Poodle Hair

I'm trying to manage his hair which keeps getting longer and thicker and wants to matt. In order to try to control it I have started banding it. When the hair gets really long you can separate it and then put rubber bands at various intervals down each section. But since it isn't too long right now I put it in little baggies and wrapped it up. I like this because they can't mat and the plastic also protects the hair from the rubber band itself. I'm not sure I really did it right so I haven't told his breeder I did it. Hopefully his hair doesn't all fell out and she figures it out. She knows all though so even though I didn't tell her she probably knows anyway.