Hand-stripping is a grooming technique performed on terrier breeds with a wiry top coat. This technique is predominantly used for preserving the intended wiry texture and retaining the vibrant color of the top coat.
Though most terrier breed has a wiry coat, not all can or should be hand-stripped. Here is a list of 27 terrier breeds that can be hand-stripped, and 23 terrier breeds that cannot.
Terrier Breeds That Can Be Hand-stripped
- Airedale Terrier
- Australian Terrier
- Australian Silky Terrier (typically done to differentiate from Yorkshire Terrier)
- Bedlington Terrier (but are typically clipped)
- Black Russian Terrier (but given its black color, there’s no color issue if being clipped)
- Border Terrier
- Cairn Terrier
- Dandie Dinmont Terrier
- Glen of Imaal Terrier
- Irish Terrier
- Jack Russell Terrier (rough coat type)
- Jagdterrier
- Lakeland Terrier
- Kromfohrländer
- Lucas Terrier
- Sporting Lucas Terrier
- Miniature Schnauzer
- Norfolk Terrier
- Norwich Terrier
- Patterdale Terrier
- Parson Russell Terrier (rough coat type)
- Russell Terrier (rough coat type)
- Scottish Terrier
- Sealyham Terrier
- Welsh Terrier
- West Highland White Terrier
- Wire Fox Terrier
Terrier Breeds That Can’t Be Hand-stripped
- American Staffordshire Terrier
- American Hairless Terrier
- American Pit Bull Terrier
- Biewer Terrier
- Boston Terrier
- Brazilian Terrier
- Bull Terrier
- Cesky Terrier
- English Toy Terrier
- Japanese Terrier
- Kerry Blue Terrier
- Manchester Terrier
- Rat Terrier
- Smooth Fox Terrier
- Skye Terrier
- Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
- Tibetan Terrier
- Toy Fox Terrier
- Treeing Feist Terrier
- Valencian Rat Terrier
- Yorkshire Terrier
