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Topknots for male dogs

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I was wondering for those of you who have long haired male dogs with topknots could you post pictures showing the top knot? What do you use to tie the bangs back that doesn't look too girly??
 
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I don't think that Raffy looks girly, although sometimes his topknot is more like a top-fountain, which I suppose can be construed as girly. The first picture is Raffy's fully successful topknot. I think he was about 7 months old. The fourth one is what happens to a topknot after a full play session and a nap. Basically, I avoid any ribbons, bows, or using anything but a plain terry hairtie. I did try a method of tucking his topknot under so it would be less fountain-like, but that was causing a lot of breakage so I stopped doing it. I don't have any decent pictures of it to share.
 

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Here are my three... Kodi is on the right. I don't think he looks girly, but I also don't like "palm trees" on my dogs. Kodi's hair naturally falls straight forward, and with bangs, he just looked dorky,.. like Alfalfa on "Our Gang" for those who remember that. (Boy am I dating myself!!!)

To keep it REALLY out of his eyes, we would have had to cut the whole top of his head, which I don't think looks good with a long coat. We ised to use "tiny terries" on his top knot, but once the girls came along, they just pulled them out. So now I just use plain black elastics from Sally's Beauty. They can't seem to get those out! ;)
 

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Ollie was never a real problem his hair parted fairly early on, Hershey on the other hand has a thick full mop on top that all seemed to fall forward over his eyes. I would gather up the hair I wanted to put in the topknot, but before I did that I would give it a full twist at the base then bend down the hair and hold it against the twist base I would then elasticize the whole thing and it formed a little tiny man on top with the rest just blending into the hair on the top of his head. It held really well. The down side for Hershey was his hair mats so easily it became an issue no matter how I put it up, so I ended up cutting bangs. I did it very casually so it looks quite natural I didn't make it even. I kept the scissors handy and every so often I would snip a bit without combing so that it was being done the way his hair naturally falls. It looks like it just grew that way. I will try to get pictures before I cut him with his man bun and after I cut his bangs.
 
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Ollie was never a real problem his hair parted fairly early on, Hershey on the other hand has a thick full mop on top that all seemed to fall forward over his eyes. I would gather up the hair I wanted to put in the topknot, but before I did that I would give it a full twist at the base then bend down the hair and hold it against the twist base I would then elasticize the whole thing and it formed a little tiny man on top with the rest just blending into the hair on the top of his head. It held really well. The down side for Hershey was his hair mats so easily it became an issue no matter how I put it up, so I ended up cutting bangs. I did it very casually so it looks quite natural I didn't make it even. I kept the scissors handy and every so often I would snip a bit without combing so that it was being done the way his hair naturally falls. It looks like it just grew that way. I will try to get pictures before I cut him with his man bun and after I cut his bangs.
I wish Perry's hair parted naturally! His is completely shaggy and falls over his eyes. His first grooming they did bangs, but they were sort of the shelf/ straight bangs which I don't love. I want to do something a little more natural/ blended but I'm not sure what it's officially called to tell them to do in June? Ideas?
 
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Rexy's hair is growing out. I did 2 haircuts - one in October when we were at the beach and his coat was matting like crazy and the 2nd one in February because his coat was still matting though not as bad. He was neutered March 6th and the matting has really calmed as has he! So his bangs now cover his eyes and I will probably start putting a topknot back in soon. It will be to the front and spikey at first but it will grow. I think finding bows or clips that compliment your dog's coat color w/o regard to the boy/girl thing is fine. Just make him look his best.
 
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