Hair type for Poodle

[MayKwok]

Hi

I am trying to give different hair type to the Poodle model.
The hair type looks decent in the Object mode but when I render it, the outcome is a mess of weird hair.
Attached the two screenshots of different modes.

Please advise what I have done wrong.

Thanks

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[Photox (Tim Gregory)]

Post a screenshot of your stack
(the modifiers)

If you have a subsurf above the particle system, change render level to 1. Or change preview to 2, and restyle. They should both be the same. 1,1 or 2,2.

[MayKwok]

Attached the modifiers.

Can you explain more about the render level 1 and preview 2 . how they work to make outcome different?