shorter cut in the summer?

• mudpuppy Posted : 6/7/2006 10:00:12 AM we go for a run in the summer-- after we get back, all the dogs flop down in cool spots. Danes, with their short fine fur, stop panting after ten minutes. Double-coated mutt, she pants for over an hour. I shaved her belly last summer. Cut the panting down to thirty minutes; you'd see her pressing the shaved area against cool ground. And it grew back just fine. So I shaved her completely this summer. Now she cools out in ten minutes.  With her double coat, you couldn't even effectively use wetting her down to cool her off, because she'd get wet, the water would get trapped in the fur and stay there. Water has to be able to evaporate to cool the dog. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Melissa Camiel Posted : 6/7/2006 1:42:02 PM I shave my bichon short in the summer and it helps tremedously. If I didn't she'd probably pass out as soon as she steps out the door!! She is a double coated breed, and her hair grows back just fine. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• fuzzy_dogs_mom Posted : 6/7/2006 4:19:01 PM Max is short haired and won't ever need clipping, but my old dog was a lab/cocker X and I clipped him whenever he got long and shaggy.  When he was clipped he looked like a little black mini-lab with spaniel ears and I could tell by the way he moved and walked that he felt better - and he just knew he looked better. [] Joyce & Max 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login