Japanese teddy bear cut
The signature: round face, plush body, button-nose framing. Rare on the Northern Beaches and our most requested style.
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Style cuts in Manly: grooming as a statement
Scissored Paws provides Japanese and Asian-fusion style cuts for pets across Manly and the Northern Beaches. Trained in Nagoya, styled in Manly. Japanese scissor styling turns a haircut into a look: soft, round, and unreasonably cute.
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Why scissors beat clippers
Japanese salon styling is built on hand scissoring: shaping the coat in soft, rounded layers instead of running clippers over everything at one length. It takes longer and demands real training, which is why it's rare here. Sayaka learned it at grooming school in Japan and has been refining it professionally since 2001.
The result photographs ridiculously well. Fair warning: your camera roll will suffer.
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The styling menu
Asian fusion styling
The broader school the teddy cut comes from: expressive, rounded, personality-first shapes built by scissor, tailored to your dog's features.
Hand-scissored finishes
Clipper-free styling for coats that deserve the couture treatment. Slower, softer, and visibly different in the finish.
Style cut questions
A breed cut follows the recognised standard for the breed. A style cut is designed around your individual dog: their face shape, coat, and personality. Japanese styling leans playful and round; the goal is maximum charm, not show-ring rules.
A styling school from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan that shapes dogs into soft, rounded, expressive looks. Think teddy bears and plush toys rather than sharp show lines. It's almost entirely scissor work, which is why so few salons offer it properly.
Wool and fleece coats (oodles of all kinds), drop coats, and most curly coats style beautifully. Send a photo when you book and we'll tell you honestly what will and won't work.
Let's design your dog's look
Send a photo and tell us the vibe: plush toy, dapper gent, pink tail tip. We'll tell you what the coat can do.
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