Head

Schnauzer- Use as point of reference- side corner of eye, top brow bone, tip of nose.
The top of the head is shaved with a #10 blade, carefully scissoring around the edge of the ears with small scissors. Pinch the edge of the ear as you make your way around giving yourself a barrier so you do not cut the ear. DO NOT RUN YOUR BLADE PARALLEL TO THE EDGE OF THE EAR! You can easily get the ear caught in the blade this way. Holding your clippers so the tip of the blade faces you, you will do a reverse shave starting from the inside flap of the ear to the side corner of the eye. This goes against the grain of the hair, defining the beard as well as cutting these thicker hairs shorter. There should also be a whisker mole on the side of the cheek which can also be used as a point of reference. Stop reverse shaving here. Scoop hair in front of eyes using a #10 scooping away from the eye to remove excess hair. Use thinning shears to blend hair on top of nose delicately. Also use thinning shears inbetween the eyebrows in order to separate them. To trim the beard angle your scissors downward, line the finger holes up with one side of the ear creating a 45 degree angle downward so when you cut, the beard will be longer towards the nose. To trim the eyebrows line the tip of your scissors up with the opposite side tip of the nose. The end closer to your fingers should be lined up to the corner of the eye as close as possible to the body.

Westie, cairn, yorkie- the head is similar to a teddy bear head (see non-sporting) but you will be tipping the ears. In this case you shave 1/3 of the tip of ear, then scissor a clean edge on this shaved part.

Body

Schnauzer- The body of a schnauzer should be well complimented therefore creating a skirt that enhances the muscular features of the specific dog. If the dog is overweight try bringing the pattern up higher on the body, this will make the dog look healthy and skinnier. If the dog is skinny thin, try dropping the skirt lower maybe even slightly under the belly, making the dog have more fullness. The pattern for a schnauzer looks like this:

The dark gray area should all be shaved with a #10 blade. Your main points you can use is simply like connect the dots! The back of the ear flap, the breast bone, the top part of the front legs, the tip top of the tuck up flap, the bone on the back leg hock area.
Blend the skirt into the body using thinning shears or slightly skimming your #7 blade like blending a colors in painting. All edges of the skirt should be rectangular in appearance and angled off.

Westie, Cairn- The pattern is very similar EXCEPT when you get to the tuck up, continue shaving around to the base of the tail. There is no drop down the leg. Neaten and scissor up skirt to finish.

Feet

All breeds should have rounded feet, using your curved shears to create a beveled foot. Scissor the top and in-between the toes by back brushing then scissoring on top of the foot pointing scissors AWAY from the dog so you do not cause injury. Don't forget to use your #10 blade to shave the pads too!

Tail

Schnauzer- The tail is completely shaved in a #10 blade.

Westie, Carin- carrot tail, this means only shave with a #10 the top and sides of the tail. When tail is flat it should look like a carrot, pointed at the tip and making a triangle outwards towards the base.

Yorkie, Silky, Soft Coated Wheaton- tail should be same length as body