockapoo Bramble came back looking like an actual teddy bear and, for once, not traumatised.
— Lucy Hart
Bramble, cockapoo · April 2026 · Tetbury
Raj Kohli
Cirencester
Prices start where shown. De-matting is priced on assessment, once I've seen the coat.
The rounded doodle look.
Finished by hand scissor.
Between full grooms.
Ring or email with your dog's name, breed and when they were last groomed. Within 20 miles of Cirencester.
Tell me your dog's name, breed and how the coat is doing. I'll suggest the right groom and find a slot.
Based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, working within 20 miles.
What first-time doodle owners ask most. Anything else, ring 01285 960314.
Every doodle coat is different — wool, fleece or hair. I'll tell you which yours is and how to stop it matting. Cockapoos, cavapoos, labradoodles and goldendoodles can carry any of the three.