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corgi-traveler wrote:
Single-coated breeds (poodles, yorkies, wheaten terriers, etc) can be shaved with no ill effects. When you shave a double-coated dog, you are doing much more harm than good. The answer is to keep the dense undercoat combed out. Yes, it is time consuming. It's part of the "cost of doing business" of owning a double-coated dog, though.
Why you should not shave a double-coated dog.
โApr-05-2015 05:56 PM
corgi-traveler wrote:
Single-coated breeds (poodles, yorkies, wheaten terriers, etc) can be shaved with no ill effects. When you shave a double-coated dog, you are doing much more harm than good. The answer is to keep the dense undercoat combed out. Yes, it is time consuming. It's part of the "cost of doing business" of owning a double-coated dog, though.
Why you should not shave a double-coated dog.
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Our Border Collie/Lab turns 15 this year.
She has the LONG overcoat with THICK DENSE undercoat.
We 'TRIM' her short every year since a puppy.....after the first time that I 'shaved' her and she got sunburn.
Don't forget to provide a blanket at night if temps still get cool
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colliehauler wrote:
Ike was a Handsome dog and you know what I mean by long hair. Bud and Mikko liked being shaved, this was the first time I shaved Lassie my 14 year old Collie and she is embarrassed.
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Deb and Ed M wrote:Ike was a Handsome dog and you know what I mean by long hair. Bud and Mikko liked being shaved, this was the first time I shaved Lassie my 14 year old Collie and she is embarrassed.
Ike my Aussie LOVED to be shaved. I agree - not very impressive-looking when "nekkid" - but MUCH happier, and certainly dried out faster after his daily swim.
In the before picture, he looks so fat - and he wasn't!
He's been gone almost 2 years. In the spring of 2013, he was REALLY angry with me for not shaving him - followed me around with exaggerated panting and just generally cranky... but by then, he had lost so much weight that quite frankly, I was afraid to let people see how bony he was (plus I figured it gave him some protection from laying on the hard floor).
I always shaved his fur (and now Ben and Jimmy) in the direction that it grew. A #10 blade would leave about a 1/2" of fur - never had problems with sunburn.
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