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Thank you for that, Ieuan ab Arthur. Had me cracking up all the way through. Being an OES lover, I got a kick out of seeing "Turn your Mastiff into an Old English Sheepdog!" coming soon.
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My immediate reaction to your thread title was to remember this Bizarro cartoon.
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quote:Take your dog outside and paint it black (use face paint supplied, safe for dogs)
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[singing] "I see a red dog and I want to paint it bla-ack" [/singing]
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I think that dog looks mightily pi$$ed off. If looks could kill that photographer would be pushing up daisies by now.
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quote:Originally posted by Seaboe Muffinchucker: My immediate reaction to your thread title was to remember this Bizarro cartoon.
Seaboe
There's a golden retriever up the street who gets a body shave every summer so that he can keep cool. He has short fur everywhere but on his head and tip of his tail. It may not be the "shaved-head & goatee" look, but it looks equally silly.
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My daughter's Maltese has a dinosaur sweater that I knitted for him but he is not really fooling anyone.
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Man... just think about how that poor dobie will get picked on by the other dogs down at the dog park... poor thing!
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Good lord that's funny. That poor dog looks so pathetic.
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quote:Originally posted by Ieuan ab Arthur: Hi Seaboe:
quote:Originally posted by Seaboe Muffinchucker: My immediate reaction to your thread title was to remember this Bizarro cartoon.
Seaboe
There's a golden retriever up the street who gets a body shave every summer so that he can keep cool. He has short fur everywhere but on his head and tip of his tail. It may not be the "shaved-head & goatee" look, but it looks equally silly.
And also not really a good idea. The undercoat of double-coated dogs acts as insulation from heat as well as cold. Shaving a dog can actually cause it to overheat faster than a full-coated dog, and sunburn can result.
Sorry
A munchkin of mine.
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My brother's spaniels get parts of their coats shaved during mud season (they're near Sacrapimento), but that's to keep the house clean more than anything else.
Seaboe
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That was hilarious. And I see I can disguise my German Shepherd as a Retriever! I'm sure she'll love it!
Ryda, that's one of mine as well. There's a big Husky nearby who gets shaved every year- except for his head. I'm waiting for the time I drive by and see the poor thing sunburnt or passed out from heat exposure.
ETA: my parents used to get their Pomeranian a "summer trim" where the lower belly area and chest were trimmed short. But she still had hair. This Husky is to-the-skin bald.
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quote:Originally posted by Purple Iguana: Man... just think about how that poor dobie will get picked on by the other dogs down at the dog park... poor thing!
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quote:Originally posted by Ieuan ab Arthur: There's a golden retriever up the street who gets a body shave every summer so that he can keep cool. He has short fur everywhere but on his head and tip of his tail. It may not be the "shaved-head & goatee" look, but it looks equally silly.
And also not really a good idea. The undercoat of double-coated dogs acts as insulation from heat as well as cold. Shaving a dog can actually cause it to overheat faster than a full-coated dog, and sunburn can result.
Sorry
A munchkin of mine.
Aww you beat me to it... This also bugs me a lot! Not only will they overheat faster but shaved dogs may also get sunburn (and like humans this can increase the chances of skin cancer.)
It also does nothing for shedding, unless you shaved the poor dog completely bald... All that it does is cause the dog to shed shorter, harder-to-pick-up, pointy/prickly hairs that get easily stuck in your skin. Ouch. Plus, Goldens look horrid when they're shaved, and sometimes the fur does not grow in correctly. I can't imagine shaving my beautiful red Golden...
I've seen that Doberman thing before, but someone sent it more as a satire of breed bans (like, if your city bans Dobermans, disguise your dog as a poodle!) The funny thing is the two breeds do have a similar body and face shape.
The Dobie looks more worried/resigned than PO'd to me...
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quote:Originally posted by Ryda Wong: And also not really a good idea. The undercoat of double-coated dogs acts as insulation from heat as well as cold. Shaving a dog can actually cause it to overheat faster than a full-coated dog, and sunburn can result.
Sorry
A munchkin of mine.
Tell that to my dogs. I've always trimmed my cocker spaniels and then my sheepdog from May April through September. My main reason was because of their coat. I can't live with dog hair. I just can't. I'd been doing it for years when I heard it's not an especially good idea, with no ill results. I hadn't trimmed my current dog (half OES, half Chow) when it began getting warm and the dog was panting herself into a coma. I'd already been getting sick of the hair and took her and my shears outside. Once I gave her a good deep trim (you can only imagine the coat of those two breeds mixed) she calmed right down. I've been trimming her ever since and I can tell it makes her more comfortable.
I also kept the hair off the eyes of my OES. My vet told me you either keep it off or you keep it on, but you can't keep switching back and forth because it's damaging to their eyes. She was always groomed with nice bangs to shade her eyes, though. ETA: I kept the hair off her eyes because I wanted to see them. Old English Sheepdogs have beautiful expressive eyes.
My dogs are inside dogs, going outside when they want, staying in the rest of the time. I've never had any problems with trimming them down during warm weather and I use, and my groomers use, a #10 blade. So, maybe it all depends on circumstances. I know this dog, and she's 9 now, is much happier when her coat is first clipped.
By the by, traditionally, working OES were sheared in the spring, along with the sheep. The dog hair would then be woven as a special garment for a family member.
Edited to change May to April, because on second thought I shear my dogs as soon as it begins to warm up.
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If I had a very tolerant little dog, I would so knit him/her one of those.
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Thank you for that, Ieuan ab Arthur. Had me cracking up all the way through. Being an OES lover, I got a kick out of seeing "Turn your Mastiff into an Old English Sheepdog!" coming soon.
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